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The United Nations General Assembly’s general debate begins on Tuesday, expected to bring over 140 leaders to New York to discuss this year’s theme of “restoring trust” – and resist Western pressure for the Ukraine war to dominate the conversation. The General Assembly typically offers presidents and other world leaders a vague theme as a discussion prompt – this year, “Rebuilding Trust and Reigniting Solidarity” – but otherwise lets them decide what global problems to emphasize. This year, observers predict many speakers, particularly those whose countries are allied or friendly with Russia, will choose to use their platforms to divert...

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When JoJo McKibben was the victim of a hit-and-run on April 3 as she biked to work, she wasn't all that surprised. She was hit while biking by a drunk driver last summer and has come to expect that cars won't realize she's riding on two wheels. McKibben's boyfriend Brendan Sharpe said he has also been seriously injured by cars while he's biked in Austin, once in 2009 and again in 2015... Katie Delleoz, the executive director of Bike Austin, said she personally has nearly been struck at the same intersection McKibben was hit at last week

Everything I need to know about Barack Obama I learned as a Cub Scout den leader. Last week I watched an American president and a Russian leader sign a START treaty. I almost checked the calendar, wondering if I'd been transported back to 1980. In news stories of the summit I found a link to an article Barack Obama had written in 1983 while at Columbia University titled "Breaking the War Mentality." Back then, Obama was firmly in the nuclear freeze camp. It's true that many of us held views as college students that seem quaint and naïve after two...

While Obama is capable of playing smart, he’s certainly not clever and this is why. Obama overlooked the factor that Democratic Administrations and tough economic times don’t work so well together.

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2007 – Many Marines are concerned that Americans aren’t willing to invest enough time for success in Iraq, the Corps’ top officer said here yesterday. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway makes a point during a May 17 media roundtable at the Pentagon. The general answered reporters’ questions on a broad range of Marine Corps issues and programs. Photo by R.D. Ward  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway told Pentagon reporters that defense officials must do a better job of communicating to the American people the cost of...

ATHENS — Athens-Clarke County police are looking for a disgruntled McDonald's customer who ran into two other customers with her car after a dispute over who was next in line to order breakfast. Police say 34-year-old Melinda Ann Thomas and 51-year-old Linda Ann Thomas were standing in a crowded line about 8:30 a.m. Saturday as they waited to order breakfast. A cashier opened a new line and they stepped to the front of it — a move that angered at least one customer waiting for her chance to order. Witnesses told police the woman left the restaurant before the Thomases...

We'll make this quick. We know you're busy. An Associated Press poll has found an impatient nation. To get to the point without further ado, it's a nation that gets antsy after five minutes on hold on the phone and 15 minutes max in a line. So say people in the survey. The Department of Motor Vehicles, the U.S. version of the old Soviet bread line, is among the top spots where Americans hate to wait. But grocery stores are the worst. Almost one in four in the AP-Ipsos poll picked the grocery checkout as the line where their patience...

I'm at work. I work in an office with one other lady and about 13 guys. We have microwaves to nuke lunches. I noticed this with my husband before I worked here, but thought it was just him. Why do guys put 30 seconds (or however long) on the timer, and then remove before finished, and then never hit the reset button so that it shows the time again? The remaining seconds just keep blinking. I don't get it.