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The Sky have the No. 3 and No. 4 overall picks in the 2018 WNBA Draft. Here's what the latest mock drafts are projecting they'll do.

NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of Zika infection can be seen in semen for as long as nine months, but the risk of sexual transmission appears to end in one month, according to a study published Wednesday. The study suggests health officials have been overly cautious in advising couples to abstain from sex or to use condoms for at least six months after a male partner comes down with Zika. The study's lead author, Dr. Paul Mead of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the results are spurring work on new and better recommendations. Читать дальше...

Yannick and company rock Carnegie Hall.
by Paul J. Pelkonen

For the third year in a row, strawberries top the “Dirty Dozen” list put out by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The list, published each year since 2004, ranks popular fruits and vegetables based on pesticide contamination. The group found that one third of all conventional, or non-organic, strawberry samples contained 10 or more pesticides. One sample of strawberries was found to have an “astounding” 22 pesticide residues, EWG said. Spinach, the second produce item on the list, contained... Читать дальше...

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican head of the U.S. House of Representative's oversight committee told Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Wednesday his agency has not provided requested documents about expensive air travel, including documents related to any threats that had been made on Pruitt. Representative Trey Gowdy, the oversight committee chairman, said in a letter to Pruitt that the EPA had not produced documents showing whether there was an individual... Читать дальше...

Manchester United have reportedly opened talks with Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic following his impressive showing this season. The 30-year-old has won the Champions League and two La Liga titles during his time at Barcelona.

Bill Cosby's sexual misconduct retrial heard dramatic testimony Wednesday from two accusers who allege the disgraced megastar assaulted them in the 1980s, and the judge slapped down a defense request for a mistrial.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts museum that won a legal battle over its plan to sell dozens of works of art has sold a Norman Rockwell masterpiece to a Los Angeles museum founded by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, officials said Wednesday. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art would not say how much it paid for Rockwell's "Shuffleton's Barbershop," the piece at the center of a legal fight over the Berkshire Museum's planned art sale. The Lucas Museum said it plans to loan the painting to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge... Читать дальше...

Syria’s once notoriously weak and degraded air defense system is now heavily fortified with Russia’s lethal anti-aircraft system but it is hardly the “ring of steel” that Moscow has touted, according to several national security experts deeply familiar with its vulnerabilities.

Economist Art Woolf looks at the dropping value of Vermont's exports and where those exports going to.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have signed former San Francisco cornerback Dontae Johnson to help with the depth in their overhauled secondary. Johnson has a chance to step in as a starter immediately since Richard Sherman was cut and signed with the 49ers this offseason. The Seahawks are set with Shaquill Griffin at one cornerback spot but the other will be open to competition heading into Seattle's offseason program and training camp. Johnson started all 16 games last season for San Francisco and finished with 77 tackles... Читать дальше...

APPOMATTOX, Va. — Authorities are investigating the death of a 22-year-old central Virginia woman who was found dead after being reported missing. Campbell County Sheriff’s Office told the News & Advance Lisa Simone Henderson’s remains were recovered around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Major L.T. Guthrie says her death is being investigated as a homicide. Authorities have said Henderson...

Nolan Arenado didn’t hesitate for a second after Luis Perdomo threw behind him in the third inning Wednesday. The Rockies All-Star third baseman threw his bat and helmet to the side and rushed the mound in anger, believing the wild pitch was the Padres pitcher’s retaliation for a number of hit batsmen in the series...

Former 49ers cornerback Dontae Johnson is staying in the NFC West, signing a free-agent deal with Seattle, the Seahawks announced Wednesday. The division rivals essentially switched starting cornerbacks this offseason. The 49ers in March signed former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman to a three-year deal reportedly worth up to $39.15 million. Johnson, a fourth-round pick by the 49ers in 2014, started all 16 games last season with seven pass break-ups and one interception... Читать дальше...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — For the second time in five months, an infant has been left in a baby box at a northwestern Indiana volunteer fire station. Lt. Chuck Kohler says he was on scene tending to the baby girl less than a minute after receiving a page Sunday night. The page alerted him that...

CHICAGO — An aviation security officer who was fired after forcibly dragging a passenger from a plane last year is suing United Airlines and the city of Chicago, claiming he wasn’t properly trained to deal with such a situation and he was defamed in the aftermath. James Long was one of the officers called to...

A number of British forces have been captured by the Syrian army during military operations in Eastern Ghouta, according to reports by local media.

This is one court Isaac Haas would like to avoid. The former star Purdue basketball player is being accused of giving a former sexual partner, Alyssa Chambers, an incurable STD, according to a civil lawsuit. Chambers also claims in the suit that she’s not the only person the center has infected. Haas is facing a...

Most polar bear populations are in okay shape today, and this comes with a problem: Climate change deniers, often in the form of bloggers, employ this fleeting reality to promote skepticism about the idea that the planet is warming.

When the U.S. fired Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airfield a year ago after a chemical weapons attack, the Pentagon gave Moscow advance warning to get its personnel out of harm's way. Since then, U.S.-Russian relations have soured, and the two nuclear powers have raised the ante, getting dangerously close to a potential military clash in Syria. U.S. President Donald Trump has taunted Moscow to "get ready" for "nice and new and 'smart"' missiles coming to punish Syria for a purported chemical... Читать дальше...

This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before members of Congress, splitting his visit into two days of questioning. There were expected queries regarding the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal, about whether Facebook has grown too large and could be considered a monopoly, and how to better regulate the platform.