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Six people responsible for thwarting a presumed terrorist attack on a Thalys passenger train speeding through the French countryside Friday will receive Legion of Honor medals, France’s highest honor. The three Americans and a British citizen who played an instrumental role in subduing the attacker will receive their honors at a ceremony in Paris Monday, AFP reported.

Everybody wants a piece of Donald Trump. After lending his unmistakable face to the cover of Time magazine and the Hollywood Reporter this month, the mogul-turned-presidential candidate is reportedly set to grace the front of Rolling Stone. Despite the magazine's penchant for Democrats, the GOP front-runner will appear on the magazine's cover in early September, CNN reported.

Two Canadian law firms have filed a $578 million class-action lawsuit against companies running the infidelity website Ashley Madison after hackers breached the site and spilled the dirty little secrets of some 39 million members.

Well, that was fast. After months of being stuck in a comfortable trading range, the U.S. stock market suddenly cracked, with the S&P 500 tumbling more than five per cent in two days, leaving the market, at close on Friday, 7.5 per cent below the all-time high it set back in May. The short-term reasons for the sell-off are easy to enumerate: the continued decline in oil prices; worries about a possible interest-rate hike by the Fed in September; and concerns about the struggles of emerging-market economies like Brazil... Читать дальше...

Attempted attack raises question whether country’s vast rail network can realistically be defended

Police initially thought the death was not suspicious but post-mortem results have led to the opening of a murder investigation

June and Barry Steenkamp tell of their belief the athlete did not tell the truth about events of the night he killed their daughter, and hopes justice will be done by prosecution appeal

June and Barry Steenkamp tell of their belief the athlete did not tell the truth about events of the night he killed their daughter, and hopes justice will be done by prosecution appeal

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs says a female fan hit by a line drive foul ball during Sunday's game was conscious and taken to a hospital.

Hurricane Katrina pushed hundreds of thousands of people from their home in New Orleans, some never to return. After a decade, we know more than ever about what happened to them next — and about the hurricane's lingering impact on their education, their health, and their happiness.

Free-agent guard Evan Mathis visited the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, but reportedly left without a contract agreement. According to Fox Sports’ Mike Garafolo, the 33-year-old Mathis had a “good visit” with Seattle, which remained an option to sign the two-time Pro Bowler. The Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs are also rumored to have interest in the 2013 first-team All-Pro selection. All indications are G Evan Mathis had a good visit with the Seahawks today. They'll remain an option for him. Читать дальше...

Two gunmen threatened to shoot a Pokémon World Championships, were arrested after being found with several weapons.

West Brom's star striker was left out of the squad today against Chelsea as talks of a possible transfer have his manager fed up.

US Department of Defense (DoD) does not possess the information about the casualties in blasts that hit a US military base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo in Sagamihara City, DoD spokesman Bill Urban said Sunday.

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - A nearly century-old theater in northern Indiana that originally showcased vaudeville acts is back on the market only a few years after it was purchased by its current owner.

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith wouldn’t call himself “depressed” when he spoke to a military lobbying group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last week, but he acknowledged that he brought him with him a “depressing” message.

Laurie Thompson was sitting at her desk in the National Zoo’s giant panda house Saturday night when she heard a noise from the video monitor showing Mei Xiang, who had just given birth.It sounded like Mei was in labor, but she had delivered a cub about four hours earlier. Thompson, a biologist, looked at the monitor, and there, wiggling and squawking on the floor, was a second cub.Read full article >>

An overwhelming 95pc of UK retail bosses polled by the BRC said that overhauling business rates would boost the country's productivity

Everton 0 Manchester City 2: Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri strike in the second half as City maintain their winning start to the season

This show wasn't educational and felt stitched together for novelty value, says Michael Hogan

Tobias Strebel, a man who spent over $100,000 to look like Justin Bieber, has been reported missing. According to ABC7, the 35-year-old Botched star was last seen on Tuesday (August 18) in West Hollywood, Calif. “This is very unusual for him to be missing,” his friend Mel Espinoza told the outlet. “He hasn’t done any, [...]

Dallas-native Owen Wilson says his father suffering from Alzheimer's is 'a rough thing'

Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding and Scouting For Girls have played at the weekend event