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• • Nike's controversial Vaporfly shoes, worn by record-breaking marathoners, just avoided a ban ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
  • New rules announced Friday permit the shoes already on the market to be worn in competition, but ban prototype shoes in competitions, which includes the Nike Alphaflys worn in the first ever sub-2-hour marathon.
  • Vaporfly soles give runners more energetic efficiency, but some researchers and runners think the shoes confer an unfair advantage. Читать дальше...

BoJack Horseman will go into the light someday — just not yet. | Netflix

BoJack Horseman ends with a muted blend of hope and horror, as only it can.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are at the front of the field for the Democratic national primary, according to a new CNN Poll of Polls released Friday morning.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Senate passed a measure that make changes in a new business and occupation tax surcharge levied on some professional services and technology companies because the tax the Legislature passed last year to generate money for the state’s college grant program needs an overhaul even ...

Why the 'devil' coronavirus has hit European stocks hard

Here are our five best and five worst since the halftime shows became the modern-day spectacle they are with Michael Jackson’s performance in 1993.

OTTAWA — Two long-range Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear missiles buzzed Canadian airspace on Friday morning, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (Norad) said, days after a senior military officer warned that North America’s early-warning system is outdated.

The “Paper Planes” singer promises exclusive videos, livestreams, and more in return.

(NBC NEWS) Life expectancy in the United States went up for the first time in four years in 2018, thanks largely to a decrease in death rates from cancer and drug overdoses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. Still, experts noted that the report, from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics,…

PARLIAMENT Square in London is starting to fill up ahead of the UK’s exit from the EU at 11pm tonight. Boris Johnson and his cabinet met in Sunderland today, the first place to officially vote to leave the EU. They discussed the next steps for the Brexit process, and then headed back to London. The […]

Germany on Friday confirmed the seventh case of coronavirus identifying the victim as a man who works at a company in Bavaria where five other workers had earlier tested positive

1. CNN Poll of Polls: Biden and Sanders lead national Democratic primary  CNN
2. Fix Trump's mess or blow it up? Democrats should pick Door No. 1 and steer to the center.  USA TODAY
3. Warren debuts new ads in late 'electability' push  POLITICO
4. 2020 Power Ranking: We asked for your ranking of the Democrats. Here's what you said.  The Washington Post
5. Will Someone Break Out of Iowa Who Can Trounce Trump? Anyone?  The New York Times
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Manchester United identify Shanghai Shenhua's Odion Ighalo as their leading forward target, according to a report.

Editor’s note: This commentary was first published Feb. 21, 2018. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — February is the time the nation sets aside to celebrate the history of African-Americans. Dr. Carter Woodson advocated for a week to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of African-Americans and initiated such a week in 1926. February was chosen […]

The impeachment process was always flawed. Now it’s permanently corrupted.

“We have never discussed canceling the games,” Tokyo organizers said in a statement to The Associated Press. “Tokyo 2020 will continue to collaborate with the IOC and relevant organizations and will review any countermeasures that may be necessary.”

VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur, Jan. 31 (PIA) - The city government of Vigan recognized national government agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs) and the media during the Partners' Appreciation Nig

Everybody's favorite horse actor is going out with a bang. The second half of BoJack Horseman season 6 is out.

Buying U.S. Treasurys and shorting commodities has been the most effective way to hedge against macroeconomic risks over the past year — and that should continue as worries mount over the spread of China’s coronavirus, says one analyst.

SAN JUAN, Abra, Jan. 31(PIA) -- The Municipal Police Station here has reorganized its Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) to strengthen working relationship with concerned agencies and individuals for

Lindsay Gottlieb said goodbye to Cal, the university she loves, uprooted her life and family and took a job as assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer. Now she’s helping “push the needle” in ways meaningful to women in sports.

LA PAZ, Abra, Jan. 31(PIA) --The municipality of La Paz in Abra is known for its "abel", a traditionally hand-woven textiles crafted for durability. It is often called home to traditional loom weav