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Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday for federal corruption charges. Silver, 72, was found guilty on all accounts, including taking millions in bribes from real-estate and medical interests, at trial last November.

Given the choice between Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, a former top aide to one-time GOP nominee John McCain says he'd choose Clinton any day. "I'm with her," Mark Salter, who served as both chief of staff for the Arizona senator and as senior advisor on his 2008 presidential campaign, tweeted Thursday, referencing Clinton's campaign slogan.

Scientists may finally have an explanation for how water creates those mysterious streaks marking Mars' surface. A new study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience suggests that it's not salty water flowing downhill that's creating the streaks on the Red Planet as scientists initially thought, but rather water that's boiling out of Mars' soil.

You know Megyn Kelly as the fiery Fox News anchor who has made headlines this election cycle for daring to go toe-to-toe with Donald Trump. But that's far from the first time Kelly has been bold and confident in her interactions with a man — take a look below at how her husband, the entrepreneur Douglas Brunt, summed up his first date with Kelly, courtesy of Humans of New York.

Indiana lives and dies by basketball, so it should come as no shock that its politics does, too. "Basketball might not be the single deciding factor in any state race, but in Indiana, it puts points on the scoreboard. It wouldn't be a surprise at the end of the day to see victories from candidates who have made the strongest efforts at capitalizing on the statewide love for the sport," The Atlantic recently wrote.

The Rio Tinto Argyle mine in Western Australia is responsible for turning up most of the world's rare pink diamonds — and now it's revealed something even rarer. Rio Tinto Diamonds announced Tuesday that its annual showcase this year will feature a massive violet diamond discovered in the mine. The stone was more than twice the size of the next-largest violet diamond found in the mine; in its original state, the diamond was more than nine carats, and after being cut and polished it stands at 2.83... Читать дальше...

With a decisive primary looming in Indiana, Ted Cruz didn't mince words when going after Donald Trump on Tuesday, slamming the Republican frontrunner for being a "serial philanderer."

English rock group Radiohead has been acting cryptically all week, blanking out their social media accounts and posting weird claymation videos. It turns out it was all a lead up to their new single, presumably off their forthcoming ninth album.

India is testing out a new tactic to reduce its carbon emissions: making farm animals less flatulent. Scientists at the Cow Research Institute in Mathura, located about 100 miles south of New Delhi, are experimenting with cattle feed that will make cows less gassy; fewer bovine blasts would cut back on the amount of the heat-trapping gas methane released into the atmosphere. Meanwhile, scientists in the southern state of Kerala are working on a more long-term solution, as researchers there have... Читать дальше...

Same-sex adoption became legal in all 50 states Tuesday after the final holdout, Mississippi, failed to appeal a recent federal ruling that deemed its ban on same-sex adoption unconstitutional. Mississippi had until 11:59 p.m. Monday night to appeal the ruling and failed to do so, effectively letting the ban die. "Mississippi was the last state in the nation that prohibited adoption by gay couples, so in all 50 states, gay couples are allowed to adopt kids, as it should be," Roberta Kaplan, one of the case's lead lawyers, told BuzzFeed News.

Islamic State terrorists in the seaside city of Sirte, Libya, have reportedly taken to selling chickens and eggs by the roadside in an effort to raise money — while still wearing their full military regalia. It's sort of like a kid's lemonade stand, except horrifying.

Sen. Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina as his running mate last week in a final gambit to edge out Donald Trump for the GOP nomination. Unfortunately for the Cruz-Fiorina campaign, poll results released Tuesday indicate it didn't help.

The United States is hosting the Copa América soccer tournament for the first time in June, and an Argentine television station decided to have a little fun with that fact.

For the first time in YouTube history, a movie trailer has ended up on the site's list of all-time most disliked videos. In spot number 18, below Justin Bieber's "Baby" and Rebecca Black's "Friday," now rests the trailer for the new female-fronted Ghostbusters film, due out July 15. The movie, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones, has attracted nearly 650,000 dislikes and only about 221,000 likes.

