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San Antonio comes to town with a perfect 12-0 road record while winning only five of nine games at home. That performance has coach Gregg Popovich baffled.

Amid their recent victory, protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline are huddling in shelters in North Dakota as a brutal winter storm bears down on them.

Doug G. Ware
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Bob Dole's law firm was paid $140,000 by Taiwan to establish a relationship with Donald Trump, despite potentially severe political repercussions.

Doug G. Ware
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Bob Dole was paid $140,000 by Taiwan to facilitate a relationship between it and Donald Trump -- despite potentially severe political repercussions.

[...] the studio announced the shuffling of three more 2017 releases, including director-star Dax Shepard’s big-screen adaptation of the 1970s TV show “CHiPs.” [...] New Line horror sequel “Annabelle 2” moves from May 19, 2017 to August 11, 2017 and MGM’s young adult drama “Everything, Everything” jumps from August 18, 2017 to May 19, 2017. The YA adaptation follows Amandla Stenberg as a teen with SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency), which causes an allergy to virtually everything, who falls in love with the boy next door (Nick Robinson).

Gophers basketball team will go for its eighth win this season Tuesday vs. NJIT's Damon Lynn, the active leader in Division I career scoring

William Hagen and Chris Barker are a "Grand Dragon" and an "Imperial Wizard" in a Klan faction.

Manchester City boss says it's important not to "forget" that his team are not very experienced in Europe and says the 2016 semi-finalists will need to win the respect of their more illustrious rivals over the next few years.

Hilaria and Alec Baldwin just make it look easy!  The couple and their kids, who are HOLA! USA's cover stars, open up about how they met, upcoming projects and raising...

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is planning to set up a new exchange for listing startups in 2017. Like traditional stock exchanges, the underlying intention is fund raising and liquidity, so startups can list and issue products on this new exchange.

Shannen Doherty’s husband claims business managers damaged his sex life by mishandling their affairs ahead of Doherty's cancer diagnosis.

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X celebrates 40th year with Independent residency The group is marking the occasion with another round of its annual holiday shows, playing four nights in four cities covering four decades. In San Francisco, X — which also includes vocalist Exene Cervenka, bassist John Doe and drummer DJ Bonebrake — is scheduled to hold court at the Independent from Thursday, Dec. 9, through Sunday, Dec. 11, performing a set that leans heavily on its first two studio albums, “Los Angeles” and “Wild Gift,” with a couple of surprises too.

The 20-year-old failed to impress as Manchester City were held by Celtic on Tuesday, prompting a scorning reaction from many on social media

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s economy has contracted in the September quarter for the first time since early 2011.

Pimco Total Return Fund’s two-decade-long reign as the largest actively managed U.S. bond fund by assets ended in November, another sign of how debt markets have been recast since the financial crisis.

Pimco Total Return Fund’s two-decade-long reign as the largest actively managed U.S. bond fund by assets ended in November, another sign of how debt markets have been recast since the financial crisis.

The trial of a Canberra criminal lawyer accused of dishonestly taking thousands from a client's mother has stalled after the accused was admitted to Goulburn Hospital on Tuesday.

The tech giant is looking for someone who can speak Republican.

The House turned aside an eleventh-hour drive Tuesday by hard-right conservatives to impeach the IRS commissioner, with most Republicans concluding the effort could hurt Congress' hopes of getting a fast … Click to Continue »

As we kick off the holiday shopping season, there's more mixed news on the market leader in wearable fitness.

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If and when Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions assumes the role of United States attorney general in Donald Trump’s new administration, he will inherit a Department of Justice that has devoted considerable attention and resources to police reform over the past eight years.

In fact, former Attorney General Eric Holder repeatedly described the Civil Rights Division — which investigates law enforcement agencies that may be discriminatory or violating people’s rights —... Читать дальше...

Visionary animator Henry Selick’s 1996 take on Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book “James and the Giant Peach” closes out the first weekend of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ seven-film tribute to Dahl (1916-90) on Sunday, Dec. 11. The series, which showcases a striking variety of films inspired by Dahl, kicks off Thursday, Dec. 8, with a dream collaboration between producer Jim Henson, director Nicolas Roeg and actress Anjelica Huston in 1990’s “The Witches” (also shown Friday, Dec. 9). Finish... Читать дальше...