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Strong Wind Warning Signal 3 raised for Hong Kong; winds between 25 and 38 mph expected.

Signal 2 dropped for Batanes island group; Hato remains on course to pass just south of Hong Kong Wednesday morning.

Hato’s forecast peak intensity increases; more of a direct hit on Hong Kong possible.

Hato forecast to peak at 58-mph sustained winds, 75-mph gusts as it makes landfall near Hong Kong.

Hato’s track remains wobbly, but storm still on course to pass close to Hong Kong on Wednesday.

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.

R&NB singer Lloyd is going to be a father. He and his longtime girlfriend are expecting – and she’s due next month. Here are some images of them:        

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will not be in attendance at the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on December 3. The White House released a statement in which the president offered his congratulations to the five honorees – Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J, Norman Lear and Lionel Richie – and [...]

Organizers of the 'Free Speech' rally in the US city of Boston fear violence and have faced threats ahead of their planned protest, a security guard for the event told Sputnik on Saturday.

This is the third wave of flood in the state this year and the total number deaths in flood-related incidents so far has gone up to 147.

Organizers of the 'Free Speech' rally in the US city of Boston fear violence and have faced threats ahead of their planned protest, a security guard for the event told Sputnik on Saturday.

These hot summer movies will help you make the most of the last bits of sunshine.

Some new faces should be seen on HBO's "Hard Knocks" after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Austin Albrecht and Vernon Harris.

De Belgische basketjongens zijn op het EK voor spelers tot 16 (divisie B) in het Bulgaarse Sofia zesde geworden. Ze verloren zaterdag in hun laatste klassementsmatch met 78-71 (rust: 39-32) van Oekraïne.

The Arizona senator marked a major milestone Friday, with the completion of his first round of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

The Arizona senator marked a major milestone Friday, with the completion of his first round of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

President Donald Trump and the first lady will not to participate in the Kennedy Center Honors arts awards.

Op het EK basket voor meisjes tot 16 jaar (divisie B) heeft België zaterdag in het Macedonische Skopje met 82-36 (rust: 47-16) gewonnen van Ierland. Eerder won het team van Jan Callewaert met 132-13 van Moldavië en met 94-72 van Oekraïne. Maandag wacht Slovenië en dinsdag Macedonië. De top twee van de vier groepen stoot door naar de kwartfinales. De top drie van het EK promoveert.

Moroccan-born Younes Abouyaaqoub is believed to have been driving the van that struck tourists on Las Ramblas.

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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has temporarily suspended demonstrations from taking place at a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.

Not ideal.

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Despite seceding and eventually losing the Civil War, the Confederacy lives on in a number of monuments in almost every state in the country. 

But it's not just monuments — like the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville that led to an eruption of violence on August 12 — that are dedicated to Confederate officers. 

Schools, highways, parks, streets, and even US military bases are named after Confederate figures. 

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A cabbie was killed early Saturday when he slammed his car into a flatbed truck in the Bronx, police said. The driver, 45, was on the Cross Bronx Expressway near Castle Hill Avenue in Unionport around 1:55 a.m. when he plowed the back of the truck, cops said. He was pronounced dead on scene. His...