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In 2012, the midway point of the Obama era, the conservative thinker Charles Murray published a long lament of the experience of white America, titled “Coming Apart.” Murray, two decades earlier, had co-written the notorious book “The Bell Curve,” and had become the emblem of the noxious theory that race and intelligence were linked; the memory of that episode dominated the reaction to his new book. But there was something new in “Coming Apart,” having to do with Murray’s horror of discovery.... Читать дальше...

In a recent survey of registered voters by Public Policy Polling, 55% of Americans consider themselves fans of the NFL, the only sport to receive support from more than half of those surveyed.

The elite goalkeeper thinks long-term injuries and a congested schedule conspired to sap the Gunners energy this season.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A decades-old ban on the use of boom boxes in public has been lifted by the city.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A decades-old ban on the use of boom boxes in public has been lifted by the city.

Israel’s Prime Minister celebrated his country’s Independence Day on Thursday by offering himself up for a social-media Q&A session. Brave move.

Israel’s Prime Minister celebrated his country’s Independence Day on Thursday by offering himself up for a social-media Q&A session. Brave move.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing that Donald Trump's foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place on Thursday, just as the Republican presidential candidate met with party congressional leaders. Under questioning from Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a former Trump rival in the presidential race, Baker said the world "would be far less stable" with a weaker NATO or if more countries had nuclear weapons as has been proposed by Trump. Читать дальше...

(ATTN: UPDATES with winner's interview; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- A student from Uzbekistan took the best speaker title at the Korean speech contest held by Kyunghee University and Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. Rakhimboboev Bakhti

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will face Nigeria, Honduras and Denmark in an international football tournament prepared for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, a source close to the matter told Yonhap News Agency Thursday. South Korea,

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McDonald's is testing fresh, never frozen beef patties at restaurants in Dallas.

The test is limited to just 14 restaurants, but it represents the biggest potential change to McDonald's menu in decades.

McDonald's has long relied on an extensive network of suppliers who make, freeze, and ship beef patties to its more than 14,000 restaurants in the US.

Expanding the test would require a massive shake-up to its supply chain.

The test, first... Читать дальше...

FILE - In this July 14, 1960, file photo, U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy addresses delegats in the spotlight on the rostrum during the Democratic convention at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports…

FILE - In this July 14, 1960, file photo, U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy tells Democratic convention delegates, "we will carry the fight to the people in the fall and we shall win," during a brief appearance on the rostrum…

FILE - In this July 4, 1959 file photo, the crowd watches three different sports activities being staged at once at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Las Angeles. The crowd was there to hear Vice President Richard M.…

Oil futures settled higher Thursday to mark a third straight session gain, buoyed by expectations that the global glut of crude supplies will ease on the back of production declines. June WTI crude rose 47 cents, or 1%, to settle at $46.70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices had fallen to lows under $46, pressured by rising production in Iran.

From the border of Hungary and Serbia to the white cliffs of Dover, the BBC's Damian Grammaticas takes us on a journey to explain the complexities of border control in the EU referendum debate.

All good things must come to an end, including moderately rated spinoffs of what was once TV's most-watched show. Yes, CSI: Cyber has been canceled, E! News has learned. For the...

DEVESELU, Romania (AP) — A U.S missile defense site in Romania aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats became operational Thursday, drawing an angry reaction from Russia, which opposes having the advanced military system in its former area of…

Yavuz Bingöl, Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’a karşı duyduğu sevgiyi ve Öykü Gürman’la biten evliliğini ilk kez GÜNAYDIN’a anlattıDevamı için tıklayınız

He did not sound like a man who was contemplating other NHL options or even planning to raise cattle full time.

More than 30 years ago, Sy Oliver arranged a book of music for female vocal trio, for one concert only. The singer Catherine Russell unearths those arrangements at Jazz At Lincoln Center.

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