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We can thank DARPA for the Internet and self-driving cars. Here's how they do it.

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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Law enforcement agencies are battling a surge in the number of people smugglers to record levels as criminal networks cash in on Europe's escalating migrant crisis, according to the head of the European Union's police agency Europol.

Director Rob Wainwright said the crime-fighting agency now had close to 50,000 suspected people smugglers in its database, with an extra 7,000 suspects added in the first half of 2016.

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"Pokémon GO" has been out for nearly a week and now that you've mastered catching some basic Pokémon and maybe have even battled at a gym, you've probably stumbled upon a Lucky Egg or two.

Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan, 39, of Sandy Springs, South Carolina, pleaded guilty Tuesday during a federal court hearing in Huntsville to submitting false invoices for equipment and furnishings for the new Gamma Phi Beta sorority house in Tuscaloosa, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney in Birmingham. The sorority's massive house, which opened last year, was constructed during a more than $200 million building boom for Greek-letter social groups at Alabama, which boasts the nation's largest fraternity and sorority community. Читать дальше...

With 15-time WWE champion and movie star John Cena serving as host, the 2016 ESPY Awards will take place Wednesday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Standing for “Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly,” the 24-hour sports network will hand out 31 awards ranging from Best Play, Best Male and Female Athlete, as well as Best Championship Performance, Best Upset, and Best Game.

MONTPELLIER, France — The mountain battle between Nairo Quintana and defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome in the grueling climb to the top of Mont Ventoux might not happen after all. Forecasts of more than 100 kph (62 mph) winds and temperatures as low as 4 degrees Celsius (39 F) at the top of

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Theresa May accepts queen's invitation to form new U.K. government

Foundation for Defense of Democracies Executive Director Mark Dubowitz on the aircraft maker’s deal with a state sponsor of terrorism. Photo credit: Associated Press.

DJ Drama spoke with Hot 97 yesterday (July12), and put his final word on the Drake/Meek Mill feud he was stuck in the middle of.

I-35W has reopened near the U in Minneapolis after protesters shut it down for about 90 minutes during rush hour.

Housebuilder opts to wait until conditions become clearer

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For such a down to earth actress who manages to avoid a lot of media attention, it would be easy to forget Zoe Saldana has been in the industry for almost two decades.

Edward Leigh, the Conservative member of UK Parliament, said that he hopes Theresa May as new UK Prime Minister Theresa May will be successful in cooperation with other countries over Syria and Iraq.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If the sound of barbershop harmony invokes Norman Rockwell images of white men singing vaudeville-style songs in straw hats, organizers of the Barbershop Harmony Society are trying to update that image.

The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea has ruled on the case that the Philippines brought in 2013, challenging China's claims and behavior in the South China Sea. International lawyers and the policy commentariat has judged the ruling as a sweeping victory for the Philippines and a significant loss for China, which refused to acknowledge the tribunal's jurisdiction or to take part in the proceedings.

A video recently aired on Argentine television shows how former minister Jose Lopez is apparently being aided by nuns as he attempts to hide his stash.

The US forces in Afghanistan conduct airstrikes against the Taliban militants ‘almost daily’, the top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said. Gen. Nicholson who is also the commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan has said the US forces have begun to carry out their mission several areas of Read the full article...

NEW YORK — The Dallas Cowboys are the first sports franchise worth $4 billion, according to Forbes. In its annual rankings, Forbes placed the Cowboys ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona after the NFL team had a 25 percent increase in value. Champions League winner Real dropped to the second spot at $3.65 billion, followed

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Voters in Palm Beach County, Florida, have been assigned to polling stations in about 80 Christian churches and five synagogues or Jewish centers this year, along with schools, government buildings and other locations. Until last week, a single mosque was part of this mix.

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ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather pattern could lead to a spike in new HIV infections in southern Africa as women and girls turn to sex to survive and patients miss treatments, the United Nations childrens' agency UNICEF said on Tuesday.

More than 60 million people, two thirds of them in east and southern Africa, are facing food shortages because of droughts linked to El Nino, a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean... Читать дальше...

Consequences of other countries quitting the EU bought Italy a little leverage at a key time.

Free State Stars’ players were told by club general manager Rantsi Mokoena on Wednesday that the team has been sold and will be relocated to Johannesburg.