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President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion spending blueprint amounts to a sweeping overhaul of the social safety net while projecting a big boost to economic growth that could be difficult to achieve.

Tom Dumoulin's Giro d'Italia lead is cut to 31 seconds after the Dutchman stops for a toilet break on a controversial stage 16.

Tom Dumoulin's Giro d'Italia lead is cut to 31 seconds after the Dutchman stops for a toilet break on a controversial stage 16.

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — As a warm breeze wafts in from the Gulf of Mexico, Carol Mize paces across the street from Biloxi's white marble City Hall. In one hand, she carries a Mississippi flag and in the other, a…

A delegation of Federation of Chinese Industries came scouting for land in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) area on Tuesday.

Marcus Smart causes mayhem on the basketball court, but he now has a chance to prove that he can do more on the NBA's biggest stage.

Militants affiliated with Islamic State are vying for control of the city of Marawi in the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte put the island of Mindanao under martial law, ordered in special forces and cut short his state visit to Russia.
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When the San Antonio Spurs lost to the Golden State Warriors on Monday, it may have marked the end of Manu Ginobili's Hall of Fame career. If Ginobili does retire, it will also mark the end of what was one of the best draft picks of the last 30 years.

Lawmakers said the document, which reflects the president's broad vision, will go nowhere in Congress, NBC News reports.

NFL owners on Tuesday approved changing the length of overtime from 15 minutes to 10, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported.

Nile Ranger is jailed for eight months after admitting online banking fraud.

Nile Ranger is jailed for eight months after admitting online banking fraud.

Nile Ranger is jailed for eight months after admitting online banking fraud.

The Justice Department is near suing Fiat Chrysler and alleging the Italian-American auto maker used illegal software to cheat on government emissions tests, despite a recent proposal from the company to regulators on fixing the technology.

One of Alphabet’s “other bets,” a category that has yet to add much to Google’s parent company, could be worth $70 billion.

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Facebook says it want to help media companies make more money from digital ads. And now, the social networking giant is even offering to let publishers sell ads using Facebook’s data.

The question is, will media companies, leery of Facebook’s formidable and ever-growing clout in the ad business, welcome the help?

To read more on Facebook's new olive branch to the media industry, click here.

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Snapchat has introduced a new feature that lets people collaborate on Stories. Читать дальше...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Tuesday, May 23, directed the immediate development of coastline communities for the economic benefit of the state.

Who wants the ‘spinning wheel of death’ just when they need to rush to hospital?

The president’s first budget sets a worthy objective of sustained 3% economic growth, but offers no rigorous plan, at least in what was released Monday, to back it up, writes Greg Ip.

(WASHINGTON) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) released details today of its portion of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Budget Request. The President’s $13.9 billion FY 2018 Budget Request for NNSA represents an increase of $1.0 billion – or 7.8 percent – above the FY 2017 Omnibus level, representing the Administration’s commitment to NNSA’s diverse missions: maintaining the safety, security, reliability, and effectiveness of the nuclear... Читать дальше...

The Manchester attack is the latest in a string of attacks on England.

Shares of Nokia Corp. jumped 5.1% toward a 16-month high in midday trade Tuesday, as investors cheered the news that the Finland-based network infrastructure company said it would receive and upfront cash payment and additional payments from Apple Inc. as part of the settlements of lawsuits against each other. The deal allows Apple to resume selling Nokia's digital health products in Apple stores. Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley raised his stock price target on Nokia to $7.00 from... Читать дальше...

This morning, President Donald Trump visited Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial museum on the edge of Jerusalem. Flanked by Israeli and American flags, the president spoke gravely of the “millions of innocent, wonderful, and beautiful lives, men, women, and children … extinguished as part of a systematic attempt to eliminate the Jewish people.”