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Under Republican Party rules, Donald J. Trump is the only one who can take himself out of the race at this point.

For many countries, the prospect of hosting the Summer Olympics is sought after as the maximum consecration of their place as a modern power. In the past century, this was notoriously evident at the Berlin Olympics, of 1936, which Adolf Hitler hoped to use to show off the Olympian superiority of his master race. Eight years ago, the Beijing Olympics, with their showy inaugural ceremony and no-expenses-spared sports venues, were China’s statement about its place on the world scene. When Brazil was selected as the host of this Olympiad... Читать дальше...

“The streets will not have our children!”

According to a senior official, North Korea plans to plant its national flag on the moon’s surface some time in the next ten years.

The collective run of Trump, Murdoch and Ailes looks like it is running into a wall of its own making

Basketball, track and swimming have been staples at the Olympics for decades, drawing thousands of spectators. But solo synchronized swimming or live pigeon shooting? They are among the strangest events that have, at one time or another, taken place at the Games. Here are the 10 oddest sports that have actually graced the modern Olympics […]

American Airlines and a union said they have agreed on hefty pay raises for 30,000 workers. American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association said in a joint statement on Friday that they reached an “interim agreement” on “significant pay increases” for 30,000 maintenance and fleet service workers and “other related employees.” “These increases now give employees […]

Kinda cool to see Obama chatting up Bill and what it was like backstage. There were so many prominent people at the DNC and it took so much work to put the nuts and bolts of that event together.

Just a couple, three weeks ago, Wisconsin's top three Republican office holders - Lyin' Paul Ryan, Ron Johnson and Scott Walker - traveled to Cleveland to pay homage and swear fealty to their wigged overlord, Donald Trump.

A gay refugee living in Turkey has been found murdered, his body so mutilated his friends could only identify him by his pants, a local rights group said. Wisam, who arrived in Istanbul about a year ago after fleeing Syria, went missing on July 23 and was found two days later in the city’s Yenikapi […]

Our current media environment makes the world seem scary. and that suits Donald Trump, writes Aaron Duncan.

Leave your Zippo at home.

Obama defends cash payment to Iran, USA Gymnastics failed to report sex abuse cases and the bankrupting wedding day.

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After getting its attempt to win a fourth successive Olympic gold off to a winning start against New Zealand, the United States women’s soccer team will face a major step up when taking on the world’s No. 3-ranked team France in Belo Horizonte. With the top two teams from each group as well as the two best third-place teams going through to the quarterfinals, a loss for either team will not be fatal to its gold-medal hopes.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Holding the Olympics in Rome in 2024 would send a message of defiance to terrorists trying to cower people into a “life of fear” and rob them of their sporting and cultural identity, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said Friday. Renzi came to Brazil to attend the opening of the Rio de

The Chiefs don’t have safety Eric Berry in camp and he might not be reporting for duty any time soon since he can show up just before the start of the regular season in order to collect all of the $10.8 million he’s due to make under the terms of his franchise tender. That scenario…

Fox News has aired 175 segments relating to the economy in the past six months, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been a guest for over 20 percent of them. 

Stephen Feller
LEICESTER, England, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Researchers in England believe veins on the surface of Mars formed as lakes -- "habitable" by Earth standards -- evaporated, according to a study.

The organization behind the expedition, Viking Kings, discovered after they reached the Great Lakes that they were not exempt from a requirement to hire U.S. pilots as they had originally believed.

Over to you Rio.

A woman who accused two University of Florida football players of sexual assault skipped a school code of conduct hearing Friday because a Gators sports booster was assigned to adjudicate the case, her attorney said in a letter to the school. Receiver Antonio Callaway and quarterback Treon Harris were suspended by the university in January

Apple has joined a growing list of tech companies with so-called "bug bounty" programs, where hackers are rewarded for notifying companies of vulnerabilities found in their products. Photo: Reuters.