Obama and Meyers sat down for a chat with freshmen from Howard University on they handled their first year. Cannon is actually enrolled as a freshman at Howard.
(AP) — Indiana University is seeing record levels of enrollment at its Bloomington campus. IU released the figures Wednesday based on an official count conducted Monday. School officials say the freshman number, 2,448, reflects increased competition for a flat number of high school graduates in the state.
Hillary Clinton is the only candidate with a 'coherent' tech platform that will create jobs and grow the economy, says CTA CEO Gary Shapiro.
Kabelo Mahlobogwane, University of Pretoria student activist who was at the forefront of movements such as #FeesMustFall, speaks to Pretoria News.
The KwaZulu-Natal government will launch a commission of inquiry into political killings in the run-up to the recent local government elections.
Читать дальше..."That was not a Republican speech, that was populist propaganda," said one Hispanic Republican.
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Labor Day is approaching, and stores are set to close out the summer with some of their hottest deals on apparel, electronics, and shoes. Since our crystal ball is out of commission (fingers crossed for some Labor Day sales on mystical soothsaying items!), we're looking to last year's sales to see what we can expect to save this year.
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There's never a bad time to sit back and watch a good action movie.
The nonexistent (or besides-the-point) plot, the constant explosions, the muscular heroes doing what needs doing: What better way to take time out from the daily grind?
Thankfully, Netflix has a great collection of action movies right now, including the addition in September of classics like "Top Gun" and "Jaws."
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Robbie Amell is sticking with sci-fi. “The Flash” alum is going to be in a Netflix movie about time travel, but unlike Barry Allen, he can’t seem to control when he goes back in time. The new trailer for Netflix’s “ARQ” (above) looks intense, and it seems perfect for fans of cult show.
Some of Donald Trump's Hispanic backers are distancing themselves from the Republican nominee after he stood by a hardline approach to illegal immigration.
Читать дальше...Aviation aficionados got a treat Wednesday night when they go to see a Boeing 787 Dreamliner touch down at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. United Airlines flight 2238 was carrying the Los Angeles Rams, the team the Vikings play Thursday night at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday called out Donald Trump on Twitter, insisting that his country will "never" pay for the Republican nominee's proposed massive wall along the US-Mexico border.
Peña Nieto was responding to a tweet from Trump earlier on Thursday claiming that "Mexico will pay for the wall!"
"I repeat what I told you personally, Mr. Trump: Mexico will never pay for a wall," Peña Nieto fired back in Spanish.
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Daytime chief Lisa Hackner is in talks for a possible new role at the company, sources close to the situation say, while her top lieutenants Sheila Bouttier and Jill Mullikan-Bates are likely leaving. Hackner has served as executive vice president of daytime and syndicated programming at ABC since 2013, overseeing mainly shows on the West Coast, including the soap “General Hospital.” Hackner previously worked at Telepictures Productions, the Warner Bros. syndication unit, where she helped develop series such as “TMZ” and “The Tyra Banks Show.
Unifor says it will announce on Sept. 6 which one of Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler will be its target company in the opening round of negotiations for a new collective agreement.
Georgetown University is apologising for its historical links to slavery, saying it would give an admissions edge to descendants of slaves whose sale in the 19th century helped pay off the US school's debts.
A Portland man has been arrested on multiple charges; his mugshot collection shows his changing face.
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SpaceX has finally begun construction of its one-mile Hyperloop test track at its headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
Reddit user 42finder posted an image Thursday of the Hyperloop test tubes located across from the company's headquarters. SpaceX confirmed it was building the track.
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Elon Musk's Hyperloop pod contest has been a long time coming.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is vowing to come back from the freak knee injury that has knocked him out for the season. Bridgewater’s first public remarks since he went down in practice Tuesday came in a statement through the team on Thursday. Bridgewater says he comes from “amazing DNA” and that he
Facebook's satellite was destroyed during the SpaceX rocket explosion on Thursday.
Washington, Brussels, and others have plenty of leverage over Beijing. Now they just have to use it.
Читать дальше...The new four-cylinder Macan, nearly identical in body to the V-6-powered Macan S, is the fifth iteration of Porsche’s sporty, compact utility vehicle available in Canada