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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

If you’re waiting for the start of Season 2 of “Atlanta,” it’s going to be a long time before the hit series returns.

Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson still has not decided if he’ll participate in the Senior Bowl in two weeks, the Clemson-centric website orangeandwhite.com reported Thursday. Watson is a junior but has graduated from Clemson and is eligible to play in what’s annually the top postseason all-star game, Senior Bowl CEO Phil Savage said in a radio…

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's top diplomat for Asian affairs arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a trip that is aimed at briefing the country's 2017 policies to top envoys of some countries, a Japanese media report said. Choe Hui-chol, No

A fitness center that combines kickboxing with other forms of exercise plans to open a second location next month.

A foreign exchange dealer who specialized in various international currencies plead guilty to conspiring to fix currency prices

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Like other cabinet nominees, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis differs from his soon-to-be boss on some of the biggest issues that will face the Pentagon.

Which Vikings have made the Pro Bowl under Mike Zimmer?

Southern Queenslanders are bracing for another day of blistering conditions as a lengthy heatwave threatens to break a temperature record.

Three months of rest have healed the quad injury that kept Joe Mauer on the bench in September. Manager Paul Molitor wonders if "maybe a little less [playing time] might be a little better" for Mauer.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — House Republicans are targeting the state's new law meant to boost water quality, putting Gov. Mark Dayton on defense over one of his marquee initiatives.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson had a meeting at Trump Tower with President-Elect Donald Trump Thursday to discuss the proposed $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc. that was announced in October. The meeting piqued interest as presidents typically leave these decisions to antitrust officials.

Attention, fussy coffee fans: you’re going to want to see this.

The Longview Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred Tuesday.

A day after the city opened up its request for proposals to renovate KeyArena, it sounds like at least one likely bidder has high hopes for the arena, with or without a team.

Russia's defense ministry says it has signed an agreement with the Turkish army to ensure flight safety over war-torn Syria.

Prosecutors in the US have charged relatives of former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with conspiracy to bribe a government official corruption, corruption and money laundering. The bribery case against Mr Ban’s younger brother and his nephew could threaten the diplomat’s expected bid for the South Korean presidency. Mr Ban’s relatives stand accused of offering money to a Middle Eastern official, through an American middleman. According to his spokesman Lee Do-woon, Mr Ban was unaware of the circumstances surrounding the allegations. Читать дальше...

Suit says mismanagement of money caused bankruptcy and $1 billion in unpaid bills

Citi Global Cards and its chief customer and digital experience officer, Alice Milligan, are changing that with a customer-centric culture and plans to make the entire credit card process simpler and easier for all customers.

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It seems like every Weight Watchers commercial features people — namely Oprah, these days — bragging about how many pounds they've lost.

But the calculation at the heart of the company's lauded new program, Beyond the Scale, doesn't actually take members' weight loss goals into account.

The company started Beyond the Scale at the end of 2015. It assigns foods points based on their nutritional values, giving members a set number of SmartPoints they can eat per day (and week). Читать дальше...