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Over at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Australia, Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness announced a new program through the Fight Cancer Foundation. Australia’s Channel 10 was there covering it and explained, “Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness have supported the Fight Cancer Foundation for as long as they’ve been together. Deborra-Lee’s mom made sure of it when he asked for her blessing.” And if that wasn’t enough for you, at the end of reporter Jessica Turner’s report, Hugh Jackman photobombed it.

"Kill the Lights" is more sultry, but also, more reflective.

The deeper logic of Obama’s partisan smear.

Lea Michele and Emma Roberts look lovely as they speak onstage during the Scream Queens panel discussion at the FOX portion of the 2015 Summer TCA Tour held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday (August 6) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The girls were joined by their co-stars Jamie Lee Curis, Keke Palmer, Abigail Breslin, [...]

France will from tomorrow deploy new air and maritime resources off the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion in the search for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 flight, government officials said.

France will from tomorrow deploy new air and maritime resources off the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion in the search for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 flight, government officials said.

Media companies led a broad decline on the stock market Thursday as investors worried about fading revenue from cable television. MTV owner Viacom sank 14 percent Thursday and 21st Century Fox…

Media companies led a broad decline on the stock market Thursday as investors worried about fading revenue from cable television. MTV owner Viacom sank 14 percent Thursday and 21st Century Fox…

Media companies led a broad decline on the stock market Thursday as investors worried about fading revenue from cable television. MTV owner Viacom sank 14 percent Thursday and 21st Century Fox fell 6 percent. Disney, which owns ESPN, fell 2 percent. For the day: The Dow Jones industrial average lost 120.72 points, or 0.7 percent, to 17,419.75. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 16.28 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,083.56. The Nasdaq composite declined 83.50 points, or 1.6 percent, to 5,056.44. Читать дальше...

After a tumultuous summer, it doesn't look promising.

Danielle Haynes
BOSTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Twenty-five years after two men stole more than a dozen paintings, the FBI has released new surveillance footage hoping to get new leads in the case.

TrueCar Inc. said Thursday it lost $14.7 million, or 18 cents a share, in the second quarter, compared to a loss of $15 million, or 22 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue reached $65.3 million, up from $50.5 million a year ago. Adjusted for one-time items, TrueCar lost 5 cents a share in the quarter, in line with consensus, according to FactSet. The car-buying platform also said its chief executive and founder Scott Painter will step down later this year. Painter will continue to serve as chairman... Читать дальше...

Austria's largest oil and gas company, OMV AG, and Russia’s energy company Gazprom may carry out an asset swap if OMV participates in the Urengoy oil, gas and condensate field development project, the Austrian Kurier newspaper reported Thursday.

The three-day Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Ind., honors the Polish dumpling with giant mascots, an eating contest and a pierogi-tossing competition. Photo: Alyssa Schukar for The Wall Street Journal

SeaWorld says its theme park attendance is still falling as animal activists protest the company's treatment of whales, but the company says some of its parks are doing better as it prepares t…

SeaWorld says its theme park attendance is still falling as animal activists protest the company's treatment of whales, but the company says some of its parks are doing better as it prepares t…

SeaWorld says its theme park attendance is still falling as animal activists protest the company's treatment of whales, but the company says some of its parks are doing better as it prepares t…

The excessive and discriminatory use of stop-and-search powers is among the sorriest episodes in the history of the police over the past 30 years.

An allegedly new Islamic State affiliate in Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque inside a police compound in the country's southwest on Thursday that killed at least 15 people, most of them members and recruits of the kingdom's special forces.

Nvidia Corp. shares rallied in Thursday's extended trade after the graphics chip maker turned in quarterly results that beat expectations. Nvidia said its second-quarter earnings fell to $26 million, or 5 cents a share, from $128 million, or 22 cents a share, a year ago. On an adjusted basis, the company earned 34 cents a share, ahead of 11 cents a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Revenue grew to $1.15 billion from $1.1 billion. The company projected third-quarter revenue of $1.18 billion... Читать дальше...

Clatskanie Police Chief Marvin Hoover is on paid administrative leave while the city investigates an allegation that he made racist statements.

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- The number of laboratories affected by live anthrax shipments from the U.S. has risen to 193 in the U.S. and eight in foreign countries, but none of the newly added labs are in South Korea, the U.S. Def

If the current weather pattern of a weak monsoon continues for the next few weeks, the Telangana government may need to dust off its drought management manuals soon.

The black population of New Orleans, long a hub of African-American culture, has plummeted since the day Katrina swept in from the Gulf of Mexico.

A severe rice crisis looms large over Telangana this Kharif.Thanks to the prolonged dry spell, farmers have been able to sow paddy in only about 2.5 lakh acres as against the normal acreage of 25 lakh during the season.