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U.S. intelligence agencies have evidence indicating Islamic State used mustard agent against Kurdish forces for the first time at least two weeks ago in fighting in Syria.

Collins is her married name — she and her husband Zack celebrated their first anniversary in June — but her maiden name, Tuckwiller, is synonymous with the fair as members of her family have been involved since it was the Greenbrier Valley Fair before becoming the state fair in 1941. [...] perhaps it was only fitting when she assumed the position of CEO in March, rising from the interim position she had held since longtime leader Marlene Jolliffe stepped away in January to take a similar spot at the Virginia fair. Читать дальше...

The two Indian men’s basketball teams - Bangalore and Chandigarh - crashed out of the 3x3 FIBA World Tour - Beijing Masters after losing their respective league games at the Wukesong Mastercard Stadium here on Saturday.

It was Mitch Robinson who once claimed Melbourne, during that club’s darkest era, played “bruise-free footy”.

Carbon fiber, Kevlar, carbon-reinforced plastic—they’re the cutting edge materials that come to mind for purebred motorsports machines. “We wanted to evoke the classic CSL [dash],” said Karim Habib, chief designer at BMW.

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TOKYO, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Residents in Kyushu, Japan and Cotopaxi, Equador have been alerted to possible evacuations as volcanoes in both areas become increasingly active.

It's hard to believe that in this day and age where comic-book adaptations are making billions of dollars in the movie theaters that there was a time when one of Marvel's flagship comics couldn't get on the big screen.

Kohler (United States) (AFP) - Tiger Woods missed the cut at the PGA Championship on Saturday, his third straight missed cut in a major reinforcing the notion that the 14-time major champion's star is on the wane.

British heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill says she aims to defend her Olympic title in Rio next year and that she will be more relaxed than in London three years ago.

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Awaken the noble ideals and values within oneself which inspired India's struggle for independence, said Pradeep Kumar Saxena, general manager of South Western Railway (SWR), on Saturday.

New explosions at China blast zone as chemical contamination fears prompt evacuation; 104 dead

That memo sent by the league office to teams about the importance of avoiding fights during games surely was aimed also at reducing fighting in practices (and in the locker room). The message may not have been as obvious as it needs to be. The Browns and Bills have joint practices this week, and Cleveland linebacker Karlos Dansby…

A team of experts at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute are working on the prototype of a robot cosmonaut to help ISS crews during spacewalks.

NATO might look uniform from the outside but take a closer look at some states in the 28-member bloc and you could see a picture of broken promises, shady arms deals, reckless spending and mismanagement.

At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea, apparently killed by fuel fumes, while about 320 others were saved, authorities said.

As we become more connected as a society via technology, behaviors are evolving—some for the better, some for the worse.

On Wednesday, two massive explosions occurred in the warehouse in Tianjin, killing dozens of people. The twin blasts and a strong fire were triggered by flammable goods stored at the warehouse along with hazardous chemicals.

The pilot reported by satellite phone that he and 10 others made it to a tourist base on the Tugur Peninsula, the Interfax news agency said, citing the emergency services.

A group of 40 motorcyclists rumbled out of Columbia Park on Friday to give 22 veterans a long-awaited escort to their burial site. The remains – some from as far back as World War I – have been unclaimed all these years.

ATLANTA - Granville Automatic, a band with roots in Atlanta, is releasing its collection of songs inspired by Civil War battles, part of a related project to film videos of the songs on battlefields across the nation.

Taylor Swift works it on stage with special guests Fifth Harmony during her 1989 tour stop at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Friday night (August 14). The 25-year-old “Bad Blood” singer brought up the hot girl group — Camila Cabello, Dinah Hansen, Lauren Jauregui, Normani Hamilton, and Ally Brooke — and performed their [...]

Embiid is expected to miss the entire 2015-16 season.

BEIJING - Chinese newspapers report on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniver...