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Stocks fell across industries on Tuesday, erasing gains from a rally a day earlier, as investors sifted through economic reports for clues as to when the era of low interest rates may end. Consumer goods companies and utilities fell the most. Energy stocks rose as the price of crude oil rose to a seven-month high. Diane Jaffee, a senior portfolio manager at TCW Group, said investors are worried that a pickup in inflation suggests the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates soon, threatening the still-sluggish economy. Читать дальше...

Melania Trump is sticking to a classic adage when hitting back at Chris Matthews for his public catcall.

A dog was rescued last month from a farm in Wonju, South Korea. Humane Society International offers to pay farmers to release dogs so they can be sent abroad to be adopted.

A new app designed to introduce young children to traditional Gaelic music, song, stories and dance, will be launched officially on 1 June.

Outfielder-first baseman Mark Canha will have season-ending surgery next Tuesday in Vail, Colo., where hip specialist Dr. Marc Philippon will remove excess bone growth at the top of Canha’s left femur. Canha also had considered getting a cortisone shot to see if that might allow him to play this season, but he said a cortisone injection comes with some risks and, knowing how much trouble the hip had been giving him dating back to last year with no improvement, he decided surgery was the best course of action. Читать дальше...

The plan "screws tens of thousands" of riders, or is a "significant improvement," depending on who is asked.

​A well-known Parliament Hill reporter named a high-profile senator as the source of last year's Senate spending audit leak, starting off a lively spat on Twitter Tuesday evening.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An audit by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government found it took anywhere from two days to several weeks for many government offices in the state to fulfill public records requests and more than a dozen failed to respond at all. The group — through a private citizen — filed requests under the Inspection of Public Records Act to gauge the responsiveness, attitudes and practices of more than 120 state agencies and boards and the state's 33 counties. According to the audit... Читать дальше...

The first-quarter earnings season is almost over, and it's one most investors would like to forget. But by far the most notable feature: The energy sector has recorded its first year-over-year quarterly loss in the 17 years that Standard and Poor's has tracked data for the sector. Overall, S&P energy companies have reported an average decline of 35 cents per share, down nearly 107 percent from the same quarter last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 17 (UPI) -- Stewart-Haas Racing announced that it would switch to Ford vehicles next year, since then one of its top drivers has been rumored to be jumping ship.

De Verenigde Naties waarschuwen dat ze flink geld tekortkomen voor humanitaire hulp aan het door oorlogsgeweld geteisterde Jemen. Dat meldden de VN dinsdag. Van de beloofde 1,6 miljard euro heeft de organisatie slechts 16 procent van zijn leden ontvangen.

Doubts are growing about the party's ability to unite after a contentious primary.

Stubborn drought conditions and an epidemic of dead and dying trees mean California is facing a potentially catastrophic fire season, federal officials said Tuesday as they promised to send extra money and personnel to the state. Similar circumstances contributed to record acreage lost to wildfires in the West last year, including three blazes that laid waste to Lake County, and top officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture said improved rain and snow totals during the winter did little to ease the threat. Читать дальше...

The city where you’ll never find a home

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) -- The series finale for "House of Lies" was shot in Cuba and will air on June 13, Showtime announced Tuesday.

The reports calls recent election law changes “an abrupt and unjustified interruption of the state’s success in administering elections."

Did an Edwardian writer predict the internet age?

“Have fun with your weird mother-son vaginal lube sales team.”

When she understood the importance of attitude.

And when her own attitude was just always perfect.

Literally perfect.

Me to everything in life.

When she was great at math.

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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump says he'd be willing to speak with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- a sharp departure from current U.S. policy toward the reclusive Asian nation. The presumptive GOP nominee made the comments in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, the news service reported. Trump said he would talk to Kim to try to stop the country's nuclear program. "I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," Trump said. But he also turned to one of his frequent talking points... Читать дальше...

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At this point in the primary race, nothing short of a meteor strike on Trump Tower could stop Donald Trump from becoming the Republican nominee.

But that doesn't mean the end of the Never Trump movement.

A circle of Republican elites who are still in the "denial" stage of the grieving process have moved past the primary and are trying to draft a third party candidate for the general election.

Conservative operatives have been quietly working over... Читать дальше...

Defensive tackle Dominique Easley will sign a one-year deal with the Rams, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday. Easley flew to Los Angeles for a workout with the Rams, and evidently it went well. The Patriots waived Easley last month, and Easley had previously worked out for the Bengals. The signing of Easley provides the Rams…

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Uber can tell when your phone is running out of juice — and it has figured out that a low battery is a strong indicator as to whether you're likely to accept surge pricing. 

In an interview with NPR's Hidden Brain podcast, Uber's head of economic research, Keith Chen, explained how Uber's data team can find weird patterns in its user behavior. 

"...One of the strongest predictors of whether or not you are going to be sensitive to surge — in other words... Читать дальше...

North Carolina is in a battle for its soul. And the state’s latest piece of controversial legislation -- HB 2 -- might just tip the scales.