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Councillors voted Thursday to prohibit smoking in city-owned parks and outdoor sporting facilities, and to include electronic cigarettes under the ban; council voted to treat e-cigs the same as conventional tobacco cigarettes.

It was learnt that the planned summoning of the officers was part of the investigation ordered by the Federal Government.

Officials say three people were injured overall as two Americans subdued the shooter.

Footnote. In Monday’s and Tuesday’s games against the Nationals, the Rockies walked 19 batters. He allowed one unearned run and two hits in seven innings with no walks and five strikeouts.

Renowned short-seller Jim Chanos, who has been bearish on China’s economy for several years, has a disturbing insight on China: “It’s worse than you think”. He told CNBC: “it’s worse than you think”.

A wildfire that burned more than 100 square miles of forest in Northern California for about two weeks this summer was sparked by a malfunctioning water heater, state fire investigators said Wednesday. Flammable liquids were inside the building, causing the structure to catch on fire.

Clashes also continued in Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, where anti-Houthi security officials said they took over a house belonging to Saleh and other government buildings.

On Sunday night, Mr. Robinson’s Batmobile had some engine trouble and it came to a stop on Interstate 70 while it was still partially in the fast lane. He pulled over and was checking the engine when another auto struck his, sending his beloved vehicle into him. The boy...

Sen. Menendez will “vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto“, according to remarks prepared for a speech at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

OTTAWA-Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s political opponents are using the Mike Duffy trial to try to connect the prime minister to the controversial expense payout given to Duffy by Harper’s former chief of staff.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that at least 118 Taliban militants were killed and 62 others injured in a series of large-scale security operations carried out in a number of provinces, including Nangarhar, Laghman, Faryab and Helmand, as well as...

Two passengers, including one of the Americans, were seriously injured during the incident. Officials said the suspect had several weapons and a lot of ammunition and the Marines actions prevented a massacre.

The Philippine military said on Wednesday that the militants were killed in separate clashes on two islands in the country’s troubled south.

A man lies on the on floor in the Amsterdam to Paris Thalys high-speed train. A police officer was shot dead outside and five more people were killed in related attacks.

More than 10,000 government accounts have been identified as being associated with the Ashley Madison data hack.