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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

OP-ED: We Are The Economy They Want To Regulate

Critics of the libertarian philosophy think they can score points by calling libertarians “market fundamentalists.” It’s supposed to conjure images of dogmatic religious fundamentalists, just like the term global warming denier is supposed to conjure images of Holocaust deniers. It’s a smear, of course, and if you think the tactic discredits those who employ it, I agree. The fact is that libertarians cannot be market fundamentalists. Why not? Because in the libertarian worldview, the market is not fundamental. What’s fundamental is every person’s right […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 71

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 78

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 30

World

28 dead in Acapulco, Mexico, prison riot

Ed Adamczyk United Press International ACAPULCO, Mexico (UPI) -- A fight between rival gangs in an Acapulco, Mexico, prison killed at least 28 people, a federal military spokesman said. The riot began early Thursday among inmates in the Las Cruces Prison's maximum security wing who were jailed for federal offenses. Inmates were found stabbed and beaten, and several were decapitated. State security spokesman Roberto Alvarez said the fight began because of "the permanent struggle of opposing groups inside the prison." He added that "the […]

todayJuly 9, 2017 34

Business & Lifestyle

U.N. member countries approve global nuclear treaty

Danielle Haynes United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) -- The United Nations formally adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons Friday in New York City after months of talks and some seven decades of hoping for a similar agreement. Representatives from more than 120 of the 192 member countries in the United Nations endorsed the Treaty on the Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons. All member states are able to sign the treaty during the General Assembly on September 20. Nearly all countries that bear nuclear […]

todayJuly 7, 2017 32

Business & Lifestyle

Germany approves same-sex marriage

Danielle Haynes United Press International BERLIN (UPI) -- The German parliament on Friday passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage after Chancellor Angela Merkel, who voted against the measure, encouraged her party to vote their conscience. Members of Germany's Bundestag voted 393-226 to pass the bill, and four people abstained. Merkel voted no, saying "For me marriage as defined by the law is the marriage of a man and a woman." But she encouraged her conservative Christian Democratic Party -- which has long opposed same-sex marriage […]

todayJune 30, 2017 47

Decision 2017

Romanian prime minister removed in no-confidence vote

Ed Adamczyk United Press International BUCHAREST, Romania (UPI) -- Romania's Parliament ousted the country's prime minister Wednesday in a no-confidence vote, six months after he assumed office. Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu's left-wing Social Democrat Party accused him of failing to undertake economic reforms, and Parliament voted him out in a censure motion. The vote was 241-10. The action is a first in Romanian politics, and came after a feud between Grindeanu and party chief Liviu Dragnea that angered some members of […]

todayJune 21, 2017 68

Business & Lifestyle

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns after series of scandals

Ray Downs United Press International SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Uber founder Travis Kalanick has resigned as the company's chief executive officer after months of scandal saw investors lose faith in the controversial tech mogul. The sudden departure comes after investors in the multi-billion dollar ride-sharing app demanded the resignation of Kalanick, who then agreed to step down. "I love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors request […]

todayJune 21, 2017 113

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