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What came after the slap? 

On Wednesday, CBS announced a spinoff to "The Good Wife" less than two weeks after the series aired its controversial final episode. The currently untitled project will be helmed by co-creators Robert and Michelle King and will pick up with fan-favorite Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) one year after the events of the mothership's series finale. Former "Good Wife" regular Cush Jumbo, who plays attorney Lucca Quinn, will also star.  

The Edina-based fast food chain is targeting millennial moms with new offerings.

The Reds have only themselves to blame - not the officials - for their final loss to Sevilla in Basel, the midfielder said after the match

Mobile payments will soon come to Fitbit products.

Allianz's Mohamed El-Erian weighs in on the Fed and the next rate hike.

Quarterback Robert Griffin III’s rocky time with the Redskins under coach Mike Shanahan came up again on Wednesday in a story on TheUndefeated.com that featured Shanahan saying that Griffin and Redskins owner Dan Snyder worked together to change the offense before the 2013 season. According to Shanahan, Griffin told him there were 19 plays in the…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin collected dramatically less in penalties for environmental violations last year, according to data a conservation advocacy group released Wednesday.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's left-led government submitted to Parliament late Wednesday a new package of creditor-demanded tax hikes and reforms worth 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion), which it hopes to have approved by lawmakers in time for a meeting…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's left-led government submitted to Parliament late Wednesday a new package of creditor-demanded tax hikes and reforms worth 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion), which it hopes to have approved by lawmakers in time for a meeting…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's left-led government submitted to Parliament late Wednesday a new package of creditor-demanded tax hikes and reforms worth 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion), which it hopes to have approved by lawmakers in time for a meeting…

Kamal Gasimov, Fuad Chiragov

Security, Eurasia

Why would radical Sunni jihadis fight for a majority-Shia nation-state?

During the recent escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, the neutral and discreet position of Russian officials drastically diverged from the position of some major Russian media outlets. Azerbaijan has confronted a full range of slanderous inventions and assault from a variety of specters of Russian media, policy community and experts. Moreover, popular... Читать дальше...

Maybe the exchange rate was the thing that held it up. The Saints announced that they had signed defensive lineman David Onyemata, the last of their draft picks to reach a deal. The fourth-round pick from the University of Manitoba is also the first player from his school to be drafted into the NFL, as…

…why is no one talking about this major scandal?

Hi, everyone. I know that Harry Styles got a haircut and that's big news and blah blah blah. But more importantly, recently he was seen wearing this hat:

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Yes, this hat:

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Look familiar?????

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He’s always on his worst behavior, isn’t he?

Drake recently stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show and played a fun little game of Never Have I Ever with Ellen and Jared Leto (lol, random).

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1. Drake has never sent a nude selfie.

Kind of shocking, tbh.

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2. Drake has made out with someone twice his age.

Maybe he's referring to Madonna, but I bet there's several ladies. Читать дальше...

Daniel Sturridge provided hope to Liverpool, but Sevilla captain Coke fizzed and fired in a brace in a 3-1 Europa League final victory in Basel on Wednesday.

When it comes to enacting bans on plastic bags, the reasoning sometimes sounds remote. You’ve probably heard of the vast soup of plastic known as the Pacific Gyre, an ocean vortex twice as big as Texas filled with bits of plastic. You may or may not know that there are similar plastic patches in...

If you judge House of Cards by its promos, you could be led to believe that Kevin Spacey is cock of the walk. Wright, who has appeared in every episode, directed seven of the 52 Chapters, and served as Executive Producer alongside Spacey for the fourth season, demanded that she be paid a deserved equal amount to her co-star. As she told a room full of philanthropists, activists, and media at a Rockefeller Foundation event, *quote* “Claire Underwood’s character was more popular than [Frank’s] for a period of time.

Take-Two says it didn’t benefit as much this year from post-holiday momentum, and it signaled business will slow in the current year.

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A growing number of Europeans are living in "relative poverty", the UN labour agency said Wednesday, warning that a lack of quality jobs worldwide was threatening to undo decades of progress in poverty reduction.

A leading gay rights advocate says his organization will seek talks with Mississippi Board of Education members who are considering whether to follow federal guidance on transgender student accommodations. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he's "encouraged" that the state school superintendent has reversed her decision to follow federal guidance on transgender student accommodations and now says she'll consult with the state Board of Education. The state Department of Education had announced it... Читать дальше...