The tiny hometown of Brandon Ingram and other NBA stars has faced biblical floods, economic devastation, gang violence, even wayward nuclear bombs, and yet has become the NBA capital of the world. This is the untold story of its survival.

Die Gießener Ärztin Kristina Hänel musste 6.000 Euro zahlen, weil sie auf ihrer Homepage darüber informierte, dass sie Abtreibungen anbietet. Abtreibungsgegner hatten sie angezeigt und ein Gericht hatte sie daraufhin im November verurteilt. Grundlage dafür war der Paragraf 219a des Strafgesetzbuches. Politiker und Politikerinnen diskutieren seitdem, inwiefern das Werbeverbot für Schwangerschaftsabbrüche sinnvoll ist. Am Donnerstag…

Rick Master ist eine Ikone des frankobelgischen Comics, genauso beliebt wie Bob Morane, Andy Morgan oder Michel Vaillant. Der heroische Reporter und Amateurdetektiv, der bei der Pariser Zeitung „La Rafale“ arbeitet und im Original Ric Hochet heißt, ermittelte in 77 Alben seiner Schöpfer André-Paul Duchâteau und Gilbert Gascard alias Tibet, die Master erstmals 1955 im…

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday extracted another guilty plea as prosecutors bear down on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates. Alex van der Zwaan, a former associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, admitted in court in Washington that he misled investigators about the last time he…

Posted February 21, 2018 15:44:04 Northern Territory Police believe they have made a breakthrough in locating the family of missing Irish-born man Paddy Moriarty, as locals raise concerns his house is being damaged by scavengers. Mr Moriarty disappeared on December 16 last year from the Pink Panther Hotel in the remote town of Larrimah, about…

Once you’re set up, the fun (and problems) begin. On the Gear VR, every time you want to tune in — and even when you want to change sports — you have to go through an annoying intro. The app is also pretty glitchy, and I was often greeted with a black screen when loading…

From behind the ghoulish mask hiding his identity, TopKat boasts of attacking innocent and unwary pedestrians using baseball bats, knives, swords and acid. He is a new type of armed robber, one of the swarm of moped gangsters roaming our streets for easy pickings – mostly mobile phones. “I like this stuff, get me?” he…

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Tuesday’s episode of The Challenge: Vendettas. Read at your own risk! How about that elimination? Tonight’s episode of MTV’s The Challenge: Vendettas featured what will likely go down as one of the toughest, bloodiest, and most epic elimination rounds in the show’s 31-season history. When player Joss Mooney had to…

With stocks reeling, the Fed’s release of its January meeting minutes Wednesday could have even more impact than usual if they provide new insight on inflation or interest rates. The minutes could be a window into what new Fed Chair Jerome Powell might say when he testifies on the economy next week. Powell is appearing…

AP/Jacquelyn Martin by AWR Hawkins20 Feb 20180 20 Feb, 201820 Feb, 2018 During Tuesday’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was asked about a proposed “assault weapons” ban and said, “We haven’t closed the door on any front.” NPR’s Mara Liasson asked, “In 2000 [President Trump] did support an ‘assault weapons’ ban. What…