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WASHINGTON ― Adding to the resounding criticism of White House chief of staff John Kelly’s comments about the Civil War, the leader of the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday said the remarks fit a larger pattern of “repeated attempts to whitewash history” by President Donald Trump’s administration.

A stroke patient lying paralysed in hospital listened in horror as doctors told his family that he would not survive and later, among themselves, quietly discussed selling his organs for a quick buck.  Jimi Fritze, [...]

Beijing has warned the US to stop meddling in South China Sea territorial disputes in advance of US President Donald Trump’s visit to several East Asian nations, including the Philippines, China, South Korea and Japan.

Lane Kiffin and Florida Atlantic have the only unbeaten league record in Conference USA, and the Owls have won four straight

Former Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta took to Twitter Tuesday to complain about being a “victim,” of President Trump after he was called upon to release dirt on his former boss. Little did Podesta know WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange was going to epically troll him for it.  “The biggest story yesterday, the one that […]

President Donald Trump touted the Republican plan to reform the nation's tax code on Tuesday, ahead of an unveiling of that plan set for Wednesday.

If you're a fan of free pizza, then this Thursday is a date to keep on your calendar.

Ubisoft will take the Far Cry series to Hope County, Montana in Far Cry 5. The game will be the first entry since last year's spinoff, Far Cry Primal. Here's everything we know about the game so far.

On the second episode of UFC 217 Embedded, UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and Team Alpha Male arrive in New York, T.J. Dillashaw meets up with coach Duane Ludwig, Rose Namajunas gets a haircut, UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk squeezes in one last training session at American Top Team, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping tapes a podcast, Georges St-Pierre readies for fight week, and more.

MLB.com - After hiring Garvin Alston as pitching coach to replace the dismissed Neil Allen, the Twins figured their 2018 coaching staff was set. But...

Star Tribune - http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/454312703.html 10-31-2017 01:50 PM

Nigeria's cabinet will be expanded to bring in "more people and fresh ideas, for the ultimate benefit of the people of Nigeria," President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Government officials have privately raised the prospect of Buhari reshuffling his cabinet since he returned from medical leave in Britain in August, but the presidency had not discussed any changes until Tuesday's comments on Twitter. However, Buhari did not immediately provide any further details, nor mention any potential reshuffle of ministers' current portfolios. Читать дальше...

In Twitter statement, actor addresses rumors about his sexuality -- and a claim that he made drunken pass at teenage actor

Kaepernick filed a collusion suit against NFL owners earlier in October.

Chelsea can put themselves on the verge of qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League with a win over AS Roma tonight. Here are the line-ups:

"one of the first examples this academic year of a university seriously considering disciplining students for disrupting a speaker"

Today, having a website to accompany your business is a much-needed and necessary commodity. This is because a large majority of modern clients are going to be interested in a company’s online presence. Should it be absent, customers may choose to look elsewhere, as they feel more comfortable siding with a company that has taken […]

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The promotional campaign around the premiere of the CBS special “Michael Jackson’s Halloween” got an inadvertent connection Monday when the late singer topped Forbes annual list of top-earning dead celebrities for the fifth straight year. The singer’s estate raked in some $75 million, driven by a new greatest hits album, the Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil […]

Vaginas are like self-cleaning ovens; an octopus’s wriggly appendages are called arms not tentacles; and there’s no biological basis for race. These are just a few of the facts that scientists on Twitter want you to know, so they’re sharing them with the hashtag #MyOneScienceTweet.

Kyle Mizokami

Security, Americas

The Iowa-class battleships will remain museum pieces for the foreseeable future. Still, if the will and the funding were there, there are some very interesting things that could be done with them.

A guided-missile battleship’s long-range firepower would suppress enemy air defenses, allowing carrier aircraft a freer hand over enemy territory. In return, carriers would provide antisubmarine and antiair cover for the battleship.

Battleships captivate the imagination. Читать дальше...

The Patriots reportedly wanted to give their backup QB a big money extension

Find out where you can hit the most homes with the least amount of walking. No guarantee that there will be candy in all of them though.