POLS TRYING TO MAKE TRUMP'S TAX PLAN LESS DAMAGING TO US DEFICIT

And that's why I continue to think more strongly than ever that a complete tax reform like what Washington is proposing will be impossible to accomplish... READ MORE›

BATTLE HEATS UP OVER TAKEOVER OF NIGHTCLUB OPERATOR REVOLUTION

Douglas Jack, an analyst at Peel Hunt, said Deltic's earnings power - having nearly doubled since 2013 - made its merger proposal worth considering... READ MORE›

JAPAN CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS LITTLE PORN STAR

But Japan's smut sensation, Kohey Nishi, standing just 3-foot-6, threatens to outdo them all... READ MORE›

AMERICAN WORKING WOMEN FINALLY EARN 80 CENTS ON A MAN'S DOLLAR

While the median female earned 2.3 percent more in 2016 than in 2007, men saw a 1.1 percent decline over that same period, in inflation-adjusted terms... READ MORE›

MOTHERS MASTER TRICKY TIMING TO GIVE BABIES A BOOST, SQUIRREL STUDY SUGGESTS

A female squirrel's intuition may help boost survival rates for her pups, edmonton researchers find... READ MORE›

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MEALS ON WHEELS SEES DONATION SURGE AFTER TRUMP PROPOSES FUNDING CUTS

WUSA The budget outline doesn't say what would happen to Older Americans Act funding, leaving Meals on Wheels officials to worry and wonder... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S FIRST BUDGET USES DRAMATIC CUTS TO FUND MILITARY BUILDUP

Unlike full budget proposals, Trump's blueprint does not include tax proposals, long-term deficit projections or detailed staffing levels for every agency... READ MORE›

WHALING NATIONS BLOCK SOUTH ATLANTIC SANCTUARY PLANS

Japan and other pro-whaling nations have defeated a proposal to create an sanctuary for whales in the South Atlantic... READ MORE›

HORSE BREAKS LEG OF MAN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE SEX WITH IT

Mr Castillo has served two sentences for past sexual incidents with horses... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP'S BUDGET REVEALS HIS MAJOR PRIORITIES

The White House defended Tuesday the major cuts to social safety-net programs included in President Trumps first full budget proposal... READ MORE›

FEARS OF STATELESS KIDS AND 'EXTRAORDINARY' POWERS FOR DUTTON PROMPT NEW CITIZENSHIP CONCERNS

According to the government, more than 30,000 illegal maritime arrivals came to Australia by boat in the years leading up to 2013, and many remain in the community... READ MORE›

IOWA ASKS U.S. FOR OBAMACARE HELP FACING 'COLLAPSE' OF MARKET

About 72,000 people in Iowa are covered by Obamacare plans this year, according to the Iowa Insurance Division... READ MORE›

GERMAN MINISTER TO PROPOSE BAN ON FULL FACE VEILS IN WAKE OF ATTACKS

Gokay Sofuoglu, the national chair of the Turkish community in Germany, described the proposal as populist. How would one go about putting that into practice?... READ MORE›

GIRLS-ONLY AMATEUR HOCKEY THREATENED BY POPULARITY OF CO-ED AND BOYS TEAMS, HOCKEY ASSOCIATION SAYS

It's a problem that's making all-female hockey teams unsustainable on the island, Jim Humphrey says... READ MORE›

ITALIAN WIFE FACES JAIL FOR 'NOT DOING HOUSEWORK'

The Palermo court's sentence is worthy of Saudi Arabia, Massimo Gramellini, a well-known social commentator, wrote in a front-page opinion piece in La Stampa newspaper... READ MORE›

ARE REPUBLICANS TRYING TO ELIMINATE ACTIVIST INVESTORS? BILL TO REPLACE DODD-FRANK COULD SILENCE SHAREHOLDERS

Jeb Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, would replace Dodd-Frank -- and sharply raise the ownership threshold for shareholders who can file proposals... READ MORE›

WAS CHINESE PROPOSAL ROMANTIC OR JUST A FORM OF MALE CONTROL?

