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Lithuanian prosecutors said Friday they had opened a probe into who was responsible for spreading false allegations of a rape committed by German troops freshly deployed to the Baltic NATO state. Police have described as fake an email sent this week to the speaker of parliament and national police claiming that German-speaking men in uniforms raped an underage girl near a barracks in central Lithuania. Several hundred German soldiers arrived this month as part of a multinational NATO battalion in Lithuania... Читать дальше...

An energetic Warriors fan named Robin Schreiber, who became a local internet sensation when she was caught dancing on the Warriors dance cam back in November, has finally met one of the team's greatest.

Liam Neeson and Thomas Brodie-Sangster reunited on set.

Yesterday the incredible news broke that a short 10-minute Love Actually sequel, featuring many of the original cast, was being made to raise a lot of money for Red Nose Day.

Many of the original cast are returning in this short, including Rowan Atkinson (Rufus), Bill Nighy (Billy Mack), Andrew Lincoln (Mark), Colin Firth (Jamie), Keira Knightley (Juliet), Martine McCutcheon (Natalie) and Hugh Grant (David). Читать дальше...

Major missions are typically planned years in advance, but NASA could fast track a trip around the moon.

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Every kid has dreamed of being king or queen of the world. Who wouldn't want unlimited power to abolish bedtime and mandate candy for dinner?

In real life, of course, being a ruler isn't all that simple. History is full of stories of underaged kings, queens, emperors, and tsars who found out that leading a nation is tough at best and traumatizing and scandal-ridden at worst. 

Here are the wild, fascinating tales of 15 child rulers from all across the world. Читать дальше...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Dellin Betances and the New York Yankees have argued the year's final salary arbitration case, the first for the team in nearly a decade.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Dellin Betances and the New York Yankees have argued the year's final salary arbitration case, the first for the team in nearly a decade.

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Legislation allowing drivers to speed while passing other vehicles on some highways faced few road bumps getting out of the Idaho House. House members voted 60-5 Friday to allow drivers … Click to Continue »

The Syrian government and an opposition monitoring group condemned Friday what they called Turkey's "crimes" against the Syrian people in the northern town of al-Bab that is controlled by the … Click to Continue »

Our retirement is more fluid and flexible than what our forefathers experienced.

Organic molecules, the substance that serves as the basis for life, were discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres. Using infrared mapping technology, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft spotted the molecules in a 400-square-mile area, near the Ernutet crater.

Trump will speak at the unveiling of the hugest plane in the Boeing Dreamliner family.

The volume of bad answers, bad questions, noise and nonsense conspiring to hide the simple, fundamental truths about diet and health seems to swell daily. The task of generating a signal to be heard over this din grows more challenging in tandem. Among the cries populating the cacophony of misinformation is the contention that we know nothing not directly demonstrated in a randomized controlled trial. Much as I like RCTs, having run and published the results of dozens over my career, I consider... Читать дальше...

The 92-year-old faces an election next year.

Republicans will repeal and replace the health care law and overhaul the tax code without Democratic help or votes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday.

Actor Chris Wood’s regular gig is playing the charming hero-in-training Mon-El on Supergirl. The fan favorite was killed off two seasons ago, but hey, this is a supernatural show, and The Vampire Diaries has been bringing back beloved (dead) characters throughout its final season. Yahoo TV: Kai was one of the most popular villains in the show’s history.

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending February 16, 2017:

After he appeared in 43 games.

ENSCHEDE. De man die donderdag levenloos in een woning aan de Boulevard in Enschede is aangetroffen, blijkt oud-kamerlid Ep Wieldraaijer (89) te zijn. De in Borne geboren Egbert Roelof Wieldraaijer was vanuit de textielindustrie in de vakbeweging gekomen en werd in 1963 Tweede Kamerlid voor de PvdA.

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump toyed with the idea of deploying a "deportation force" to round up and deport undocumented immigrants. Then he waffled on that proposal for a few months.

In countries far, far away, a question about the next "Star Wars" title may have been answered.