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Even Amazon's CTO is hooked on hot new app "Pokémon Go" — and he's cheekily offering his company's services to help stop the widespread outages the game is suffering because of its popularity. 

The adventure game has become crazy-popular since its launch on Wednesday, but server crashes keep rendering it useless for many would-be Ash Ketchums. Hence Amazon's Werner Vogels is stepping in to proffer the services of the company's cloud platform, AWS.  

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One of the most hated policies in cable industry is expanding this week as Comcast has informed customers in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan that they will soon be part of the carrier's "Terabyte Internet Experience." In other words, they're all going to be subject to data caps next month.

LONDON — The 11th Grand Slam final of Andy Murray’s career will be unlike any of the others in at least one way: The opponent will not be Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic. Murray, the 2013 champion at Wimbledon, reached his third major title match of 2016 with a no-nonsense 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory against

A Delta Air Lines jetliner with 130 passengers on board landed at the wrong airport in South Dakota Thursday evening, said a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident.

The shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas brought a pause to the gun-control fight in Congress on Friday, as Republicans and Democrats called for healing even as they prepared for what could be the year's final push for legislation next week. Shock over the Dallas shootings, the second major gun attack to rock the United States in less than a month, overshadowed the gun debate in the U.S. House of Representatives, where lawmakers have fought over three rival measures since the June... Читать дальше...

A pedestrian was hit by a limousine today at the Strip and Sahara Avenue, according to Metro Police. Police responded to the incident ...

As more information about the shooting that killed five police officers surfaces, we asked people from Dallas to share their stories about how conversations around race and policing are shifting.

Smartphones have changed the way we think about our health. However, not everything about our phones is good for our bodies. Here are three ways your phone could be impacting your health.

WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a compromise package bolstering federal steps against illicit drugs on Friday, as lawmakers of both parties flocked to cast an election-year vote to stem the nation’s surge of deaths among drug abusers. Democrats initially refused to endorse the final accord that House-Senate bargainers produced this week, complaining that it contained no actual money to finance its programs. With the House’s lopsided vote, Senate Democratic aides said the measure... Читать дальше...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Bill Nye is touring a new Noah's Ark attraction in Kentucky that he has called a danger to the nation's science education.

A statement from Answers in Genesis says Nye is touring the ark with his own film crew. The Christian group says the ark is part of its ministry that teaches Old Testament stories as true historical events.

De soap rond voormalig FC Twente-talent Dario Tanda gaat maar door. Een paar dagen nadat de 21-jarige middenvelder een contract overeenkwam met Go Ahead Eagles, besloot Tanda daar weer van af te zien. Volgens de gepromoveerde club uit Deventer begon Tanda de afgelopen dagen te twijfelen over zijn terugkeer bij de Eagles. Wat de exacte reden is van zijn opmerkelijke ommezwaai, blijft onduidelijk.

Relationship envy, bikini body envy, vacation envy...The list goes on and on for every reason we wish we were Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher right now! The smokin' couple has been...

Congressman from Texas points finger at Obama in police shootings.

A large swath of the normally busy downtown core of Dallas was virtually deserted on Friday, save for law enforcement officials who had cordoned off the area to investigate the fatal shootings of five city police officers.

The 800-page report by the GOP-led Benghazi Committee found no wrongdoing by the former secretary of state, but the two-year inquiry had revealed that she used a private email server for government business, triggering a yearlong FBI investigation that continues to shadow the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. “If a witness said something to a committee of Congress and/or under oath that’s not consistent with the truth, our committee has an obligation” to report that to the FBI, Gowdy told reporters. Читать дальше...

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"Pokémon GO," a popular game that launched on iOS and Android this week, is all about getting you outside — it's got the word "GO" right there in the title, in all caps, for good reason.

Unfortunately, not everything you find outside in the real world is as lighthearted and silly as Pokémon.

One "Pokémon GO" player found a dead body while exploring her neighborhood in search of "Pokémon." 

Shayla Wiggins, a 19-year-old from Riverton, Wyoming, found... Читать дальше...

The Victoria native won the last roster spot on the American League team with 17.7 million fan votes Friday

SALT LAKE CITY — A large fire at a commercial storage yard caused explosions and sent large plumes of black smoke toward a major highway and the Salt Lake City International Airport on Friday. Salt Lake City Fire Capt. Mark Bednarik said the entire storage yard was engulfed in flames. The fire burned old vehicles,

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After his breakout album "Oxymoron," Schoolboy Q decided to take a break. Released in 2014, singles like "Studio" and "Collard Greens" established him as a rising star in the rap world. But he wasn't happy.

"I thought rap was just, you make this album, you do the shows here and there, and then that's it," he told Rolling Stone. But it was more complicated than that. "My mind was set on leaving rap."

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates brought up a highly touted prospect for the second straight day Friday by recalling first baseman Josh Bell from Class AAA Indianapolis.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates brought up a highly touted prospect for the second straight day Friday by recalling first baseman Josh Bell from Class AAA Indianapolis.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates brought up a highly touted prospect for the second straight day Friday by recalling first baseman Josh Bell from Class AAA Indianapolis.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates brought up a highly touted prospect for the second straight day Friday by recalling first baseman Josh Bell from Class AAA Indianapolis.