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Khabib Nurmagomedov opened up as a sizable favorite over Max Holloway for the new UFC 223 main event.

The CW has renewed 10 of its current series, the network announced Monday. The renewed series are: “Arrow” (Season 7), “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (Season 4), “Legends of Tomorrow” (Season 4), “The Flash” (Season 5), “Jane the Virgin” (Season 5), “Riverdale” (Season 3), “Supergirl” (Season 4), and “Supernatural” (Season 14). In addition, freshman shows “Black Lightning” and “Dynasty” […]

A civil suit playing out between five American oil companies and the municipalities of Oakland and San Francisco started off poorly for climate change activists.

The adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who may or may not have had an affair with the sitting U.S. president, has appeared in two Seth Rogen movies, Rogen said on Ellen. And she shared a little information about her affair that would take the public's attention 10 years later.

42ft Catamaran Comparisons & NEW Fountaine Pajot 42 Launch

We are about to head out to the International Multihull Boat Show in La Grande Motte, France on April 18 - 22, 2018 to view the newly launched Fountaine Pajot 42, amongst other catamarans. It is a much anticipated catamaran in the Fountaine Pajot range and is modeled after the hugely popular Saona 47.

It is a good looking catamaran with the typical new Fountaine Pajot features like the semi-flybridge with easy access to the boom... Читать дальше...

Not only did the snow postpone the Yankees’ home opener, it also made the series against the Rays a bit tougher. Instead of facing Austin Pruitt, who has started just eight games in the majors and isn’t even in the Rays’ rotation, the Yankees will have to go up against Chris Archer on Tuesday and...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Latest on the championship game of the NCAA Tournament (all times local): 1:10 p.m. When the AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll came out, Villanova was a very respectable No. 6. Michigan was an afterthought. The Wolverines were unranked when this season began, and didn't even crack the Top 25 for the first time until mid-January. Michigan was 39th in the preseason poll balloting, behind seven ranked teams that wouldn't even end up making the NCAA Tournament — No. 10 USC, No. Читать дальше...

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• Whole Foods is 2% to 7% cheaper than Kroger for home-delivered groceries, according to a Barclays price study. 
• That's a huge advantage for Whole Foods, which has been trying to shed the image that it's overpriced.
• Kroger still beats Whole Foods on in-store prices, however, with prices that are 14% cheaper, on average, compared to Whole Foods.

Whole Foods is cheaper than Kroger for home-delivered groceries, according to Barclays analysts. Читать дальше...

Even among the many fine individual performers for Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Davinson Sanchez stood out. Goalscorers Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli drew the plaudits as Spurs secured their first league win at Chelsea for 28 years. But Sanchez and Jan Vertonghen provided a defensive basis for Tottenham to work from, dealing with Chelsea’s renowned attack brilliantly throughout. Sanchez was particularly impressive as evidenced by his individual highlights, which you can watch the below. Читать дальше...

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Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on April 4, 1968, the news that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee reached Washington, DC.

The District had been an area where African Americans were supposedly treated better than those in places like Detroit, according to The Washington Post. Detroit, for example, was still recovering from a race riot that had happened a year earlier.

But King's assassination ignited a powder keg of pressure... Читать дальше...

Cooking and conversation are the focus of a new Chicago Sun-Times video series that begins this week. Chicago journalist Linda Yu is the host.

With his devil-may-care attitude and playful smile, Reynolds was the bankable Biggest Star of the 1970s and early '80s.

NEW YORK (AP) — Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic pain in adults, so advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk alternative to opioids. But some research suggests marijuana may encourage opioid use, and so might make the epidemic worse. The new studies don't directly assess the effect of legalizing marijuana on opioid addiction and overdose deaths. Читать дальше...

"This looks like a hatchet job. This is 9 p.m. on Easter Sunday," Burlington parent Christopher Hood complained.

There is a specific set of criteria that golfers must meet to play in the Masters.

She was playing in her 250th professional tournament, but Pernilla Lindberg's first victory came in emphatic fashion with a major title at the ANA Inspiration.

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The Masters is the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, and most golfers yearn for an invitation, and with 87 golfers, this year's field will be the smallest in 21 years.

As it turns out, there are 19 different ways in which a golfer can come to receive an invitation. Many players qualify under multiple criteria, including Jordan Spieth, who qualifies under seven of the categories.

The qualifications are also always changing. Читать дальше...

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This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most commonly referenced terms by financial institutions (FIs) and payments firms when describing their vision for the future of financial services. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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McCullers has always been a big strikeout pitcher, but in his first start of 2018, there was a shift in how he did it.

The White House celebrates the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll in Washington, DC. The annual tradition consists of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn.

This much, at least, can be said for Mohammed bin Salman, the putatively reformist crown prince of Saudi Arabia: He has made all the right enemies. Among those who would celebrate his end are the leaders of ISIS, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas, as well as Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and the entire clerical and military leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a bonus, there are members of his own family, the sprawling, sclerotic, self-dealing House of Saud, who would like to see him gone—or at the very least... Читать дальше...

In a wide-ranging conversation, Prince Mohammed bin Salman also recognized the Jewish peoples’ right to “their own land.”

Tesla has increased its production of its mass-market electric Model 3 to over 2,000 units per week, according to an email from Elon Musk obtained by several media outlets. It’s an impressive ramp up of production, but it still falls short of Musk’s goal of 2,500 Model 3s per week by the end of the first quarter of 2018.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 700 points at its lows Monday afternoon, as a selloff in technology and internet shares and worries about escalating trade wars walloped equities. The Dow was down about 730 points at its intraday low, and was most recently off 710 points, or 2.9%, at 23,386, heading for its lowest close since November close since November. Only shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. were trading in positive territory, up 1.1%, while shares of 3M Co. , and Home Depot Inc. Читать дальше...