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Andy Borowitz jokes that President Donald Trump complains the media is only telling the sun’s side of the story in the leadup to Monday’s total solar eclipse.

Counter-protesters greatly outnumbered far-right, ‘free speech’ rally attendants on Saturday, as Joy Reid and her panel discuss the growing push to distance the Alt-Right from the GOP.

Tens of thousands of anti-racist activists in Boston began marching on Saturday toward a smaller group of 'Free Speech' protesters gathering in the heart of the US city, where police officers set up barricades and stepped up security measures in a bid to prevent violence.

Tens of thousands of anti-racist activists in Boston began marching on Saturday toward a smaller group of 'Free Speech' protesters gathering in the heart of the US city, where police officers set up barricades and stepped up security measures in a bid to prevent violence.

With this summer’s total solar eclipse only days away, thousands of Californians are probably already on the road north to Oregon to get ready for Monday’s celestial spectacle.

MANCHESTER, Vt. (AP) - Residents of a Vermont town who are fed up with the devastating impact of the nationwide opioid epidemic on their community have started an organization to help combat the problem.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a French national who is wanted list for stealing money, SBU's press service said Saturday.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a French national who is wanted list for stealing money, SBU's press service said Saturday.

Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission,

Bill Kramer, 59, is a retired business owner who runs the eclipse-chasers.com web site. He spoke to MONEY about how he got hooked on eclipses and how he budgets for trips to experience them.

LONDON (AP) — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking has criticized Britain's health secretary for what he described as the selective use of scientific studies to support changes in the National Health Service.

LONDON (AP) — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking has criticized Britain's health secretary for what he described as the selective use of scientific studies to support changes in the National Health Service. The world-renowned scientist has accused Conservative minister Jeremy Hunt of "cherry picking" evidence to support the changes and says the service is at risk. Hunt rejected Hawking's charges Saturday, but the public spat underscored the strains on the health service after years of cost-cutting. Hawking... Читать дальше...

Granderson is off to play with baseball’s best team.

The Twitter account of Jason Kessler, the alt-right activist and organizer of last weekend's deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, tweeted that the woman who died protesting his event "was a fat, disgusting Communist" and that her death was "payback time" — then walked back the remark and ...

A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico by drone.

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Sonoma, California, a region located in the heart of America's top winemaking region, has been named the best small town to visit in the country by US News & World Report.

The accolade came as a surprise, largely because Sonoma is a county made up of 13 cities — including the city of Sonoma — and several unincorporated towns. The region has flown under the radar relative to Napa Valley, with its elite wineries and globally known brand. But Sonoma has become more popular... Читать дальше...

Flowers were layed on the street where Heather Heyer was killed by a car during a protest against a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., last week.

The "Unite the Right" organizer called Heyer's death "payback" for communism.

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The Tshwane Derby is close to being rendered a Mamelodi Sundowns training match!

The Tshwane Derby is close to being rendered a Mamelodi Sundowns training match!

In the Spanish border town of Ripoll, everyone knows each other -- making it all the more shocking to residents that jihadists believed responsible for this week's deadly twin attacks lived among them. The attackers killed 14 people and left 120 others wounded, using vehicles to mow down pedestrians in Barcelona on Thursday and in the nearby Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils early Friday. At least seven of the 12 suspects grew up or lived in Ripoll.

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STOCKTON (KTXL)-- Daniel Winkler stands stoic in a Stockton court Tuesday - emotionless as he is arraigned for murder.

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By Tom Perry and Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army launched an offensive on Saturday against an Islamic State enclave on the northeastern border with Syria, as the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah announced an assault on the militants from the Syrian side of the frontier. The Lebanese army operation got underway at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), targeting Islamic State positions near the town of Ras Baalbek with rockets, artillery and helicopters, a Lebanese security source said.