An official in the president's office says at least 60 people have been killed in the attempted coup. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag, quoted by state-run Anadolu Agency, says security forces have "achieved results in many places" and defeated coup plotters. Turkey's state-run news agency says a military helicopter used by coup plotters has been shot down. European Council President Donald Tusk says the EU fully supports Turkey's democratically elected government, in the wake of the attempted coup that left scores dead and wounded. Читать дальше...
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DETROIT -- Justin Verlander tied his season high with 10 strikeouts.
France has begun three days of national mourning as the Prime Minister warned his people to "learn to live with terrorism".
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jantel Lavender scored a career-high 25 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Connecticut Sun 98-92 in overtime Friday night to tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history.
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WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg remained unbeaten and drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.
Confident consumers and a stabilizing factory sector put the wind at the U.S. economy’s back as it entered the second half of the year.
Tokyo raised pressure on Beijing at an Asia-Europe summit Saturday to respect an international tribunal`s ruling that dismissed its claims to much of the South China Sea.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Navy was wrongly allowed to use sonar in the nation's oceans that could harm whales and other marine life. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision upholding approval granted in 2012 for the Navy to use low-frequency sonar for training, testing and routine operations. The 2012 rules adopted by the National Marine Fisheries Service permitted Navy sonar use to affect about 30 whales and two dozen pinnipeds... Читать дальше...
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Former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, the MMA and WWE star who recently competed at UFC 200, was notified Friday of a possible drug violation.
From his front-row position, 29-year-old Mina Shoukry bided his time before making his move.
The regulator stopped short of calling the nutritional products company a pyramid scheme, but the settlement in many ways vindicates William Ackman’s scathing indictment of the company.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were: 6-3-9 (six, three, nine) ¶ Top Prize $500
As dawn broke in Istanbul on Saturday, Turkey’s largest city, it was still unclear whether an attempt by the military to wrest control from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been successful. A defiant Erdogan addressed crowds in the city, telling them that the coup had been quashed. “The government is in control,” he told supporters. […]
The attempted military coup Friday night in Istanbul comes as a shock, perhaps most of all to Turks themselves. It’s the latest worrying example of deteriorating stability in a country that a few years ago was being promoted to the wider Muslim world as a model of democratic governance and economic prosperity. Some fourteen years […]
HOLMEN — You have to hand it to golfers.
Two persons were electrocuted in separate incidents in Gondal of Rajkot on Thursday evening .In first case, Mahedra Koli, a resident of Vijaynagar in Gondal, got electric shock at his residence and died on the spot.
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Top-ranked Lydia Ko was at the top of the leaderboard with Hyo Joo Kim on Friday after two rounds of the Marathon Classic in Sylvania, Ohio.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death.
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By Reid Spencer
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death.
(AP) — Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death. [...] the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas by a black sniper heightened tensions even more. Luminaries including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and close family members spoke about Sterling, his death and the police treatment of African-Americans. Sharpton called for more accountability for police officers who kill African-Americans... Читать дальше...