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The executive order applies to both nonviolent and violent former offenders.

WSJ's Jennifer Smith joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero and discusses how media mogul David Geffen's $100 million gift to the Museum of Modern Art will fuel the museum's planned construction and renovation plans. Photo: Agaton Strom for The Wall Street Journal

PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on shootings in rural southern Ohio (all times local):

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Russia should be warned that its dangerous flybys of US ships and planes could be met by force, President Barack Obama's nominee as the next NATO and US European Command commander said Thursday.

"Sir, I believe that should be known -- yes," Army Gen. Curtis M. "Mike" Scaparrotti said when asked by Sen. John McCain whether Russia should be told that the US would take action if American lives were endangered.

Pursuing the same line of questioning, Sen. Joe Donnelly... Читать дальше...

Kelly Ripa is taking some personal time after being blindsided by the announcement of Michael Strahan‘s departure from Live! with Kelly & Michael and now reports say she won’t speak to him. “Michael has called her and reached out to her and texted her and she is not acknowledging him,” a source close to Kelly [...]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The only known mural painted by children's author Maurice Sendak will be on display at a new public library branch in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA - The only known mural painted by children's author Maurice Sendak will be on display at a new public library branch in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The only known mural painted by children's author Maurice Sendak will be on display at a new public library branch in Philadelphia. The "Where the Wild Things Are" author painted the mural in 1961 for the children of his friends Lionel and Roslyn Chertoff in their New York City apartment.

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Microsoft's gaming division managed to deliver a 4% revenue boost in the  first three months of the year, even as its flagship Xbox gaming console hit a bumpy road.

The gaming business' overall increase is primarily due to the company's Xbox Live online service, which officially crossed 44 million members.

That's up 26% from the membership compared to this time last year. And all those new members helped Microsoft's gaming service collect 22% more revenue than it did last year. Читать дальше...

Easter 1916 is the best-known literary work to come out of Ireland’s Easter Rising, which has its 100th anniversary on April 24

The answer is probably no, but you can try.

So you've been on a date with my son, and it went well. Now you want to go steady with him? Well, you'll have to answer a series of rigorous questions first.

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It's Etch-a-Sketch time, folks! We can all remember how that worked out for Mitt Romney in 2012, right? Cynical, cynical Republican strategists have been using this strategy for decades to thread the needle between their insane base primary voters and the general electorate.

Crews will close northbound lanes of Interstate 180 between Cornhusker Highway and Fletcher Avenue on Friday evening.

Ford has officially unveiled the F-150 Special Service Vehicle, a unique version of its popular F-150, customized specifically for law enforcement and fleet workers.

NEW YORK - Automaker GM said Friday that former vice chairman Stephen Girsky won't run for another term on the board of directors. The company wants to replace him with the former CEO of Harvard University's endowment fund.

Start seizing top bankers’ wealth when they take too many risks, and you’ll fix things fast.

Amazon leads the way in attracting teen shoppers

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An overwhelming majority of U.S. teens say they shop online, and Amazon is the undisputed king of the e-commerce jungle in this regard.

Amazon is the "preferred shopping website" of 41% of U.S. teens, according to a seasonal survey of teenage shopping habits conducted by Piper Jaffray. That figure... Читать дальше...

The Legends take down another foe — one who does what they couldn’t: Going back in time to kill their younger selves. Mick Rory is grabbed from the night he burned down his parents house just before The Pilgrim kills him. Rip counters by offering Young Rip who is hidden even from the Time Masters.

Cans of beer and excited high fives were passed around the Mission’s Alamo Drafthouse for the pre-season premiere screening Thursday night of “Silicon Valley,” the HBO comedy that satirizes the notorious tech industry to our south. While the show’s cast and creators confidently joked through their post-premiere Q&A, “Silicon Valley’s” star Thomas Middleditch seems to live in permanent awe that he’s really on a hit HBO show playing a character that director and co-creator Mike Judge wrote specifically for him. Читать дальше...

Pastrovich Studio’s 262-foot X-Prime yacht concept can most easily be described as a floating piece of family-friendly fine art.

The UN envoy hailed a "constructive" first full day of Yemen peace talks on Friday but called for a halt to air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition and missile fire by Iran-backed rebels.

A poll released today offers a glimpse into the role Latino voters — one of the fastest-growing voting blocs in Nevada — will play in this year’s elections, from president down to ...

Universal Music and Capitol Records have navigated the complexities of international air travel to score a summary judgment ruling that when it gets...