Will the Hamilton hype ever end? Not today, certainly. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical has set a new record for Tony Award nominations, earning 16 nods on Tuesday including for Best Musical and Best Original Score, along with Best Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting, Direction, Choreography, and Orchestration.

Hold on to your tinfoil hats — Donald Trump just accused Ted Cruz's father of possibly having a hand in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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A jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $55 million to a woman, Gloria Ristesund, who said the company’s talc-powder feminine hygiene products caused her ovarian cancer. The company plans to appeal the verdict, its second straight loss. Johnson & Johnson faces 1,200 lawsuits filed by people accusing it of inadequately warning consumers about potential cancer risks from its talc-based products. Johnson & Johnson spokeswoman Carol Goodrich said research over 30 years has shown cosmetic talc to be safe. Читать дальше...

Sen. Ted Cruz's chances of stopping Donald Trump from clinching the Republican presidential nomination appear slimmer than ever in a new national poll by NBC News/Survey Monkey out Tuesday, the day of the fateful Indiana GOP primary. At 56 percent support, Trump more than doubles Cruz's 22 percent, winning what Politico reports is a "new high among Republicans." Ohio Gov. John Kasich lags far behind with 14 percent. Another 7 percent of respondents remain undecided.

The United Arab Emirates has Ferrari World, China lays claim to the Dwarf Empire, and in Argentina you can visit the The Republic of Children. Not to be outdone, Brazil is now planning its own wild and wacky amusement park — and the theme is sex.

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Primary voters in Indiana go to the polls Tuesday to vote in contests that are considered crucial in determining whether the frontrunners, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, will clinch their parties' presidential nominations ahead of this summer's conventions. "If we win Indiana, it's over," Trump, who leads most polls in the state, told supporters. Clinton, who leads rival Bernie Sanders by four points in Indiana polls, has already turned her attention to the general election... Читать дальше...

Tuesday is primary day in Indiana, and Ted Cruz has thrown everything he has into winning the state and stopping Donald Trump's string of victoires. He has spent days campaigning there — and seen his lead over Trump turn into a 15-point deficit, Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. "Wow, it's almost as if spending time there campaigning hurt him," Colbert said. "Well, you know what they say about Ted Cruz: To know him is to wish you didn't." He marveled over John Boehner calling Cruz a... Читать дальше...

On Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that a U.S. serviceman was killed "in the neighborhood of Erbil," the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. "It is a combat death, of course, and a very sad loss," Carter said in Stuttgart, Germany, where he is meeting with NATO allies. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) also released a brief statement, saying the unidentified "coalition service member was killed in northern Iraq as a result of enemy fire."

On Tuesday, Indiana votes in the Democratic and Republican primaries, but the main drama is between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Campaigning in Indianapolis on Monday, Trump said that if he wins, as recent polls suggest he will, Cruz should drop out. "Indiana is very important, because if I win that's the end of it," he said. "It would be over." Cruz, also in Indiana, vowed to stay in the race, but appeared to leave a little wiggle room for an exit. "I am in for the distance, as long as we have a viable path to victory," he told reporters. Читать дальше...

Human beings are prone to perversion.

I don't mean sexual perversion, though that is sometimes a part of it. I'm talking about our broader tendency toward confusion about how to be happy. We seem to be oriented toward happiness (or flourishing), longing for it desperately, striving for it throughout our lives. Yet we also lack any clear sense of how to get there — which is why we seek it in so many different, sometimes contradictory ways: through love, work, family, faith, hobbies, entertainment... Читать дальше...

After a prolonged spell of missteps and atrocious press coverage, Donald Trump has regained his commanding lead in the Republican presidential primary. A week ago he swept five states in the Northeast by giant margins, and he leads every recent poll of Indiana, whose primary takes place Tuesday. The state is probably the last place for the anti-Trump faction to prevent him from winning the primary outright, and it doesn't even look close.