A preliminary investigation into Friday's clashes between protesters and Iraqi security forces has revealed that police and military guards did not fire directly into the crowd, according to a statement the spokesman for Iraq's prime minister
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — State television: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu formally resigns allowing close Erdogan ally to replace him.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — State television: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu formally resigns allowing close Erdogan ally to replace him.
Greg Kiltie scores twice as Kilmarnock preserve their Premiership status by thrashing Championship side Falkirk.
Apple was dumped most often by hedge funds in the first quarter while big money managers added a big chunk of Facebook. Still, most top hedge fund holdings lagged the performance of the S&P 500.
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The Redskins didn’t sign any big free agents or use a high draft pick on any outside linebackers this offseason, but hopes are high that the team is going to get better support for Ryan Kerrigan at the position than they got for most of last season. A pair of returning players are the reason for…
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When Tim Brown was playing professional soccer in New Zealand, he used to get tons of free shoes, especially from his sponsor, Nike. There would be shoes of all sorts: from athletic powerhouses to more casual fare.
And he began to notice a trend, he tells Business Insider. While there was startling innovation going on the high-performance or fashionable footwear, the shoes marketed for everyday wear were uninspired. They would just stick a Nike swoosh onto a subpar shoe made in Vietnam, he says. Читать дальше...
Senator Harry Reid joined Joy Reid on MSNBC's AM Joy and discussed Donald Trump at length.
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1876: An exhibition from Nebraska for the U.S. centennial exposition at Philadelphia was called for by Gov. Silas Barber after reservations had been made in Philadelphia and free rail transportation secured.
Austria's presidential election between Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer and former Greens leader Alexander van der Bellen remains too close to call, a projection by the SORA institute for broadcaster ORF showed on Sunday.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi asked to be given "enough space" to address the plight of her country's Rohingya Muslim population.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury is back on the job for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury is back on the job for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury is back on the job for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury is back on the job for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Canada has won its second straight gold medal at the world hockey championship after posting a 2-0 victory over Finland in the tournament final.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch delivers the commencement address at American University's law school.
De nieuwe president van Oostenrijk wordt pas maandag bekend. Norbert Hofer, de vertegenwoordiger van de rechts-populistische FPÖ, en de onafhankelijke kandidaat Alexander Van der Bellen, voormalig voorman van de Groenen, gingen zondag in de tweede ronde van de verkiezing zo gelijk op dat de schriftelijk uitgebrachte stemmen de doorslag zullen geven.
De nieuwe president van Oostenrijk wordt pas maandag bekend. Norbert Hofer, de vertegenwoordiger van de rechts-populistische FPÖ, en de onafhankelijke kandidaat Alexander Van der Bellen, voormalig voorman van de Groenen, gingen zondag in de tweede ronde van de verkiezing zo gelijk op dat de schriftelijk uitgebrachte stemmen de doorslag zullen geven.
A former marathon runner spends 24 hours on a giant hamster wheel to raise money for charity
In January 1959, the first transcontinental commercial jet trip flew from Los Angeles to New York City in five and a half hours. Today, the same trip will take a half hour to an hour longer (that is, if your flight isn’t delayed). A lot has changed since 1959—fares are less expensive, planes have reduced effects on the environment, and we’ve reached astonishing levels of safety—yet the speed hasn’t increased, and the romance of flying is gone. So why is the Concorde, the fastest commercial airliner... Читать дальше...
