Slat estimates that if the Ocean Cleanup’s plan is successful, they will be able to clean up 50 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.
Prosecutors said Corrine Brown and others solicited more than $800,000 in donations to fund student scholarships, but used the money on personal events and luxury skyboxes.
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An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing three people over four days in attacks last year that authorities say he justified by citing the horror movie "The Purge."
Brigitte Macron, who is 24 years older than her husband, President-elect Emmanuel Macron, and has coached him during his career is expected to define her future role.
A bystander was struck by gunfire and died.
In an NBC interview, the president said he would have dismissed the F.B.I. director even if the attorney general and his deputy had not advised it.
Arkansas State Police say a sheriff's deputy was fatally shot and two others were found dead in rural Arkansas on Thursday
A Queens man goes on trial next week on charges he orchestrated the killing of a California law student, who was killed in broad daylight in Midtown.
A petition calls on Russia to investigate alleged detention of over 100 gay men.
President Trump was said to plan to name Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state who has focused on strict voting laws, as vice chairman of a commission.
Andrew McCabe, the acting director of the F.B.I., is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Talk turns to special prosecutors, counsels and congressional committees.