• UK set for two hottest days of year with two parts of England warmest

    Forecasters say East Anglia and the south east of England will be hottest, with temperatures "above average", according to the Met Office.

  • Two-dimensional nanomaterial sets expansion record

    It is a common hack to stretch a balloon out to make it easier to inflate. When the balloon stretches, the width crosswise shrinks to the size of a string. Noah Stocek, a Ph.D. student collaborating with Western physicist Giovanni Fanchini, has developed a new nanomaterial that demonstrates the opposite of this phenomenon.

  • Kenyatta, DeFoor set for November Auditor General race

    HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - Incumbent Republican Auditor General Tim DeFoor and State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) will face off in November’s general election to be the state’s financial watchdog. The Auditor General’s office “is responsible for using audits to ensure that all state money is spent legally and properly.” Kenyatta defeated Lehigh County Controller Mark []

  • Gunmen kill one, injure two Ogun chiefs

    Some gunmen reportedly killed one person and injured two local chiefs in a Thursday afternoon attack on the Oluke community in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. This is just as the state’s Police Command said it had commenced an investigation into the attack. PUNCH Metro gathered from a source within the community Read More

  • General Electric (GE) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

    General Electric (NYSE:GE) will be releasing earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, April 23, Zacks reports. (Register for Conference Call at http://mmm.wallstreethorizon.com/u.asp?u=177056)

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    Man who robbed two Dollar Generals in 2019 pleads guilty

    BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man arrested in 2019 for the armed robberies of two Dollar General stores pleaded guilty Tuesday.Tyler Dunn, 23, pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery for the two armed robberies in November 2019. According to court records, Dunn was one of four masked and armed men who held up Prescott Drive and Scenic Highway Dollar General stores on Nov. 17 and Nov. 21, respectively.In the Nov. 17 robbery, Dunn forced an employee at gunpoint to move from...

  • Wicksburg and Ariton baseball set to face off in round two of the AHSAA playoffs

    ARITON, Ala (WDHN) — The AHSAA state baseball playoffs enter round two tomorrow as the defending 2A champion Ariton Purple Cats prepare to host the Wicksburg Panthers. Having faced off earlier in the season, the Panthers secured a victory over Ariton, setting the stage for a rematch between the familiar foes. Despite the setback, the []

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    General Motors is set to report earnings before the bell. Here's what Wall Street expects

    Wall Street expects GM to report solid results for the first quarter, with vehicle pricing remaining higher than anticipated.

  • Edinburgh Italian restaurant set for makeover with plans for two-bedroom flat

    A long-standing Italian restaurant in Edinburgh could be set for major changes after plans were unveiled for a two-bedroom flat on the premises. The Shandwick Place diner could be reduced in size to make way for the apartment, according to documents sent to the city council. Owner Tony Pia is seeking permission to move the kitchen from the lower ground floor to the main shop floor. Papers compiled by agents Format Design show male and female toilets would also be moved to the lower ground floor...

  • UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals

    Spokesperson says some bodies allegedly had their hands tied while others were bound and strippedThe UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has said he was “horrified” by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies at two of Gaza’s largest hospitals.Palestinian civil defence teams began exhuming bodies from a mass grave outside the Nasser hospital complex in Khan Younis last week after Israeli troops withdrew. A total of 310 bodies have been found in the last week, including 35 in the past...

  • Two Manchester United players set to miss Sheffield United game through injury

    Four Man United players sustained injuries against Coventry City and while

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    'Unexplainable': Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial, 'burned for two minutes'

    The shocking self-immolation of a man outside the Trump trial on Friday is described in detail by NBC correspondent and anchor, Yasmin Vossoughian. "He burned for two minutes. It seemed like a lifetime," Vossoughian tells Joy Reid.