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The global copper market is in trouble, says Goldman; prices may slump to their lowest since 2009.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years of steady job gains have finally begun to benefit a wider range of Americans, including those with less education and in lower-paying jobs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years of steady job gains have finally begun to benefit a wider range of Americans, including those with less education and in lower-paying jobs.

We’re just hours away from kicking off the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The opening ceremony, which airs Friday at 7:30 p.m. EDT, will include a barrage of athletes both past and present —but one big name in the world of sports will be sitting out this year’s festivities.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine, took jabs at Donald Trump in his first campaign stop in Wisconsin on Friday, while also praising a federal court ruling overturning a number of voting rules approved by Republicans.

Wide receiver Lance Moore was part of a tryout session for veterans with the Chargers earlier this week, but San Diego opted to sign James Jones while they wait for word on how long Stevie Johnson will be out of the lineup with a torn meniscus. Moore didn’t have to wait long to find a job…

There’s a kerfuffle right now over Melania Trump and what kind of visa she had when she worked in the U.S. as a model in the ’90s. We'll try to break it down.

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in northwest Iowa say a human skull found earlier this year at the Raccoon River in southern Sac County is that of a Native American man who died hundreds of years ago.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — South Sudan’s government has accepted the deployment of a regional force it had first rejected, almost a month after fighting erupted between opposing army factions in its capital, an African regional bloc said Friday night. The head of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development said the government had accepted a protection force

The Swans have replaced Bafetimbi Gomis with a 2-time Scudetto winner.

A three-term northern Virginia mayor was arrested on drug charges after he tried to trade two grams of methamphetamine for sex acts in what turned out to be an undercover sting operation, police said Friday. City of Fairfax Mayor R. Scott Silverthorne, a Democrat, was arrested Thursday night after meeting at a Tysons Corner hotel with undercover detectives he approached through a website used to arrange casual sexual encounters between men, Fairfax County police said at a news conference. Silverthorne... Читать дальше...

The warm, wet summer months in Puerto Rico are the perfect breeding time for the mosquitoes that carry Zika virus. As the mosquitoes multiply there, so do the human cases of infection.

Todos os dias surgem novas amizades secretas.

Um carteiro de um bairro em Tauranga, na Nova Zelândia, faz uma pausa no seu trajeto todos os dias para brincar com este cachorro.

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O dono do cão, Michael Collins, tem observado a rotina todos os dias, e decidiu gravá-la para compartilhar essa interação adorável com o mundo no Facebook.

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Khan, a Muslim-American lawyer, was thrust into the spotlight after speaking at the Democratic convention about his soldier son who was killed Iraq in 2004.

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The Boomers centre and NBA championship winner was in particularly fine form on the eve of Australia's first group game against France on Friday.

UK police has so far arrested on Friday 19 people in connection with the Black Lives Matter protests, local media reported.

Caster Semenya will focus only on her specialist 800m event at the Rio Olympic Games, despite qualifying for the 400m and 1500m as well.

Caster Semenya will focus only on her specialist 800m event at the Rio Olympic Games, despite qualifying for the 400m and 1500m as well.

Are you tried of catching Pidgey and Rattata?  A new iPhone app called "Go Radar" let's you track down specific Pokémon in real-time, so you can focus on what's important. It's fairly easy to use, and it will help you complete your Pokédex in no time.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed to record high close on Friday as a strong jobs report restored confidence in the U.S. economy. The U.S. created 255,000 new jobs in July, significantly better than the 185,000 growth forecast by economists in a MarketWatch survey. The S&P 500 rose 18 points to close at 2,182 for a weekly gain of 0.4% while the Nasdaq added 54 points, or 1.1%, to end at 5,221, up 1.1% this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 191 points, or 1%... Читать дальше...

By Frank Cooney, The Sports Xchange
Something was missing when the name Ken Stabler was called out at Thursday's Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket ceremony for the Class of 2016.

LONDON — Activists linked to the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London’s Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities. U.K. Black Lives Matter said in a statement it was holding a “shutdown” of roads in London and other cities to “mourn those who have died in custody and to protest the ongoing racist violence of the police, border enforcement, structural inequalities and the everyday indignity of street racism.” In other protests, a small group... Читать дальше...