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The unarmed 19-year-old man who was fatally shot in June by Fresno police — sparking protests and prompting the release of body-camera footage of the incident — had a blood-alcohol level well above the legal limit and traces of cocaine in his body, authorities said Tuesday.

BEIJING (AP) — Trials started this week of Chinese lawyers and legal rights activists who were detained in July last year and charged with subversion for their attempts to bring attention to abuses and demand government accountability. Fengrui also represented members of the Falun Gong meditation sect that the government has relentlessly suppressed since banning it as an "evil cult" in 1999. Group leaders have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms and ordinary followers locked up as threats to social order. Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE — Dylan Bundy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for the second game in a row, Pedro Alvarez hit two of Baltimore’s four solo homers and the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Tuesday night in a duel between AL division leaders. Making his fourth career start, Bundy allowed one hit and

Chennai, DMDK founder leader Vijayakanth and his wife Premalatha today moved the Madras High Court seeking to quash criminal defamation cases filed against them by the public prosecutor in different courts in Tamil Nadu.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the big banks to pass on the full official 0.25 per cent interest rate cut or explain to customers why they won't.

The more upscale your neighborhood, the more bugs live with you, a study says.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Dylan Bundy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for the second game in a row, Pedro Alvarez hit two of Baltimore's four solo homers and the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Tuesday night in…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Dylan Bundy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for the second game in a row, Pedro Alvarez hit two of Baltimore's four solo homers and the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Tuesday night in…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Dylan Bundy took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for the second game in a row, Pedro Alvarez hit two of Baltimore's four solo homers and the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Tuesday night in…

SAN DIEGO — Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in his return to the lineup, Zach Davies won for the ninth time in 10 decisions and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night. Davies (9-4) limited the Padres to two runs and six hits over 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander,

BEIRUT — Schools in the Middle East are facing major budget shortfalls ahead of the new academic year, leaving some 1 million Syrian refugee children out of school, according to a report published by Their World, an international children’s charity. The five-year-long Syrian war has placed huge strain on the region’s school systems, forcing neighboring

Outside the Annin Flagmakers factory in this perennial swing state, a summer of discontent is brewing. They feel the country's divides inside, too — gulfs between rich and poor, left and right, this side and that side, that seem to grow deeper with each passing week.

Outside the Annin Flagmakers factory in this perennial swing state, a summer of discontent is brewing. They feel it inside, too — national divides that seem to grow deeper each … Click to Continue »

Eric Greitens already has a resume that's remarkable: Navy SEAL officer, Rhodes scholar, White House fellow, boxer and martial arts expert, humanitarian to homeless children and war refugees, best-selling author and founder of a nonprofit that helps that military veterans find jobs.

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Turkey's president on Tuesday accused the West of "supporting terror and standing by" those who plotted last month's attempted coup, just 24 hours after the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff traveled to Ankara in an attempt to diffuse tensions between the NATO allies.

The incident is the latest indication that Washington is underestimating the degree to which Turkey's leadership genuinely believes that the US is complicit in the coup attempt, not least because... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in his return to the lineup, Zach Davies won for the ninth time in 10 decisions and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Free and great, or divided and confused. Diverse and powerful, or troubled and broken. In search of a single word encapsulating their country at this moment, Americans offered pollsters a lexicon reflecting both hope and dissonance.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in his return to the lineup, Zach Davies won for the ninth time in 10 decisions and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Braun hit a tiebreaking homer in his return to the lineup, Zach Davies won for the ninth time in 10 decisions and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Tuesday night.

The most-uttered word from about 1,000 responses to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey was "freedom," with "free" not far behind at No. 4. Pollsters say grouping people's answers together with synonyms and related words is a better reflection of public sentiment. Some 18 percent of respondents offered words related to American greatness, prosperity and power, which collectively ranked second, followed by those linked to freedom (15 percent), and confused, ''lost and similar choices (10 percent). Читать дальше...

Former president Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday said his vote was secret, despite meeting ANC Johannesburg mayoral candidate Parks Tau for the second time in as many weeks.

The Cape Argus takes a look at the pressing issues facing residents across the Western Cape.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss at least two more NASCAR Sprint Cup races while he recovers from a concussion.