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(AP) — Gov. Scott Walker won't join GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on a Wisconsin campaign stop this week. Walker is scheduled to visit northern Wisconsin that day to meet with residents and local officials recovering from flash flooding last month.

AIG shares jumped after the company beat estimates for quarterly profit and added $3 billion to its stock buyback program.

Advocates booed Minneapolis City Council members who spoke against placing the minimum wage issue on the ballot, which the city attorney says would not be a legal way to impose a base wage.

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe stood in the voting queue for about an hour before casting his vote, a gesture he said was ‘the right thing to do’.

Taylor Swift is already making use of Instagram’s new Stories feature, where she’s been sharing real-time videos of her cats! The 26-year-old superstar took to the new platform to share a sweet video of her cat Olivia standing on her bed on her hind legs. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Taylor Swift “What’s [...]

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Islamic State group is still committing genocide and other crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, a United Nations commission investigating human rights abuses in Syria said on Wednesday. Iraq's Yazidi community - a small and isolated religious minority that combines elements of Islam, Zoroastrianism and Christianity - has been repeatedly persecuted by successive governments and invading armies. The IS attack on Sinjar in August of 2014 in part prompted the U.S.-led... Читать дальше...

A number of children are injured after a "bouncy castle" came loose from its moorings in Dorset.

Space-exploration startup Moon Express Inc. just became the first commercial venture to get FAA approval to travel beyond Earth's orbit. CEO Naveen Jain joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the company's planned mission to the Moon. Photo: AP

The Israel Project Managing Director for Press & Strategy Omri Ceren on the administration’s $400 million cash-for-hostages deal. Photo credit: Getty Images.

Kyle Cooper, Ion Energy Group, and Kyle Coopery,Seaport Global Securities, share their views on the oil industry.

– Shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari yace kasar Najeriya na da dukkan abubuwa biyu na albarkatu da fasahar da zata cimma bayar da tsayayyen wutar lantarki – Yace tare da ingantattun wutan lantarki, ayyukan Najeriya zata samu ci gaba Shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari ya ba yan’Najeriya tabbacin cewa gwamnatinsa tana aiki don gannin ta shawo kan […]

The Indian Government is hopeful that an efficient tax system will close the window of corruption and tax evasion and push India towards double digit growth.

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WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin's Miniature Hit-to-Kill interceptor missile successfully launched at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the company announced Tuesday.

– As we mark 19 years since the passing of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, close observations show that he is actually still with us – The Afro beat legend might have left to the other world but his son Seun Kuti continues to drive his ideologies – The younger Kuti is branded controversial in many circles […]

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced Wednesday that Sarah Reesman has been named the Columbia school's interim athletic director. Foley says Reesman lately has overseen the department's operational functions that include human resources, academic support, student-athlete development, diversity and inclusion activities, student conduct and employee contracts.

Manhattan Institute Fellow Heather Mac Donald on the lessons learned from the former New York City Police Commissioner. Photo credit: Peter Foley for The Wall Street Journal.

A Washington Metro transit police officer has been arrested on charges he tried to provide material support to Islamic State.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amid the craze over virtual characters in the smartphone-based "Pokemon Go" game, a Pokemon that people can touch in the physical world has mysteriously appeared in New Orleans. Pokemon fans have posted selfies with the statue on social media.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amid the craze over virtual characters in the smartphone-based "Pokemon Go" game, a Pokemon that people can touch in the physical world has mysteriously appeared in New Orleans. Pokemon fans have posted selfies with the statue on social media.

(AP) — Federal, state and local officials said Wednesday that they will remain committed to fixing Flint's drinking water system after a federal emergency declaration over the city's lead crisis expires this month. The declaration ends Aug 14, after which the state will bear the full cost of bottled water, filters and other water supplies being given to residents in the wake of tests that showed elevated levels of lead in the blood of some local children. President Barack Obama in January signed... Читать дальше...

There's lots to be concerned about ahead of the Rio Olympics

One in five college students may be leaving money on the table.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted years ago of taking hostages at a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has been arrested in a New Hampshire bank robbery. Eisenberg, whose criminal record includes two rape convictions, spent at least two years behind bars for the November 2007 siege at Clinton's Rochester, New Hampshire, campaign office in her first run for president.