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Brexit Watch

Brexit talks stall as British cabinet feuds

Ed Adamczyk United Press International BRUSSELS (UPI) -- Talks regarding Britain's exit from the European Union resumed, and Britain's prime minister warned her feuding cabinet to stop its infighting. David Davis, the Britain's Brexit secretary, began four days of talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels on Monday, but flew home to London after only three hours of negotiation. Matters regarding Britain's departure from the economic bloc will be handled by subordinates until Davis returns on Thursday. Prior to his departure, […]

todayJuly 17, 2017 48

Judicial Watch

Thousands protest against judiciary reforms in Poland

Andrew V. Pestano United Press International WARSAW, Poland (UPI) -- Thousands of protesters in Poland gathered outside of parliament on Sunday in Warsaw to voice opposition to a draft law reforming the judiciary. The latest effort by the ruling Law and Justice, or PiS, political party would force all Supreme Court justices to step down. The law, which passed Poland's Senate on Saturday, comes after the PiS passed another bill on Wednesday giving parliament more power in the appointment of judges. Polish President […]

todayJuly 17, 2017 24

National

9 family members dead, 1 missing in Arizona flash flooding

Allen Cone United Press International PHOENIX (UPI) -- Nine extended family members from Phoenix died and another one is missing after being swept away in flash flooding in central Arizona, authorities said Sunday. Four other family members were rescued from the Cold Springs Swimming Hole inside Tonto National Forest north of Payson, the Gila County Sheriff's Office said. Payson is 88 miles north of Phoenix. Deputies said they received a 911 call at 3:19 p.m. Saturday about people missing. Four bodies were initially […]

todayJuly 17, 2017 43

Business & Lifestyle

Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win top mathematics prize, dies

Allen Cone United Press International STANFORD, Calif. (UPI) -- Stanford professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal prize for mathematics, died Saturday after four years with breast cancer, the university announced. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who was born in Iran, won the quadrennial Fields Medal in 2014, the most esteemed award in mathematics that some say is equivalent to the Nobel Prize and was first awarded in 1936. The prize was for "her outstanding contributions to the […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 42

Business & Lifestyle

Lochte cleared of charges stemming from Rio gas station incident

Eric DuVall United Press International RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (UPI) -- A Brazilian appellate court cleared U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte of criminal charges after police alleged Lochte exaggerated claims of an armed robbery at a Rio gas station during the 2016 Games. The incident began when Lochte, 32, and three U.S. swimming teammates, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen, were returning from a party celebrating the end of the swimming competition at the Rio Games. Lochte told NBC News in an interview […]

todayJuly 15, 2017 76

National

Hurricane Fernanda not a threat for landfall in Pacific

Eric DuVall United Press International ACAPULCO, Mexico/MIAMI (UPI) -- Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Fernanda, a powerful Category 4 storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is not a threat for landfall. The storm, which has sustained winds of 140 mph, is located a couple hundred miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico and is moving west. The storm's general track is headed toward the Hawaiian Islands, though forecasters said they expect it to weaken in the coming days. The storm […]

todayJuly 15, 2017 28

Business & Lifestyle

Pence urges governors to support GOP healthcare overhaul

Eric DuVall United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Vice President Mike Pence, in a speech to the National Governors Association, implored the governors in attendance to support reforms to the nation's healthcare system. Pence told governors the Republican effort in Congress to overhaul the Affordable Care Act would "rescue the American people from the collapsing promises of Obamacare." Resistance to the effort has been particularly strong among Republican governors in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA. Governors have pressed lawmakers from those […]

todayJuly 14, 2017 37

Business & Lifestyle

Former Anheuser Busch CEO arrested for trying to fly helicopter while intoxicated

Ray Downs United Press International SWANSEA, Ill. (UPI) -- August Busch IV, the former CEO of beer giant Anheuser Busch, was arrested for attempting to fly a helicopter while intoxicated, according to police. The Busch family scion passed a breathalyzer test, but failed field sobriety tests, leading to his arrest. Police applied for urine and blood test warrants after placing Busch under arrest. The arrest occurred after Busch landed a helicopter in a strip mall parking lot in Swansea, Ill., located about […]

todayJuly 12, 2017 64

Business & Lifestyle

Wells Fargo to pay $142M in class-action settlement of fake accounts

Allen Cone United Press International SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- A federal judge has approved a plan for Wells Fargo & Co. to pay $142 million in a class action suit involving customers of fake accounts. U.S. District Vince Chhabria ruled on Saturday in San Francisco the settlement was "fair, reasonable and adequate." Last year, Wells Fargo admitted that 2 million potentially unauthorized checking and credit card accounts were opened between 2011 and 2015. In September, federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined the banking giant $185 […]

todayJuly 10, 2017 35

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