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FORT DETRICK, Md., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A research branch of the U.S. Army is funding three projects it believes could create prosthetics to restore vision among injured veterans.

ST. LOUIS — Before the Rams left town in January, the St. Louis Blues were already in line to get an outdoor NHL stadium series game — just not the Winter Classic. Team Chairman Tom Stillman credits the NHL for recognizing the city sorely needed a shot in the arm and scheduling the Blues against

MIAMI — The Latest on Zika infections in Miami (all times local): 4 p.m. Florida’s governor has announced four new cases of Zika virus infection that health officials believe were spread by mosquitoes in a Miami neighborhood. Florida now has 21 people who contracted the virus locally. According to a statement Tuesday from Gov. Rick

For the first time since the Hague-based Court of Arbitration ruled against China’s nine-dash territorial claims in the South China Sea, a US Navy destroyer has docked in a Chinese port.

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You're driving down the turnpike. That painful pressure below your navel has grown too intense to ignore, but you've got another hour and a half left to go before you get home. A blue sign flashes through your headlights, a rest stop. You pull in, walk to the public bathroom, and wrinkle your nose. A row of stalls stretches from wall to wall. Which should you choose?

Most of us enter this situation armed with nothing but our eyes, noses, and intuitions. But science can help. Читать дальше...

Mario Gotze and Andre Schurrle featured for the Germans but they were left to rue the striker's mistake, as the Liga side scored a narrow victory

The Latvian government approved proposal of the national Defense Ministry to criminalize enrollment in the foreign armed forces, local media reported on Tuesday.

Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion repeated as bronze medallists in the Olympic women's synchronized 10-metre platform diving event in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.

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In May, Netflix released a new online tool called Fast.com that showed you how fast your internet connection really is on mobile or broadband. All you have to do is go to Fast.com, and Netflix will run a test.

Now Netflix has released iOS and Android apps for the tool (called Fast Speed Test).

While some sites already do this, including Speedtest.net — which the Netflix tool links to, in case you'd like to compare results — Netflix's pitch is that its tool is "ad... Читать дальше...

During Ryan Tannehill’s first four NFL seasons, much was made about how much coach Joe Philbin and his staff limited the responsibilities the quarterback had beyond running the play they called for him. As a result, much has been made this offseason about how much more freedom Tannehill will have to change plays and otherwise adjust…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Coaches Billy Walsh and Kay Koroma realize the daunting nature of the task they face at USA Boxing. Once the gold standard of the Olympic sport, the American men fell to the nadir of a medal-free trip to London four years ago. It got so bad at the last two Olympics

Public university professors in Texas could be disciplined for not allowing their students to bring guns into class, Texas' attorney general said in court papers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Donald Trump and his allies are suggesting that rival Hillary Clinton's emails may be responsible for the death of an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed for spying for the United States, even though there is no credible evidence of any such link. Some emails released by the State Department that had passed through Clinton's homebrew server appeared to reference the scientist, Shahram Amiri.

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The Rio games had its first public marriage proposal on Monday, following the medal ceremony for the first women's rugby sevens final in Olympic history.

Brazil's team finished ninth, and after the ceremony, a manager for the venue where the rugby matches were played, Marjorie Enya, proposed to her Brazilian rugby player girlfriend, Isadora Cerullo, The Guardian reported.

The moving moment, which was cheered on by all sides, was captured on film by SporTV:

The drug ring used "sea cucumber" containers to send millions worth of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl to New York via California and Mexico.

Brett Moffitt has already driven the No. 11 truck in two races for Red Horse Racing in substitution of Matt Tifft.

The Nasdaq Composite narrowly logged its second record closing high of 2016 on Tuesday, even as weak productivity data curbed stock-market gains. The Nasdaq climbed 12 points, or 0.2%, to 5,225. The S&P 500 was flat at 2,182, as losses in energy shares offset gains in consumer staples and health care stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was also flat at 18,533, with DuPont emerging as the biggest loser on the benchmark, and Walt Disney Company its biggest winner.

Nasdaq ends at all-time high as U.S. stocks gain Tuesday

MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Zika infections in Miami (all times local):

MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Zika infections in Miami (all times local):

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump might have suggested someone could shoot Hillary Clinton or a Supreme Court justice at a campaign rally on Tuesday. While talking about Supreme Court nominees, … Click to Continue »

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When my mother came for lunch at the Pentagon, I shepherded her through the visitor’s entrance, maneuvered her onto the escalator, and had just ushered her past the chocolate shop when she stopped short. I stopped too, letting an army of crisply uniformed officers and shirt-sleeved civilians flow past us down the corridor. Taking in the Pentagon’s florist shop, the banks, the nail salon, ­and the food court, my mother finally looked back at me. “So the heart of American military... Читать дальше...