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Friends of Animals, a Connecticut-based international advocacy organization, sued in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., saying horse roundups threaten the well-being of horses that are driven into traps by helicopters at the West Douglas Herd Area south of Rangely. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports (http://tinyurl.com/p67u2v4 ) the BLM says it is seeking to reduce the herd on the 128,000-acre area because of the lack of appropriate habitat for the animals.

Atlanta is hoping to replicate their 60-win success from last season.

(AP) — Vermont's prison system is rolling out special email and video visitation services for inmates, which advocates and corrections officials see as a boon but are raising concerns in some states where they are already in place about the cost to prisoners and other issues. Vermont inmates at a private prison in Michigan with which the state has a contract, as well as in-state prisons in Newport and St. Johnsbury, recently were allowed to begin using the new email system, said Mike Touchette,... Читать дальше...

Large number of refugees have started to enter Croatia from Serbia since Wednesday, following Budapest's decision to tighten its border control with Serbia.

The German Air Force will be hosting their 19th annual Oktoberfest celebration at Holloman Air Force Base Sept. 26.

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Everton extended their unbeaten league record against Swansea but failed to find the killer touch to take all three points at the Liberty Stadium.

MINSK, Belarus - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signaled his intention to establish a Russian military air base in neighboring Belarus - a move sure to unnerve Poland and the Baltic nations.

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signaled his intention to establish a Russian military air base in neighboring Belarus — a move sure to unnerve Poland and the Baltic nations. "Against the background of the Ukrainian crisis, the stationing of a permanent Russian military contingent in Belarus will upset the balance of forces and facilitate an increase in tension in the whole region," said analyst Valery Karbalevich.

Taylor Swift must be a big fan of Echosmith. Swift Approval: Taylor Swift's Favorite Covers of Her Songs For the latest guest artist on her widely...

Humanitarian workers rescued 301 people aboard rubber dinghies floating in the Mediterranean Sea Saturday. Crews made three back-to-back rescues, bringing those saved aboard a northbound vessel, according to reports by two charitable organizations.

Court records say the man said he went two days without sleep and heard screaming voices that "told him to kill his girlfriend" Thursday night. According to a police statement, she said her boyfriend is schizophrenic, was recently discharged from Alaska Psychiatric Institute and had not been taking his medication.

HAVANA - The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to Cuba and the United States. All times local (EDT):

Hundreds of people are planning to take buses or trains across long, winding route through Cuba's rural heartland to see Pope Francis appear in Havana to the west or Holguin and Santiago to the east. Many say they want the pope to pressure the U.S. to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, which many Cubans blame for economic woes that are more dire in the countryside than in the more connected cities. In the sugarcane-farming town of Taguasco, Marisela Hernandez says she things the papal visit "is going... Читать дальше...

GLASGOW, Scotland - Andy Murray and his brother Jamie led Britain to a hard-fought five-set victory against Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Groth of Australia on Saturday to seize a vital 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup semifinal.

New movie getting rave reviews for its performances, but some victims and families -- and even Bulger himself -- are not happy

[...] lawyers representing Virginia congressional Republicans offered a proposal that would maintain the black majority in the 3rd District. Democrats claim in two federal lawsuits that the General Assembly illegally packed black voters into the 3rd District and 12 state House districts when it redrew boundaries in 2011.

LONDON - London Fashion Week is emphasizing downtown chic this year over British tradition, abandoning its home in the venerable Somerset House on the River Thames for a converted parking garage in Soho.

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High-flying Leicester maintained their unbeaten start to the season as a second-half fightback secured them a 2-2 draw at Stoke - denying the Potters their first 2015-16 Barclays Premier League win.

Long a hero to millions of readers, Atticus Finch is a conflicted figure these days. Is the fictional lawyer the kind father and noble hero of Harper Lee's first novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," a character so beloved people named their children for him? Or is Finch the hard-core segregationist whose racism is at the heart of Lee's newly released "Go Set a Watchman?"

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Bournemouth needed just 10 minutes to wrap up their first ever Barclays Premier League home win, claiming a 2-0 result at the expense of 10-man Sunderland.

Patel quota stir leader Hardik Patel was Saturday night arrested in Surat for defying prohibitory orders even as Gujarat administration banned mobile Internet services across the state.

Panthers cornerback Josh Norman is a pretty good player. Norman is pretty good, too, at drawing attention to himself. He’ll be paying for his gesture last week while returning an interception for a touchdown. Norman waved — goodbye, presumably — to Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles as he ran by, and for that the NFL has…

The Lib Dem leader says his party matter more than in an entire generation.