Study shows women get screened for heart disease too late Study shows women get screened for heart disease too late:- Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S., but most women are waiting too long to get screened for heart health. On average, a woman […]
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Donald Trump Is Getting the Nuclear Football Donald Trump Is Getting the Nuclear Football:- Sometime before he’s sworn in Friday, President-elect Trump will sit down with the top military officers who control America’s massive military arsenal and get “THE Briefing,” the one that provides him with an understanding — and […]
Obama administration expands elite military unit’s powers to hunt foreign fighters globally WASHINGTON:The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command — the same organization that helped kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs — expanded power to track, plan and potentially […]
Donald Trump vows to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership ‘on day one’ WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday announced the United States would signal its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day in the White House, as one of six immediate steps aimed at “putting America first.” […]
Walmart Starting Post-Black Friday Online Sales Earlier to Fight Amazon It has little choice with Amazon breathing down its neck. Walmart WMT -0.94% is trotting out post-Black Friday online deals a day earlier this year to avoid any lull during the crucial upcoming shopping weekend. With its eyes firmly on […]
Germany’s Merkel will seek a fourth term, face populist tide BERLIN — Angela Merkel, who has steered Germany through several global crises as its first female leader, said Sunday she will seek a fourth term as chancellor in elections next year, when she could find herself up against the anti-immigrant […]
Top 20 countries where English travels well So you want to travel the world, but you’re worried about your language skills? There’s good news: Many countries around the world are quite accommodating to English speakers, and the annual English Proficiency Index by EF Education First ranks them. See the slideshow […]
Questions raised by College Football Playoff committee’s third rankings As always, this public service announcement. The final set of College Football Playoff rankings, which will be released Dec. 4, means everything. Every other set — including this latest one — means nothing. The selection committee acknowledges that’s so, and yet […]
No. 8 Kansas knocks off No. 1 Duke in Champions Classic NEW YORK — Breaking down No. 8 Kansas’ 77-75 win against No. 1 Duke on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden: THE BIG PICTURE: Well, this won’t be what Duke looks like in March. Or even in January. The […]
Ranking Reaction: Ohio State’s rise sets up Big Ten for possible two teams The shockwaves resulting from last weekend’s chaotic reshaping of the Football Bowl Subdivision reverberated through the updated College Football Playoff rankings, where only one thing was certain: Alabama leads and everyone else follows. The Crimson Tide, the […]
