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NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez is in the starting lineup for his final game with the New York Yankees, batting third as the designated hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays and right-hander Chris Archer. Rodriguez is being honored in a pregame ceremony Friday. He said he has not thought about trying to continue his career

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BREISGAU, Germany, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Believing exercise is beneficial doesn't just motivate people to engage in physical activity, it may increase the beneficial effect of exercise, research shows.

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I got my first "unglamorous" job when I was 16, when I was more than happy to strap on roller skates and skate around Sonic Drive-In for $6.25 an hour.

I was incredibly proud when I got hired, relishing my sore legs and dirty apron after a long day of delivering burgers and milkshakes to customers.

It wasn't until a classmate asked me when I was "quitting that crappy job" that I ever felt self-conscious ... all that mattered to me was being able to buy my first car... Читать дальше...

An abundance of research suggests that a Mediterranean diet can slow cognitive decline.

Coyle changes course to re-evaluate football’s three-year plan.

Kanye West's provocative "Famous" video may have launched an Internet-size beef with singer Taylor Swift, but it has received...

Brendan Dassey has had his conviction overturned Friday for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, according to multiple reports. Dassey, along with his uncle Steven Avery, was a key figure in the Netflix documentary "Making A Murderer" that captivated millions of viewers.

Three more people in Florida have tested positive for Zika caused by local mosquitoes, including another person who does not live in the one-square-mile (2.6-square-km) area believed to be the hub of local transmission, state officials said on Friday. Florida now has 28 cases of non-travel-related Zika, a virus that spread rapidly across Latin America and the Caribbean. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning for pregnant women to avoid this area of Miami.

Donald Trump told a protester in Pennsylvania that their mother is voting for him.

HUA HIN, Thailand — Attackers struck a series of tourist resort towns across southern Thailand with homemade explosives and firebombs in some of the worst violence to hit the country since a military coup two years ago. [...] the violence appeared aimed at undermining the country’s tourism industry, which provides vital income to the government. Police said firebombs also triggered blazes at markets and shops in six places, including Phuket, Trang, Surat Thani, Phang Nga and a souvenir shop in the tourist town of Ao Nang... Читать дальше...

Buzzfeed created a fun – and challenging – quiz on NBA logos. The site presents two logos for each NBA team, one real and one slightly modified. You must identify the correct version. Give it a shot. I got 25/30.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Francisco Mejia stepped out of the clubhouse and into the dugout with little fanfare. He did his usual turns in the batting cage, and the 5-foot-10, 175-pound catcher looked like just another 20-year-old in the minors. Yet Mejia is something of a modern-day Joe DiMaggio, plying his trade for the Lynchburg Hillcats

A New York man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who fell asleep next to him on an international flight has been sentenced to two years in prison. U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers says 43-year-old Staten Island resident ...

Rupert Murdoch has selected a new leadership team of longtime network executives. Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy will be co-presidents. Ailes was forced out amid sexual harassment charges.

Hillary Clinton's release of her tax returns and the pressure on Donald Trump to follow suit draws attention to the candidates' wealth. On the trail, they try hard to connect with working class voters.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss Hillary Clinton's release of her tax returns and the candidates' economic speeches.

A series of bomb attacks on tourist sites in Thailand killed at least four people and wounded dozens.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to David Steele, senior writer at Sporting News, about U.S. swimmer Simone Manuel's historic gold medal win in Thursday's 100-meter freestyle.

There's no shortage of excitement in Olympic sport. From rough and tumble rugby to gravity defying gymnastics to the precision of diving. Everywhere, it seems, there's adrenaline and athleticism on full display. So is there such a thing as a boring Olympic sport?

"Reigning Men" is the name of an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that traces 300 years of men's fashions — from the trousers that became a defining symbol of the French Revolution to the latest from Savile Row.

Children are among the hardest hit by seven years of Boko Haram's violent insurgency in northeastern Nigeria. Doctors Without Borders warns acutely malnourished children risk starvation and even death. Tens of thousands of people are seeking shelter, food and medical aid, uprooted from their homes by the militants the Nigerian military claims they have defeated.