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Several years ago, the NFL began telling broadcast partners to instruct their employees not to spoil the contrived drama of the NFL draft by disclosing the picks before they officially are announced. ESPN has reiterated its intention not to tip picks, without mentioning that the NFL doesn’t want them to do it. “We will allow…

Messi's late goal lifted Barcelona to a dramatic 3-2 win over 10-man Real Madrid.

Messi's late goal lifted Barcelona to a dramatic 3-2 win over 10-man Real Madrid.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Miguel Ibarra scored in the 72nd minute and the Minnesota United beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Sunday.

Warfare History Network

History, Europe

The planned 1940 invasion of Britain, Operation Sea Lion, remains one of the great “what-ifs” of modern military history.

Major Graf Von Kielmansegg, an officer in Germany’s  1st Armored Division based near Orleans, France, was dragged from a cinema on the night of August 28, 1940, and told to report to his chief of staff. “As I entered his office I was sure that we were finally going to be told that Sea Lion had been given the green light. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A fast-moving fire killed five people, including three children, as flames surged through a New York City home on a sunny spring afternoon, leaving authorities to scour for clues about what sparked the deadly blaze.

The NBA, where amazing happens.

Today marked high points for two players who have experienced serious lows in recent times.

Warfare History Network

History, Asia

The Japanese attack on Darwin was the greatest military disaster ever inflicted on Australia.

The sun was just rising and the day promised clear skies overhead. Since 5 am maintenance crews had been running the engines, making last minute adjustments, and arming the scores of aircraft sitting on the steel flight deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. She had started life as an Amagi-class heavy battlecruiser but had been converted to an aircraft carrier. Читать дальше...

PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron's camp should perhaps keep the champagne on ice a little longer.

The team that prides itself on three-point shooting won Game 4 from inside the arc.

The team that prides itself on three-point shooting won Game 4 from inside the arc.

David Beckham has received the Professional Footballers' Association Merit award for his achievements for club and country. Beckham won 115 senior caps for England.

The 21-year-old England star has again been in scintillating form for the north London club this season as they challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title.

Hela Schuepper Rufeisen, one of the last survivors of Warsaw Uprising, passed away on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Frenchman, who is on course to win a second successive Premier League title after also being part of the Leicester side which upset the odds last season, secured the most votes from his peers.

Jacob Heilbrunn

Politics, Europe

The results of today’s French election runoff indicate that Marine Le Pen will not be riding into the Elysee palace as a modern-day Joan of Arc. 

So much for Donald Trump’s prediction, in a tweet, that a terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysees would have a “big effect” on the outcome of the election. Trump’s last-minute intervention may well have backfired given the fear and loathing that he inspires in much of Europe. One Macron supporter told ABC News tonight... Читать дальше...

Here's how to trade a geopolitical shock.

NOW WATCH: How the US could prevent a North Korean nuclear strike — according to a former Marine and cyberwarfare expert

Some suggest Canada should pursue a series of sector agreements, rather than a single, sweeping deal, with Beijing

OKLAHOMA CITY -- With James Harden struggling, the Houston Rockets had to find their offense from other places in Sunday's Game 4 of their first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Who throws a shoe?!

April 24, 2017. Working families in two towns in Germany will get government help with the housework.

Army Capt. Nathan Michael Smith believes the U.S. fight against the Islamic State is a "good war" against "an army of butchers" — which makes it all the more surprising that he has filed a lawsuit that, if successful, could end up scuttling the war.