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Harry Potter fans better start clearing some room off their desks.

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman agreed to accept a 30-game suspension under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, a penalty stemming from an incident with his girlfriend last October. Under the discipline announced ...

Not only is a conference championship at stake this weekend at the Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament at Key Arena, so, too, is seeding for the NCAA tournament.

It's his cut of a $632 settlement with Olympus America to settle criminal charges and civil claims.

The Pierce County Commission shut down any opportunity to drill an exploratory borehole near Rugby that would allow researchers to probe any potential for nuclear waste disposal.

...You attend your favorite sporting event and you're a big fan of the team. You are in the stands roaring to show support for your team. You continually shout louder to be heard above all other noise in the stadium.

...You are a guest at a wedding and the band is loud. The noise in the room is thunderous and you must continue to raise your voice level to be heard over the noise, to converse with the other guests at your table.

...Rather than walk into another room at home to speak with a family member... Читать дальше...

Welcome to the latest episode of the Billboard.com Pop Shop Podcast, Billboard's weekly half-hour audio breakdown of the Billboard charts,...

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AT&T will launch three separate internet streaming TV services later this year under its DirecTV brand, none of which require cable or satellite subscriptions.

The services are aimed at people who are living in a post-cable world, one filled with streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. They will work with any carrier (Verizon too), and on basically any device you want — phone, tablet, streaming box, smart TV, and so on.

Here is a quick rundown... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON - The mayor of the nation's capital withdrew her support Tuesday for a proposed $6.8 billion merger of power companies Pepco and Exelon.

The PSC's counterproposal guts much needed protections against rate increases for D.C. residents and assistance for low-income D.C. ratepayers. After the public service commission first rejected the merger last year, saying it would not benefit ratepayers, Bowser's administration had negotiated for the companies to pay the District of Columbia $78 million for its support for the merger from District, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and federal regulators. The proposed acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc. Читать дальше...

An Army veteran's widow has sued the city of Maricopa and two police officers over the fatal shooting of her husband in an encounter two days after he contacted police to talk about his post-traumatic stress disorder.

Germany will take up European migration issues as a top priority as it assumes the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told members of Congress on Tuesday.

nevius17_ike_PHIke Shehadeh. Photo: Lance Iversen/The Chronicle Related Links Berkeley's Nabolom Bakery has reopened Ike’s Sandwiches coming to Rockridge It’s safe to say that the East Bay is proving fertile ground for Ike’s. The SF-based cult sandwich chain’s newest shop officially debuted in Emeryville on Monday—and announced plans to open its first location in Berkeley. And this news comes just a few weeks after confirming the launch of its second Oakland store in Rockridge. Ike’s Emeryville is... Читать дальше...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday that strong encryption “is a good thing” and appealed to Silicon Valley to work with policy makers to solve the “complex challenges” strong encryption presents to law enforcement.

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Will Reynolds has a new assignment.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Child care providers in Minnesota have overwhelmingly voted against unionizing.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has had a hard time catching up to billionaire Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primaries. This could be partially explained by the fact significant portions of voters believe that Cruz could maybe, potentially, possibly, be a serial killer.

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Do your bananas always go brown too fast? Do your greens wilt and wither away in the fridge?

If you're like me, you may feel like you're constantly wasting food because it goes bad before you have a chance to consume it.

But waste no more — we've compiled some handy tips on how to keep your food fresher for longer.

Read on to stop wasting food today:

Rinse berries in vinegar-water (1 part vinegar, 10 parts... Читать дальше...

Two brave young women sat in a Wollongong courtroom on Monday and watched their sexually abusive step-father - a man they once called dad - jailed for the best part of two decades.

Q&A on the iPhone encryption battle with US authorities

Neva Rockefeller Goodwin was born into a family whose ancestors built the American oil industry. But now she's taking steps to direct some of the family's considerable wealth away from oil and toward addressing climate change.

 – The father of the kidnapped Bayelsa teenage Ese Oruru has spoken out.  – Charles Oruru says his daughter cannot even bathe properly, let alone understand love.  – Ese is in Abuja however her parents are still travelling to the capital. Charles Oruru, the father of the Bayelsa abduction victim Ese, has said there was […]

Watch GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump hold a campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky.

U.S. oil production in Gulf of Mexico is projected to increase

Older drilling projects, not new ones, will fuel the increase

But environmental groups still are seeking a halt

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus steps down as CEO; shares up 5%