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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's 12th state dinner is being held Tuesday night for the prime minister of Singapore, a city-state Obama refers to as an anchor for the U.S. presence in Southeast Asia. American Wagyu beef dressed with roasted yams, wilted kale and heirloom carrots will anchor the main course for some 200 guests seated at round tables in the East Room. Dessert is peach sangria cake accented with coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves, a citrus fruit native to Asia, and dressed with White House honey.

Decision to close the Toronto-based animation studio, best known for helping produce Thomas & Friends, creates uncertainty for employees and for future of productions already in progress

CAIRO (AP) — A suicide car bomb attack in the eastern city of Benghazi targeting Libyan troops killed 23 people and wounded dozens of others Tuesday, a hospital official said.

As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, August 2.

Ten of David Pearson's 105 Sprint Cup wins came at Darlington Raceway.

Unai Emery is a keen admirer of the 23-year-old, who is now set to sign a four-year contract with the French champions as Morata's arrival threatens to reduce his playing time

The U.S. has embarked on a multi-billion-dollar plan to maintain its nuclear deterrent by improving its nuclear bombs. The B61 airborne nuclear bomb with its intermediate-yield thermonuclear warhead has been given the go-ahead for an upgrade by the National Nuclear Security Administration. RT reports: The decision taken by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) authorized the program to enter a post-engineering phase, which comes after four years of work. This now means that the first upgraded bombs are set to roll out by 2020. Читать дальше...

The Falcons may have found the pass-rusher they’ve been looking for the last few years, even if he’s a few years from being himself. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, veteran Dwight Freeney is flying to Atlanta with plans to sign a one-year deal with the Falcons. The Falcons have kept an eye on the…

The idling of the Unimin Corporation sand mining facility in Tunnel City was short-lived.

TOMAH — The idling of the Unimin Corp. sand mining facility in Tunnel City was short-lived.

Intuitively, you might have expected Miranda Lambert to come back after her time in the tabloid spotlight with a Molotov cocktail of a single. But...

Data from over 200 million Yahoo users was listed for sale on Tuesday on Dark Web marketplace TheRealDeal, by an infamous hacker behind many other proven data dumps.

The federal government dropped their recommendation of flossing due to a lack of solid research proving health benefits. 

A New Jersey attorney is suing the maker of smartphone game Pokémon Go for allegedly putting digital creatures in his yard.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The high levels of caffeine in energy drinks can lead to abnormal heart rhythms and other cardiovascular events, report doctors at the University of Florida.

Pregnant “Little Women: LA” star Elena Gant scared her friends Terra Jolé and Tonya Banks when she didn’t show up to a get-together. Before their meeting, Elena was diagnosed with preeclampsia, a serious condition that sometimes affects pregnant women. It can lead to serious complications for mother and baby. Sometimes it’s fatal.

INDIANAPOLIS — Two Indiana Republican members of Congress will find out next week whether they’ll get back on the November election ballot. U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks and Todd Rokita both withdrew their congressional candidacies in July for their unsuccessful bids to be picked as the Republican nominee for governor after Gov. Mike Pence became Donald

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A rapper who was part of Fetty Wap's Remy Boyz recording group has been freed from jail after he was charged in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy.

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A rapper who was part of Fetty Wap's Remy Boyz recording group has been freed from jail after he was charged in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy.

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A rapper who was part of Fetty Wap's Remy Boyz recording group has been freed from jail after he was charged in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy.

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A rapper who was part of Fetty Wap's Remy Boyz recording group has been freed from jail after he was charged in a shooting that injured a 7-year-old boy.

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Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says public demand for restoring it can't be ignored. But doing so would hurt Turkey's bid to join the EU.