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The first phase of a multi-million-euro makeover of Rome's Colosseum was completed Friday with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledging cash would be made available to spruce up other crumbling historic sites. The Colosseum is the latest in a string of famous Italian monuments to have been renovated with funds from private donors, often from the luxury sector. "We have to stop the arguments over Italy's cultural heritage because it is not only the thing we can be most proud of and a major part of our identity... Читать дальше...

Staples was all "yeah we've got that"

A dead humpback whale the size of several SUVs washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach on Thursday night, leaving Los Angeles County lifeguards with one giant, rotting problem to solve just ahead of the long July 4th weekend.

SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Friday, rising for the fifth consecutive day as market jitters over Brexit continued to taper off. The South Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock

Yaşanan terör saldırıları sonrası, alınan önlemlere bir yenisi daha eklendi.İstanbul'da turistlerin yoğun olduğu bölgelerde çalışan taksi şoförlerine terör eğitimi verilecek.Devamı için tıklayınız

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is the latest militant group to emerge in Nigeria: they are attacking oil installations in a campaign which threatens the nation’s economy. NDA presents another fresh security challenge to the government which has been grappling with Islamist insurgency in the north-east of the country. In this regard the federal government […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Mexican man on Texas death row for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 24 years ago.

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Mexican man on Texas death row for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 24 years ago.

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Mexican man on Texas death row for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 24 years ago.

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The Republican convention that will likely nominate Donald Trump as the party's presidential candidate is still in the planning stages — and it seems as unpredictable as the candidate himself, according to a Friday report in The New York Times.

Two unnamed aides told the newspaper that Trump didn't even know the convention had to be held in Cleveland.

The decision to hold the convention in the Ohio city had been made two years ago.

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Thursday was a day for handing out suspensions around the NFL, including a one-game ban to Jets defensive end Sheldon Richardson for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Richardson was suspended as a result of last year’s arrest for evading police while driving 143 m.p.h. with a 12-year-old in the car. Richardson pleaded guilty to…

Puerto Rico defaulted Friday on debt that is supposed to be constitutionally guaranteed. It's the first time a state or territory has done that since 1933.

The Milwaukee woman was nabbed in Fayetteville, North Carolina, two days after she became the subject of a large-scale effort to find her.

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day to all you Mets fans! 

July 1 is one of the more embarrassing days of the year for the New York Mets organization. In 2000, the team agreed to pay former player Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million every year on July 1 from 2011 to 2035. 

Het wordt toch niet legaal om homo's te discrimineren in de Amerikaanse staat Mississippi. De rechter heeft de omstreden wet daarover gisteren geblokkeerd. Dankzij de wet zouden mensen op basis van religieuze bezwaren diensten kunnen weigeren aan homo's, lesbiennes, biseksuelen of transgenders.

Jessica Williams covered one last political controversy on the campaign trail during her last appearance on "The Daily Show" Thursday night. 

Listed at #20 on the Forbes list of America's wealthiest families is the Brown family. Their combined net worth is $12.3 billion.

Eddie Ray Routh was sentenced to prison without parole. His attorney argued before the 11th Court of Appeals that Routh did not know his conduct was wrong when he shot Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.

The Wizards were going to give Bradley Beal a max contract. They stuck with that plan and stuck with it and stuck with it. Now, everything is agreed upon. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: Restricted free-agent guard Bradley Beal agreed to a five-year, $128 million maximum contract to stay with the Washington Wizards, his agent, Mark […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a vaccine for the Zika virus could be developed in "fairly short order" if Congress acts quickly to pass a bill to prevent the spread of the disease. Obama says researchers are beginning to develop and test a vaccine for the mosquito-borne virus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a vaccine for the Zika virus could be developed in "fairly short order" if Congress acts quickly to pass a bill to prevent the spread of the disease. Obama says researchers are beginning to develop and test a vaccine for the mosquito-borne virus.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — In what amounts to an innocence project for bears, National Park Service rangers are turning to modern forensic technology, including DNA evidence, to make sure they don’t kill the wrong bear when a human is attacked in the mountains. Twice in the last two years the Park Service executed bears in the