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An amazing effort that went down in history books.

On board one of the transports headed for the island of Saipan in early June 1944, a battalion surgeon gave a group of Marines a lecture on what they could expect when they reached their destination. “In the surf,” he explained, were “barracuda, sea snakes, anemones, razor-sharp coral, polluted waters, poison fish, and giant clams that shut on a man like a bear trap.”

Warming to his subject... Читать дальше...

Manchester City returned with a swagger from the international break Saturday, resuming their quest for four trophies with another dominant 2-0 win at Fulham that thrust them back to the top of the Premier League.

iOS: Google announced swipe gesture controls are coming to Gmail iOS starting this Thursday, and should be available to all iOS Gmail users soon. Though the update doesn’t add any new commands to Gmail, it makes it much easier to quickly manage your inbox by letting users customise what left or right “swipe” actions do. More »

Volkswagen is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Golf model line. As a replacement for the stalwart Beetle, it would be an understatement to call it a successful follow-up. For decades the Golf has been a great choice for many. On the eve of the Mk8 Golf, let’s celebrate the past.

Ashleigh Barty quit tennis five years ago after finding the mental grind of the tour too much to bear, turning to professional cricket.

With the final season of Jane The Virgin officially underway, we caught up with the cast at PaleyFest to talk about the show ending, and how they want it to be remembered.

Problems with shuttle buses Friday night at Miami's Ultra Music Festival forced an estimated amount of 70,000 people to walk home.

The B Section run will be to Tadcaster. About 47 miles in total with a cafe stop in Tadcaster. The route will take us out via Scarcroft and Bramham and return via Wetherby.

Kim Foxx, the Cook County state’s attorney, at a news conference in Chicago last month. Ms. Foxx wrote an op-ed in The Chicago Tribune defending her decision to drop charges against the actor Jussie Smollett.

"Yellow vest" activists protested across France on Saturday to support an activist injured last week in a confrontation with police and to show that they remain mobilized against the government's economic policies.    The demonstrators were undeterred by police protest bans or repeated injuries in 20 weeks of demonstrations. So they were out marching again in Paris, Bordeaux and other cities to keep pressing President Emmanuel Macron to do more to help France's struggling working classes or to step down altogether. Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah state alcohol commission is deciding whether karaoke can be considered recreation as it evaluates a liquor license request made by a Salt Lake City karaoke lounge.

A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death in Rohini Sector 3 on Friday night following an argument with two scooty-borne men unknown to the victim, the

About 100 people attended a rally in Drayton Valley Saturday, hoping to hear what candidates in Alberta's provincial election plan to do about their region's struggling oil and gas sector.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke declared that immigrants make the country safer as he staged rallies across Texas on Saturday to formally kick off his 2020 White House bid, looking…

President Donald Trump's executive order allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean ruled unlawful.

RHA’s T20i in-ear monitors offer high quality, balanced audio that you can personalize through use of removable hardware tuning filters.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Ken Buck has been elected chairman of the Colorado Republican Party for the next two years.

The Celtics gutted out an important win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, and now they’ll face a team... Read More »

Ex-cricketer’s remark comes amid speculation that he may be fielded from Delhi

​L'anticipo delle 18.00 della 29^ giornata di Serie A vede la ​Juventus ospitare l'Empoli all'Allianz Stadium, bianconeri costretti peraltro a fare a meno di Cristiano Ronaldo. Allegri aveva scelto inizialmente di puntare su Dybala accanto a Mandzukic e Bernardeschi, l'argentino però...

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It seems rather difficult to believe that one day the novelty will wear off. But right now, Tottenham’s new stadium feels like the sort of gift the club’s supporters have been waiting for.

Norwich took another step towards the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough, whose own promotion chances have nosedived in recent weeks.The victory came courtesy of Onel Hernandezs second-half goal to leave the Canaries five points clear at the top of the Sky Bet Championship and seven points better off than third-placed Sheffield United after a fine run of form.Daniel Farkes side have now won seven games in a row, but the result marked Boros fourth successive defeat and sees them drop out of the play-off places... Читать дальше...