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Hillary Clinton sharply criticized the foreign policy proposals of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and competitor Ted Cruz on Wednesday, arguing that the world would be more dangerous should they win the White House. “If Mr. Trump gets his way, it will be like Christmas in the Kremlin,” she told experts and students at Stanford […]

More than 3,300 workers at Tyson Foods plants will split $2.9 million in back pay to compensate them for time it took them to put on and take off protective gear. That comes to less than $1,000 per worker. The decision came Tuesday from the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case that revolved around the […]

We’re in the middle of an energy crisis. It’s not about oil or something that can be solved with a breakthrough in renewable energy. The problem is our smartphone batteries can barely eek out enough juice to get us through the day. A San Francisco startup called Doblet wants to fix that with a simple […]

Xavier Munford, Alex Stepheson and Briante Weber are so anonymous, these are their photos on the Grizzlies’ official roster page:   As Memphis has churned through player after player due to trades and injuries, Matt Barnes can’t keep up. Barnes, via J.A. Adande of ESPN (hat tip: James Herbert of CBSSports.com): “With all due respect, […]

Bangladesh needed two runs in the last three balls and they had four wickets in hand, but still they didn't manage to win the game.

This article could not be published in Egypt. At least that's my understanding of the gag order a judge, Hesham Abdel Meguid, imposed on reporting or commenting on the criminal case against independent civil society organizations in Egypt after meeting with President Sisi and his senior intelligence and security advisors.

So much for judicial independence from the executive branch.

Strangely, Sisi seems to believe that suppressing reporting about the case, which is an outrageous... Читать дальше...

This article could not be published in Egypt. At least that's my understanding of the gag order a judge, Hesham Abdel Meguid, imposed on reporting or commenting on the criminal case against independent civil society organizations in Egypt after meeting with President Sisi and his senior intelligence and security advisors.

So much for judicial independence from the executive branch.

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The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method

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The Bermuda Triangle, so named in a 1964 story in America's first pulp magazine, the infamous Argosy, has long been controversial. Its existence as a center for sunken ships and downed airplanes has never gained official traction: the U.S. Navy doesn't recognize it, nor does the U.S. Board on Geographic Names even list it as a place.

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The Bermuda Triangle, so named in a 1964 story in America's first pulp magazine, the infamous Argosy, has long been controversial. Its existence as a center for sunken ships and downed airplanes has never gained official traction: the U.S. Navy doesn't recognize it, nor does the U.S. Board on Geographic Names even list it as a place.

Eric DuVall
PHOENIX, March 23 (UPI) -- Voters at many polling places in Arizona faced an hours-long wait in some precincts to cast ballots in Tuesday's presidential primary.

When Toyota aired a Super Bowl television ad featuring a surprisingly quick Prius gas-electric hybrid eluding police, it marked a turning point for the auto industry

The United States says some government personnel in Brussels are unaccounted for since the deadly airport and subway attacks

Brothers believed to have bombed airport, subway in deadly attack.

PARIS - Security officials have told The Associated Press that the Islamic State group has trained at least 400 attackers and sent them into Europe for terror attacks.

PARIS (AP) — Security officials have told The Associated Press that the Islamic State group has trained at least 400 attackers and sent them into Europe for terror attacks.

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The Federal Reserve (Fed)’s decision to leave its benchmark rate at its current level is a representation of the “wait-and-see” trend anticipated by the market.

Overall, economic data in the U.S. have marginally deteriorated since the central bank embarked on rate normalization last year, but the Fed’s mandated objectives of full employment and price stability are still largely on track for continued tightening this year, even if at a slower pace than anticipated. Читать дальше...

Islamic State has dispatched hundreds of fighters trained to attack in Europe, the AP has learned.

Australian Prime Minister and apparent HBO non-subscriber Malcolm Turnbull debuted a new key phrase in interviews with Australian media this week: 

Director Chelsea O'Connor with Jessica Howell. Photo credit: Emil Chang.

The Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival opens downtown at LA Live this weekend. One of the headliners is a short film called Susie Sunshine directed by newcomer Chelsea O'Connor. Susie Sunshine is the story of an employee at a very unique energy company who breaks a rule that leads to a discovery, both about herself and the company she works for. O'Connor actually did a lot more than just direct this compelling, dexterous, feminist sci fi film. Читать дальше...

Shireen without the Greyscale, Varys with hair... the stars of Game of Thrones look very different off-screen

Shireen without the Greyscale, Varys with hair... the stars of Game of Thrones look very different off-screen

NEW YORK - When Toyota aired a Super Bowl television ad featuring a surprisingly quick Prius gas-electric hybrid eluding police, it marked a turning point for the auto industry.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Toyota aired a Super Bowl television ad featuring a surprisingly quick Prius gas-electric hybrid eluding police, it marked a turning point for the auto industry.