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African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for a summit focusing on youth investment.

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Happy Independence Day – a holiday we owe to the visionary signers of the Declaration of Independence back in 1776. From the youngest to the oldest - Edward Rutledge was only 26 years old at the time and Ben Franklin was 70 - the signers were people who took ...

Iraqi civilians fleeing through an alley as Iraqi Special Forces continued their advance on Monday.

Tom Gray is more than willing to accept your opinion if you had Manny Pacquiao defeating Jeff Horn, just don't call Compubox into evidence when making your case.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fox Sports says that a top executive who oversaw programming and digital news operations has been fired from his role as president of Fox Sports National Networks.

A California man who authorities say killed his son after a family trip to Disneyland pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Monday, days after his son's body was ...

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America's Independence Day is upon us.

For most of us, that means summer fun, fireworks, and lots of red, white, and blue decorations.

It also means that 241 years ago, the Second Continental Congress approved a resolution to declare independence from Britain — although historians believe that most of them didn't sign it until about a month later.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of the signers worked as lawyers, physicians, merchants, and planters before being elected to the Continental Congress. Читать дальше...

Danny Trejo is making a plea for the safe return of his longtime friend Donal Logue's daughter, Jade Logue, who has been missing for the past week. The video, which Logue shared on...

Exile from national politics plainly hasn’t cost Rahm Emmanuel an ounce of chutzpah: The Chicago mayor took to The New York Times op-ed page the other day to sound off about how New York can better manage its subways. It’s a bit like the Charleston River Dogs telling the Yankees how to play: Chicago’s eight...

BOSTON (AP) -- A taxi crashed into a group of cab drivers near Boston's airport on Monday, injuring 10 people in what police said appeared to be a "tragic accident."...

Marin Cilic's power game proved far too much for Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Wimbledon first round on Monday as the Croatian won in straight sets.

Marin Cilic's power game proved far too much for Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Wimbledon first round on Monday as the Croatian won in straight sets.

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Two more states are refusing to provide the White House with voter registration data, saying on Monday they suspected the White House of trying to suppress voter turnout.

In fiery statements, Maryland and Delaware both blasted President Donald Trump's commission on election integrity and said they would not comply with its request to turn over voters' personal information, including their names, birthdays, party affiliations and the last four digits of their social security numbers. Читать дальше...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in the death of a woman whose body was found in Wyoming.

Does anyone really know Ronald Reagan? In his new book “The Working Class Republican,” a bracingly revisionist account of the 40th president, Henry Olsen answers “no.” One of the most astute political analysts at work today and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Olsen argues that Reagan’s politics bear the distinctive stamp...

Two people were reportedly seen going into the building, says fire service.

Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak met in Washington with Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon to discuss the possibility of a new meeting between Shannon and Russia’s deputy foreign minister

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It didn't take long for the first shocker of Wimbledon 2017, as three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka lost on opening day to unseeded Daniil Medvedev in four sets on Centre Court.

The win was Medvedev's first in a Slam as well as his first career win against a top-ten opponent. The 21-year-old Russian will face Ruben Bemelmans in the second round on Wednesday.

As for Wawrinka, the runner-up in this year's French Open, it was the earliest exit from the tournament since 2013. Читать дальше...

Ray Shero asked that Devils fans look at his actions as general manager and recognize the direction he is trying to lead the team. And Shero is correct that the evidence is there, and at the very least he isn’t sitting on his hands. The active offseason continued when he was able to pry salary-cap...

Ray Shero asked that Devils fans look at his actions as general manager and recognize the direction he is trying to lead the team. And Shero is correct that the evidence is there, and at the very least he isn’t sitting on his hands. The active offseason continued when he was able to pry salary-cap...

Ray Shero asked that Devils fans look at his actions as general manager and recognize the direction he is trying to lead the team. And Shero is correct that the evidence is there, and at the very least he isn’t sitting on his hands. The active offseason continued when he was able to pry salary-cap...

PHILADELPHIA – Some American history museums belabor visitors with this message: You shall know the truth and it shall make you feel ashamed of, but oh-so-superior to, your wretched ancestors. The new Museum of the American Revolution is better than that. Located near Independence Hall, it celebrates the luminous ideas affirmed there 241 Julys ago,...

A Los Angeles jury convicted a drug dealer Monday of voluntary manslaughter in the beating death of his wife’s lover — a 20th Century Fox executive whose body was found in the desert more than two years after he disappeared.