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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) said Thursday he would not return contributions made to him by Donald Trump in spite of his opposition to his presidency.

How do spiders and their silk balloons become airborne when there's no wind? The answer is electrifying

Lagos State Accountant General, Mrs. Abimbola Umar has implored all Directors/Heads of Finance and Accounts Departments in all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the State Government to sustain the impressive procurement and payment processes which ensures transparency and accountability in the use of public funds. Umar, who made the appeal at the second …

LONDON (AP) Bethanie Mattek-Sands first needed to make peace with the incremental and painful process of rehabilitating her right knee after dislocating the kneecap and rupturing the patellar tendon during a match at Wimbledon in 2017.

Blake Treinen’s sinker defies logic and gravity. It’s a near-100-mph fastball that drops to earth in an instant, a pitch that makes batters look silly when they swing through it — actually, over it — badly missing by several inches, sometimes a foot or more. “I don’t know how to explain that,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “I don’t.” Melvin has company. “I can’t explain it, either,” Treinen said. The Oakland closer, much-ballyhooed... Читать дальше...

Life's too short for a boring pool float.

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LEAKESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a convicted killer has escaped from prison in Mississippi. The state Department of Corrections says in a news release that 47-year-old Michael F. Wilson was found to be missing Thursday afternoon from South Mississippi Correctional Institution. The prison in Leakesville was put on lockdown, and a search was underway. Wilson, nicknamed "Pretty Boy Floyd," was sentenced to two life sentences in September 2015 for killing two people in coastal Harrison County a year earlier. Читать дальше...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Kylian Mbappe and Thierry Henry both attended France's Clairefontaine academy before playing as left wingers at Monaco, and they both won French league titles as teenagers.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands first needed to make peace with the incremental and painful process of rehabilitating her right knee after dislocating the kneecap and rupturing the patellar tendon during a match … Click to Continue »

In early June, the US Army released a dozen photos showing the base and the troops firing M777 howitzers and M109 Paladins to help the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting ISIS. Later, the Army released photos of the troops playing an improvised game of baseball as dusk sets in and smoke clouds billow in the background.

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About a mile from the Iraqi-Syrian border is a US military fire base where approximately 150 Marines and soldiers are still hammering ISIS in Syria with artillery. 

"To get to the firebase, you fly by helicopter over Mosul," NPR's Jane Arraf reported on Monday.

"And then just a little more than a mile from the Syrian border, there's a collection of tents and armored vehicles in the desert," Arraf said, adding that the US troops have been at the remote, temporary base for about a month. Читать дальше...

The Latest at the World Cup (all times local): 11:50 p.m. FIFA has fined Croatia's soccer federation 70,000 Swiss francs ($70,500) for an ambush marketing incident by players during a … Click to Continue »

A new program is bringing young elementary students of color into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse to learn the ins and outs of a legal career.

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Researchers investigate whether identifying the bacteria present can provide important clues to the root cause of the condition.

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The movement to "Abolish ICE" is gaining steam on the left as progressives fight back against the Trump administration's controversial border policies.

Pieters shot a 1-over 73 in Round 1 of the Irish Open, and he had an interesting lie on the par-4 ninth hole.

Facebook Inc. is in talks for a reality show about soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, according to a report in Variety Thursday. The project could be worth about $10 million to Ronaldo, and would appear in Facebook's Watch, the social network's platform for video content, the report said. Ronaldo already does business with Facebook in the form of a scripted drama series about a diverse high school girls soccer team in upstate New York, according to Variety. Facebook stock is flat after hours, and... Читать дальше...

A white protester caught on camera pummeling a black man at last year’s deadly rally in Charlottesville was identified Thursday as a doctoral student with a government security clearance. Michael Miselis, 29, was named in a report ProPublica and PBS Frontline as the bearded, red-hat-wearing man seen in videos pushing a counter-protester to the ground...

CLINTON, Okla. – A Clinton man has been charged after he allegedly stabbed his wife and her son. According to the Weatherford Daily News, Lawrence “Larry” Snider, 58, has been charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the incident that happened at their home on June 8 in Clinton. Snider turned himself in to the Custer County Sheriff’s Office Thursday around 11 a.m. on July 2. Sheriff Kenneth Tidwell told the Weatherford Daily News […]