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HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii officials will allow state residents who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to skip pre-travel testing and quarantine requirements for flights between islands. Hawaii becomes the second state in the nation after New York to implement a vaccination verification program, state officials said at a…

With the 11th overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected an undersized and not-terribly-productive, yet explosively athletic, wide receiver out of the SEC. The Giants were widely expected to use the 11th overall pick on offensive tackle turned guard Zack Martin or athletic tight end…

International soccer was rocked by the announcement that 12 of the world’s biggest teams were breaking away from the UEFA Champions League structure to form their own super league, designed to run in direct competition with the sport’s biggest international competition outside of the World Cup. The newly-created “European Super…

In brief Bystanders in New York City were stunned this week when cops left a public housing complex with a handcuffed man and a robot law enforcement dog trotting after them. The four-legged machine – shown below – was built by Boston Dynamics, and has been dispatched to crime scenes…

EditorsNote: fixed Nelson’s record in final graf Michael Wacha pitched six sharp innings of one-hit ball as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays capitalized on shoddy defense by the New York Yankees and recorded an 8-2 victory Friday night at frigid Yankee Stadium. Wacha (1-1) only allowed a single to Gio…

A former majority leader of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Dayyabu Chiroma, has declined his appointment as a member of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Shandam, Plateau State. Chiroma, who represented the Darazo constituency, said he rejected the appointment by the Nigerian Government due to his loyalty…

In Review From its founding in New York in 1892 to the present day, Miralles tells the history of the ‘top glossy’  This “admirably researched” book tells the story of the world’s “top glossy”, said Anne de Courcy in The Spectator. Founded in New York in 1892, Vogue started out…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Monday collapsed in Sokoto state.  Malami was in Sokoto for the inauguration of the reconstructed State High Court complex by Governor Aminu Tambuwal. It was gathered that the minister collapsed after delivering his address at the ceremony and…

There were cries of pain at Imiringi  Community in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State after a Junior Secondary School 1 pupil identified as Stephen Akanama was killed by lightning bolt during a football game.   The deceased was a pupil of Matha Day Secondary School located at…

I first heard about the idea of a “reserve army of the unemployed” when I was in college. Advanced by Karl Marx in chapter 25 of Capital: Volume I, the theory is that it is in the interest of capitalists to maintain a relatively high rate of unemployment. This keeps…