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A fatal fire at a North Las Vegas house early today is being investigated as an arson, according to city police. Firefighters discovered a man’s body as they ...

Mevlut Mert Altintas

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A Pennsylvania-based Turkish cleric has strongly denied that he was behind Monday's assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey.

In a message posted to YouTube, Fethullah Gülen said that he condemns terrorism and sends his "deepest condolences to all Russian people, especially to their leaders." He also said that the assassin — 22-year-old Turkish policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas — not affiliated with his organization, the Alliance for Shared Values. Читать дальше...

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is now updating to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, featuring Xiaomi’s MIUI 8 custom interface. The Chinese manufacturer shared details of the update on its forum Thursday. While many Xiaomi handsets are or will update to Android Nougat, the Redmi Note 3 is more of a midrange device and originally ran Android Lollipop. Therefore an update to the next following version makes sense.

A cappella, by nature, is cheerful, earnest, sentimental, and uncool. (I can attest to this personally, and with great affection, as a former member of a college a-cappella group called the Virginia Belles.) The basis of the genre is an arbitrary limitation: Why sing “Wow wow wow” when electric guitars are widely available? Generally the goal of an a-cappella ensemble is to obscure that limitation as much as possible.

On Wednesday, TheWrap looked at the Academy’s list of the 336 films that qualified for the Oscars this year and determined that female directors are far scarcer among U.S. narrative films than they are for documentaries and foreign films. A rule that went into effect a couple of years ago allows a company submitting a film for Oscar consideration to list up to 10 actors and 10 actresses to be included in the “Reminder List of Eligible Releases,” from which members of the Actors Branch can select their nominees. Читать дальше...

Experts say the changes, approved by overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate, could aggravate tensions with Russia and China, and prompt a renewed nuclear arms race. The bill awaits action by President Barack Obama.

Donald Trump may soon learn just how difficult it can be to drain a swamp. He’s banished lobbyists from his transition team and says his administration hires will be barred … Click to Continue »

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Experts say the changes, approved by overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate, could aggravate tensions with Russia and China, and prompt a renewed nuclear arms race. The bill awaits action by President Barack Obama.

After being defeated in efforts to test self-driving cars in San Francisco without a permit, Uber Technologies packed up its fleet of cars and sent them to Arizona on Thursday — in a self-driving truck.

After being defeated in efforts to test self-driving cars in San Francisco without a permit, Uber Technologies packed up its fleet of cars and sent them to Arizona on Thursday — in a self-driving truck.

After being defeated in efforts to test self-driving cars in San Francisco without a permit, Uber Technologies packed up its fleet of cars and sent them to Arizona on Thursday — in a self-driving truck.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended December 18th.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended December 18th.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended December 18th.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended December 18th. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Children's Books) "Killing the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard (Henry Holt & Company) "Night School" by Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group) "Dark Crime" by Christine Feehan (Penguin Publishing Group) "Nothing to Envy" by Barbara Demick (Random House Publishing Group) "Killing the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard (Henry Holt & Company) "Let's... Читать дальше...

Best-Selling Books Week Ended December 18th.

USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS Entertainment; topic:ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:other; Language:en-us; "Killing the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co.) "The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds" by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton) "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two" by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany (Scholastic) "Take Heart, My Child," by Ainsley Earhardt and Kathryn Cristaldi, art by Jaime Kim (Aladdin) "First 100 Words"... Читать дальше...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed over the phone on Thursday Egypt’s draft resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, US Department of State spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.

Best-selling Books Week Ending 12/18/16.