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It's the final stretch. The primaries are winding down with only a few states left to vote, and while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have all but locked up the nominations, Oregon and Kentucky are holding their primaries on Tuesday.

In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year's Olympics after they were caught in retesting of drug samples from the 2008 Beijing Games

Second Harvest collects and distributes food to more than 200 social agencies in Toronto

(ATTN: ADDS foreign ministry's comment in last 3 paras) BEIJING/SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, apparently en route to some African nations, a diplomatic source said.

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TEHRAN, May 17 (UPI) -- Eight female models have been arrested in Iran without wearing mandatory head scarfs in photos online.

LONDON (AP) — In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year's Olympics after they were caught in retesting of drug samples from the 2008 Beijing Games,…

LONDON (AP) — In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year's Olympics after they were caught in retesting of drug samples from the 2008 Beijing Games,…

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2008 file photo a protective fence shows a Beijing 2008 logo outside the National Stadium, known as the "Birds Nest", in Beijing. The IOC said Wednesday, May 17, 2016 31 athletes in six sports…

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2008 file photo fireworks explode during the opening ceremony in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The IOC said Wednesday, May 17, 2016 31 athletes in six sports have tested…

FILE - In this Monday, June 30, 2008 file photo, urine samples from Chinese athletes are recorded upon arriving at China Anti-Doping Agency in Beijing. The IOC said Wednesday, May 17, 2016 31 athletes in six sports have tested positive…

'I looked like I was dying - and inside I was'

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his combat outpost in Afghanistan and spent five years in captivity, will be court-martialed under a new commander-in-chief. A military judge decided Tuesday to delay Bergdahl's trial from August until February to provide ...

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's two major air carriers said Tuesday they have decided to impose no fuel surcharges on their international flights next month amid continued low oil prices. Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. said t

Retailers aren’t the only ones hurting

The Stormers have suffered a massive blow ahead of Saturday’s north-south derby against the Bulls at Loftus, with captain Juan de Jongh ruled out with a hamstring injury.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mostly falling Tuesday morning as investors sift through new economic reports and company earnings. Utilities and consumer goods companies fell the most after the market made sizable gains the day before.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mostly falling Tuesday morning as investors sift through new economic reports and company earnings. Utilities and consumer goods companies fell the most after the market made sizable gains the day before. Earnings per share, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 44 cents versus the 39 cents analysts expected. The Federal Reserve will weigh the inflation figures when it meets in June to decide whether to increase interest rates. U.S. industrial production posted... Читать дальше...

Undergraduate enrollment has increased from 626 to more than 1,400 students and adults students in the school's College of Professional Studies has tripled to more than 8,400. Indiana Tech has added a men's hockey team too, but Snyder says he won't recommend a football team because of potential player injuries.

Pittsburgh-based Erik Cavanaugh doesn't have the typical "lean, long" dancer's body, but that hasn't stopped him from spending the past six years perfecting his art.

Over 300,000 people signed the petition on Change.org demanding that the European Broadcasting Union and Eurovision Song Contest revise the results of the song contest held in Stockholm on Saturday.

Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Krunal Pandya is a big fan of swashbuckling cricketer Yuvraj Singh and idolises the Punjab all-rounder who is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad this IPL season.

A Maine police sergeant looking for speeders has captured a fireball streaking across the sky on his dashboard camera. The bright flash visible from several states early Tuesday was apparently ...