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The wife of American Pie singer/songwriter Don McLean filed for divorce in Maine, only weeks after he was arrested on domestic violence charges...

Diving on the Drowned Apostles. Image: Liz Rogers Australian scientists have uncovered an addition to the famous Twelve Apostles, the limestone columns in the sea off Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The law school dean for the University of California at Berkeley resigned his post on Thursday after admitting to physical contact with his executive assistant that violated the school's sexual harassment policy, campus officials said.

The apparent attack in North Carolina has gone viral.

A white Donald Trump rally attendee was charged with assault Thursday after he was caught on video hitting a black man being escorted by deputies from the venue, authorities said. A news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said John Franklin McGraw, 78, of Linden, was charged with ...

Defense lobbyists claim billions in arms sales to repressive Middle East dictatorships will be lost.

Singer is in Australia for a one-off gig, Tears of a Clown, while case is being heard in London

There were a total of two away goals through eight first legs, as home sides like Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk and Villarreal rolled.

Reuters/Claro Cortes

China has been an unofficial price-setter for most metals over the past decade. And this week, the country became an official participant in setting prices for one of the world’s most important precious metals markets.

That’s the London Bullion Market silver price. Where one of China’s largest banks just became a member of an elite group of players that controls fluctuations in this key metal.

CME Group, which runs the process for price setting of silver in London... Читать дальше...

Over the recent days it's become apparent to me that while GOP candidate Donald Trump has achieved his success by exploiting the news media, Democratic contender Bernie Sanders, in contrast and by necessity, has found his by going around it, relying upon a bottom-up and tech-savvy voter mobilization and outreach campaign.

Both of these media strategies say something about the normal operating terrain of the corporate news media, especially the cable news networks.

This space might... Читать дальше...

Officials are worried about motorists blocking buses as another section of George Street closes.

Dear Fellow Compatriots,
A few days ago, a number of you willingly or unwillingly participated in the ballots of the Islamic Republic with the hope of reformation for achieving your basic rights.

Additionally, a significant group of you have demonstrated in unison your opposition to the status quo by refusing to vote and by seeking fundamental change to allow for a new Iran.
I speak today with both sides; let's not forget that both groups of voters and non-voters are from one nation, the great nation of Iran. Читать дальше...

ATLANTA — The decision by the owner of a small insurance company to require his employees to carry firearms at the office has sparked a debate: When a longtime employee, a National Rifle Association-certified instructor who’s been the company’s unofficial security officer, announced her retirement, Toland wanted to ensure the remaining employees were safe. An employer’s legal standing to impose such a requirement depends on several factors, foremost whether the business is high risk, a convenience store or taxi company... Читать дальше...

On a brisk Saturday in early March, I went to the Ronald Reagan Building to spend the evening with a bunch of white nationalists who were in town for the National Policy Institute’s winter conference.

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities believe the woman whose body was recovered last month from the Sheyenne River in North Dakota was killed.

The match between Google's AlphaGo and a top ranked human player is a way of judging the suddenly rapid progress of artificial intelligence that may show how far these technologies have come—and how far they may go.

The petition, which comes just before President Obama's historic visit to the island nation, says the embargo is "harmful to book culture" and "counter to American ideals of free expression."

On Thursday night’s debate stage, the Florida senator must slow Trump’s momentum going into the Florida primary.

Snuggle up, it’s going to be a long night.

Sharing a bed is a funny concept, because more often than not, literally anything can happen between those sheets except sharing.

Sharing means a 50/50 split, but unless you and your bedmate — romantic or not — are two of those mythical creatures that don't move and/or care about personal space during REM cycles, it's not very realistic. Two pillows somehow morph into one, "your side" becomes anything but, and you've... Читать дальше...

Conservative favorite Ben Carson, who recently suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, plans to endorse Donald Trump on Friday morning, according to two people familiar with his thinking.

Famed neurosurgeon Ben Carson will endorse real estate mogul Donald Trump's presidential bid on Friday, according to The Washington Post.

Thomas Tuchel's side will head into the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against Spurs in high spirits after winning the opener by three goals to nil

Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant has apologized for using an image of slain Cpl. Nathan Cirillo in a partisan fundraiser that offered potential donors Easter hams.

A former press representative of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin died in a Washington hotel room in November because of blunt force trauma to the head, the D.C. medical examiner’s office said Thursday. Mikhail Lesin, 59, suffered injuries to his neck and torso, as well as upper and lower extremities. The manner of death is undetermined, and it was unclear why he was in the U.S.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is taking steps into the emerging world of financial technology, weighing its first-ever charter request from a a virtual-currency firm and preparing to release a report that will shed light on its views of the fintech sector.