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Jane Page Thompson from Aiken will represent South Carolina in Cleveland next week at the Republican National Convention.

TORONTO — It hasn’t been the fastest race to the checkered flag for Josef Newgarden, the rising star of IndyCar. Newgarden, coming off a dominating win on the oval at Iowa Speedway last weekend, returns to the street course of Toronto this weekend as the defending race winner. It’s a far cry from four seasons

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The earth is losing a huge number of species every day.

In 2010, the UN Environment Programme estimated that 150 to 200 species of plants, insects, birds, and mammals go extinct every 24 hours, which was believed to be nearly as much as 1,000 times the "natural" rate.

And now, according to a new study published in Science, we are losing so many species that we could possibly be putting ourselves at risk.

The study found that across 58% of the earth's land surface... Читать дальше...

An internal NYPD investigation into the death of Eric Garner has been completed.

The approved funds will allow the city to acquire all the remaining property that had not been under city control except for the Lincoln Building, the Mutual Musicians Foundation and the Kansas City Call newspaper property. Plans call for the city to hire a property management company to maximize the district's commercial potential. District Councilman Jermaine Reed said "18th & Vine is a premier destination location that helps put Kansas City, Missouri, on the map internationally,"

The ex-England international believes the midfielder was one of the main factors behind an historic triumph last season for his old club, and tipped him to excel in London

Mass funerals for some of the 260 people killed during Friday’s failed coup attempt were held in cities across Turkey, as the government widened its crackdown against suspected accomplices. Here are live updates.

The Turkish military said had seized control of the government as tanks took up positions outside Istanbul’s airport, jets flew low over the capital and troops seized the state-run television station.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Henri Barkey, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, about the military coup underway in Turkey.

(ATTN: UPDATES twith latest information in para 7) SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday condemned the deadly truck attack in southern France, saying no act of terrorism can be condoned under any circumstances. On Thursday night (local

Caleb Harper of MIT creates "food computers" that are helping to change the landscape of our food system.

Consumer prices rose modestly in June as the costs of gasoline and rent kept climbing, while sales at American retailers registered a healthy gain. The Labor Department said Friday that consumer prices increased 0.2 percent last month, matching the gain in May. The Fed, which meets July 26-27, wants to see evidence that inflation is ticking up before raising short-term U.S. interest rates again. [...] Britain’s June 23 decision to leave the European Union has rattled financial markets and raised uncertainty about the global economy. Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Four men have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl who was under the influence of ecstasy and marijuana at a halfway house for sex offenders.

Newly declassified pages from a congressional report into 9/11 released Friday have reignited speculation that some of the hijackers had links to Saudis, including government officials — allegations that were never substantiated by later U.S. investigations into the terrorist attacks.

The Tunisian-born driver who killed 84 people after slamming his truck into a crowd of revellers in the French resort of Nice had suffered from depression but had nothing to do with religion, his father told AFP on Friday. "From 2002 to 2004, he had problems that caused a nervous breakdown. The white-haired father said the family in Tunisia had almost no contact with his son after he left for France, but he could not say when exactly this was.

History had its eyes on them—and now, we're telling their stories.

U.S. officials say the Army Criminal Investigation Command has reopened a sexual harassment case against the reservist who gunned down five police officers in Dallas.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Sylvie Kauffmann, the editorial director of Le Monde newspaper in Paris, about what Thursday night's attack in Nice means to the French people.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan pas is sinds twee jaar president in Turkije, maar heeft al sinds zijn premierschap in 2003 de touwtjes in handen. Dat gaat allerminst zonder slag of stoot. Critici en de politieke oppositie noemen hem een dictator en autoritair. Het is de vraag hoe lang hij zich nog staande weet te houden.

NEW YORK — After months of frustration and uncertainty, Muhammad Wilkerson got the long-term contract he believed he deserved. The New York Jets pulled off a last-minute stunner, signing the Pro Bowl defensive end to a five-year extension and beating Friday’s deadline after which Wilkerson would have had to play this season under the franchise

This park would be built underground, in the former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal.

One of the oldest houses in Australia, Juniper Hall, is at the centre of a stoush between its well-heeled Paddington neighbours and the wealthy Moran.

A surge in support, led in part by social media, has led to a larger-than-usual expected crowd for Friday’s Lynx game. A very limited number of tickets remain for the Lynx’s home game Friday night vs. the New York Liberty — a matchup of two of the best teams in the WNBA and also the first home game for Minnesota since police walked off the job in protest of the team’s warm-up shirts. Lynx players at Saturday’s game wore shirts that read, “Change starts with us, justice and accountability” and on... Читать дальше...

WACO, Texas — Jim Grobe has a master’s degree in counseling that comes in handy dealing with athletes on and off the field. Yet, Baylor’s acting head coach knows that doesn’t qualify him to handle issues such as domestic violence and sexual assault. “We coach and we recruit,” Grobe said. “That’s our expertise. That’s what