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When you are an American living overseas, Thanksgiving is an even more powerful nationally unifying holiday than the Fourth of July. All the Americans know something special is going on; for everyone else, it’s just another Thursday. Even for non-Americans who are aware of the concept, the shifting date means they can’t quite keep it in mind, as they can with July 4. So the overseas bands of Yanks figure out where they can scrounge up our national-cuisine oddities like actual turkeys (usually we made do with great big chickens in Malaysia... Читать дальше...

Claims that Commonwealth Games infrastructure will not be built in time for the 2018 event have been met with sternly written letters from Queensland Transport Minister.

Star-powered building design still has to pass the eyeball test

De Britse zanger Elton John (69) zal geen optreden verzorgen om de inauguratie van de gekozen Amerikaanse president Donald Tromp op te luisteren. Dat heeft zijn woordvoerster Fran Curtis vandaag gezegd als reactie op het 'nieuws' dat Anthony Scaramucci via de BBC naar buiten bracht.

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Scientists say they were able to halt development of early mouse embryos for up to a month in the lab before they resumed normal growth.

Looks like Thanksgiving is going to be the Pitts for Brad.

Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan are the targets of a recount effort amid allegations of Russian hacking.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jury finds Wal-Mart failed to pay California truck drivers minimum wage, awards $54 million in damages.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jury finds Wal-Mart failed to pay California truck drivers minimum wage, awards $54 million in damages.

The Barcelona attacker now has seven assists in this season's competition, going level with the previous high, held by Xavi, Mesut Ozil, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic

It’s not a holiday without a television special.

Anyone who has been around a dog for long knows they can understand human language and that they watch our every move. But do they remember?

When he sat down with some of the editors of The New York Times on Wednesday, US President-elect Donald Trump admitted that Apple CEO Tim Cook had called him.

In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 photo, provided by Mel Buckmaster, Wayne Douville poses with an eight-point doe he shot in Abrams in northeastern Wisconsin. Jeff Pritzl, district wildlife supervisor for the Department of Natural Resources, says the doe likely…

Jeff Pritzl, district wildlife supervisor for the state Department of Natural Resources, says the doe likely had a higher testosterone level, which might occur in one in 100,000 deer. Douville says he plans to have the entire deer mounted, though he doubts his wife will let him put it up on the living room wall.

In the immediate aftermath of Monday night’s loss to the Raiders, Texans coach Bill O’Brien was certain that receiver DeAndre Hopkins didn’t step out of bounds on a long catch and run for a touchdown that wasn’t a touchdown because an official who saw Hopkins’ foot on the white stripe blew the whistle and killed…

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois high school football team that lost a playoff football game because officials made an incorrect call won't be in the state championship contest after a judge on Wednesday rejected its bid to overturn the outcome.

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois high school football team that lost a playoff football game because officials made an incorrect call won't be in the state championship contest after a judge on Wednesday rejected its bid to overturn the outcome. Officials ruled the play to be intentional grounding, a penalty that gave Plainfield North the ball and one more play, which it used to kick a field goal and tie the game before winning 18-17 in overtime. The association argued that if Fenwick prevailed it could... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois high school football team that lost a playoff football game because officials made an incorrect call won't be in the state championship contest after a judge on Wednesday rejected its bid to overturn the outcome.

The Toronto Film Critics Association has honoured the filmmaker’s documentary We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice

It's common for Minnesota bands to wrap up a year of touring on familiar turf.

One of the best ways to stack up the global debt picture is to divide national debt load by population. When you do this, you may be surprised, the U.S. ranks not 1st, not even 2nd, but as the 5th-most indebted nation.

One of the best ways to stack up the global debt picture is to divide national debt load by population. When you do this, you may be surprised, the U.S. ranks not 1st, not even 2nd, but as the 5th-most indebted nation.