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Charlotte Drury, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman talk to WIRED about the skill, precision, and control they employ when performing various Gymnastic moves and when training for the Olympics.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Don't buy tickets quite yet for a luxury sail on the SS United States.

Plans to return the historic ocean liner to the high seas are being abandoned for a second time as a cruise company concludes it's not feasible. Los Angeles-based Crystal Cruises will instead make a $350,000 donation to the conservation group that owns the ship, which has been sitting idle at a Philadelphia wharf for two decades.

A Saudi princess told police she was attacked in central Paris and robbed of a million-euro (USD 1.1 million) watch, authorities said on Friday.

By force of will and the help of strangers, Yusra Mardini will swim in Rio as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team.

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– Minister of Solid Minerals development, Kayode Fayemi says the directive was to provide safety for the country – He adds all the officers across all the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are recalled – The recall comes just hours after Fayemi discovered that a Delta state company diverted explosives […]

The City of Tshwane hosted a commemorative Women’s Month event at the home of former liberation veteran, Frances Baard.

“I don't think that coalition politics have anything to do with how I look‚” said Economic Freedom Fighters' spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi‚ better known as the people’s bae.

Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. on the cascading failures of government-run healthcare. Photo credit: Associated Press.

Just imagine coming to your bathroom to do the business and sitting on the toilet without taking a look at it. Most people do it, but after you see this photo, you will always examine the lavatory before you sit on it! This person has luckily taken a second look in and saw this: a […]

In a bruising campaign year, both Democrats and Republicans have torn long-held truisms to shreds

The last time you ordered fish in a restaurant or at a seafood shop, there's a good chance you were given "fake fish." That is, fish that has been mislabeled. Food author Larry Olmsted explains why seafood in particular lends itself to fraud on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: Getty

CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — A father was charged with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls, who were left in a hot car in their west Georgia town, police said.

Japan protested to China on Friday after Chinese coastguard ships and fishing vessels entered what Tokyo considers its territorial waters around a group of disputed islets, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

The video made public Friday shows the moments before Chicago police shot 18-year-old car theft suspect Paul O'Neal as he ran from them in July.

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When Kevin Durant became a free agent this offseason, many felt it would be impossible for him to walk away from a superstar in his prime like Russell Westbrook, on a team so close to championship contention.

However, Durant ultimately decided to join the Golden State Warriors, breaking up one of the NBA's great duos in the process.

While Durant has acknowledged the decision to leave Westbrook and the Thunder, Westbrook has largely stayed quiet. Outside of... Читать дальше...

It's provoked A LOT of debate.

– In August 2016, Iyanya threatened a radio host for trivial reasons – This comes on the heels of the singer making the news several times prior to this on his relationship with Ubi Franklin – While they both deny any rifts, insiders say things have fallen apart between both men – In all, it has been a trying period for […]

CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — The Croydon School Board says it will ask a New Hampshire judge to reconsider his ruling last week that prohibited students from using public money to pay private school tuition. Judge Brian Tucker ruled that the board wasn't allowed to let parents "unilaterally" reassign their children from the Newport public schools to a private school and use public money to help them do so.

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- It's been 40 "incredible" years since his first book "Through the Magic Mirror" came out, and English writer and illustrator Anthony Browne is celebrating his anniversary partly with Korean children by holding

Donald Trump has announced his team of economic advisers, a group that includes many of the people already helping his campaign.