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U.S. Apache attack helicopters destroyed a bomb-laden Islamic State vehicle on Monday, the first time that the aircraft have been used in Iraq against the terrorist group, two defense officials confirmed.

Authorities say it appears that a mechanical problem caused a freight train derailment in a tunnel in Baltimore, but the ...

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SYDNEY, June 13 (UPI) -- An Australian man driving down a road shortly after sunset captured dashcam footage of a fireball streaking across the clear sky.

Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch has known for months that he’s not in the team’s plans this season, but he’s in limbo while he waits for his official release. That release isn’t coming just yet. Tulloch has been excused from this week’s mandatory minicamp, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The report says Tulloch’s release is…

Analysts are saying that Apple's upcoming updates to its Siri voice assistant should help the company address criticisms that it can't compete on artificial intelligence. Apple is now opening Siri to apps made by other companies, and like Google and Microsoft, it's bringing the digital assistant to desktop and laptop computers. Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy explains it as Apple using non-personal information in aggregate to teach Siri new tricks, then having all the personalization take place on the individual device. Читать дальше...

Analysts are saying that Apple's upcoming updates to its Siri voice assistant should help the company address criticisms that it can't compete on artificial intelligence. Apple is now opening Siri to apps made by other companies, and like Google and Microsoft, it's bringing the digital assistant to desktop and laptop computers. Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy explains it as Apple using non-personal information in aggregate to teach Siri new tricks, then having all the personalization take place on the individual device. Читать дальше...

A Democratic congressman frustrated with inaction on gun control said Monday he's done with the moments of silence typically held on the House floor after mass shootings, calling them "obnoxious expressions of smug incompetence."

Highlighting the astonishing history investors are living through today, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report states that interest rates are at their lowest level in 5,000 years. Michael Hartnett and team point out in their June 7 research piece titled “The Longest Pictures” that on April 28, the bull market in U.S. stocks became the second-longest of all time.

Brooks Hays
CAMBRIDGE, England, June 13 (UPI) -- Researchers have mixed molecules with light at room temperature. It's the first time such a feat has been accomplished.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York federal appeals judges are expressing skepticism about a U.S. House of Representatives committee's claims that it can shield itself from a regulator's insider trading probe.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York federal appeals judges are expressing skepticism about a U.S. House of Representatives committee's claims that it can shield itself from a regulator's insider trading probe.

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Macy's sales have been declining amid a bigger slowdown in American retail. 

But now, the company is planning a new makeover.

Macy's is currently revamping its location in Columbus, Ohio at the Easton Town Center, according to the Columbus Dispatch. The company will launch this new test model on June 25.

This version of the store will have "lifestyle" sections and mini-stores, such as a spa and a LensCrafters, within the department store. One of these sections... Читать дальше...

The presidential candidate contradicted himself in Orlando shooting speech

Foreign investors have pumped $596-million (U.S.) into Philippine, Thai, Indonesian and Vietnamese shares so far in June, wiping out declines in April and early May

Some see the shooters as seeking maximum publicity. Others say the Islamic State is inspiring terrorist attacks in the U.S. and in Europe, and needs to be routed as quickly as possible.

Shares of Agios Pharmaceuticals briefly popped more than 8 percent after reporting encouraging data on its lead drug.

Military exercises dubbed Saber Strike 2016 kicked off on Monday at the Estonian Tapa training base, the country's Defense Forces said in a statement.

Families of the victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., this weekend are gathering at the Beardall Senior Center on Monday. While authorities have identified most of the 49 victims, notifying next-of-kin has been a slower process.

NPR has a brief remembrance of two of those killed in the Orlando nightclub shooting, 26-year-old Oscar Aracena and 31-year-old Simon Carrillo.

The timeline is now coming together for what unfolded inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub early Sunday morning when a gunman killed 49 people and injured dozens.

Survivors of the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., say the night began like a regular weekend at the Pulse club. But moments after gun shots rang out inside, staff and patrons scrambled for safety before police arrived.

The shooter in the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting was not from the area. He lived about two hours away in Fort Pierce.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi about the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

Since news of the killings in Orlando, people have been gathering at Manhattan's Stonewall Inn. Stonewall is known as the birthplace of the nation's gay rights movement. On Monday night, it will host a formal vigil to remember those who died in Florida.