The Chinese diver had tears in her eyes when fellow athlete Qin Kai proposed during her silver medal ceremony... READ MORE›

'FEARLESS GIRL' IS JUST AN EXCUSE FOR WOMEN TO SULK

'Safe' bet Rikers plan won't fly New York City's massive jail complex on Rikers Island is a violence-plagued hellhole... READ MORE›

INSIDE THE COMPETITIVE WORLD OF LUXURY MARRIAGE PROPOSALS

One brother proposed at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, another at the Rockefeller Centre in New York City... READ MORE›

SASKATOON WOMAN FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES AFTER CRASH KILLS 3, INCLUDING TODDLER

The car had four people inside -- a 33-year-old female passenger, a 34-year-old male driver, a two-year-old boy, and a five-year-old girl -- all from Saskatoon... READ MORE›

MARYLAND POLICE SAY TRANSGENDER WOMAN'S KILLING WAS 'NOT RANDOM'

A transgender woman was killed in a Washington DC suburb on Thursday night in an attack officials said was not random ... READ MORE›

SHOULD A WOMAN'S TESTOSTERONE LEVEL MATTER IN SPORT?

Until recently, women with naturally high levels of testosterone... READ MORE›

MAN WAVING MACHETE AT NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT SHOT AFTER STABBING AIRPORT OFFICIAL

White responded by spraying the guard with wasp spray, then struck a female officer with a machete, cutting her right arm, Normand said... READ MORE›

JUNIOR DOCTORS BALLOT OVER STRIKES AS PAY OFFER BRANDED 'FATALLY FLAWED'

Hunt claimed the revised proposals would mean pay increasing for 75 percent of doctors... READ MORE›

CARLINGTON MOUNTAIN BIKE PARK READY TO ROLL FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE

Ottawa city council OK's mountain bike park on former Carlington ski hill... READ MORE›

GUNMEN KILL THREE, WOUND ONE NEAR UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE

Gunmen kill three wound one near university of maryland baltimore... READ MORE›

'NAME BLIND' RECRUITMENT: MAJOR UK FIRMS TO HIRE WITHOUT KNOWING APPLICANTS' NAMES

Prime Minister David Cameron said last month it was disgraceful that people with white-sounding names were twice as likely as others to be shortlisted for jobs... READ MORE›

WHY MEN EXPERIENCE DEPRESSION DIFFERENTLY TO WOMEN

Men's tendency to focus on these physical problems may another reason why depression is not picked up... READ MORE›

LABOUR PROMISES CHILDCARE FOR EUR2 AN HOUR

Labour expects that, by 2021, its proposed scheme would bring a further 50,000 children into the State-registered childcare net... READ MORE›

MAN BORN WITH NO GENITALS HAS GENDER CONFIRMED 25 YEARS LATER

Joe Holliday lived 25 years of his life before he found out his true gender... READ MORE›

CHICKEN EMBRYO TESTS CAN PREVENT PRACTICE OF GASSING BILLIONS OF COCKERELS

Now Dutch scientists have developed a simple test that identifies the sex of chicken embryos within eggs, meaning males could be terminated long before hatching... READ MORE›

HOUTHI REBELS REJECT UN DRAFT PEACE PLAN

Yemeni government negotiators have decided to leave peace talks in Kuwait after Houthi rebels rejected a United Nations proposal aimed at ending their country's war... READ MORE›

On Monday, as the Charlie Taylor report into youth justice was published, I was pleased to visit Hillside Secure Children's Home in Neath in Wales... READ MORE›

FEMALE-FRIENDLY WORKPLACES 'MAY PUT MEN OFF'

The minister assisting the prime minister for women Michaelia Cash, who released the report, said promoting gender equality in the workplace had clear economic benefits... READ MORE›

VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE IN CANADA BY

Police arrested three people, including an American woman, before the attack in the eastern city of Halifax could take place... READ MORE›