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The bomb attack on a German professional football team's bus this week had high symbolic impact, and some players felt used by the demand they play a rescheduled match one day later. The events have sparked a debate in Germany about the safety of famous athletes in the age of terror. By SPIEGEL Staff

The hypercompetitive world of biomedical research occasionally drives scientists to cheat. More often, scientists make decisions that undercut their results. That can lead colleagues astray.

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(Reuters) - The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit accusing North Carolina of discriminating against LGBT residents on Friday in response to the state’s decision to undo its “bathroom bill,” according to the Associated Press.

The filing represents the first significant movement in a tangle of legal action challenging the state's nondiscrimination laws since a deal last month to replace the law, known as House Bill 2, the report said. The law required transgender people to use the bathrooms... Читать дальше...

The 25-year-old defenseman didn't skate today in Washington after missing Game 1 yesterday.

New Kids On The Block are it again with another new track from their upcoming EP, Thankful, due out everywhere on May 12th. The track is the band’s – Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight and Jonathan Knight – title track from the EP, which is dedicated to their longtime fans. “Driving my [...]

Joseph Jakubowski allegedly stole 18 firearms from a gun store on April 4.

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Friday President Donald Trump had apparently changed his mind on the U.S.' role as the world's policeman, adding he may have been swayed by his administration.

SEATTLE — Washington has hired Jody Wynn as the women’s basketball coach to replace Mike Neighbors, who guided the team to the Final Four in 2016. Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen announced the decision on Friday. Wynn spent the last eight seasons at Long Beach State. The 49ers nearly pulled off one of the NCAA

Liv Tyler has been announced as the new face of Triumph Essence‘s Autumn Winter 2017 campaign! The campaign was shot by famed fashion photographer Rankin. “I am so honoured to be working with Triumph, a brand I have known and admired for so many years. It has such history! The Triumph Essence collection is really [...]

Commander of the US forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson said on Friday he did not need President Donald Trump’s approval to conduct Thursday’s strike against Daesh-Khorasan terror group.

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PYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Koreans placed flower baskets and bouquets below portraits of founder president Kim Il Sung on Friday, showing little sign of tension despite fears the reclusive nation may conduct a nuclear test and the United States would retaliate.

The 105th birth anniversary of the founder is on Saturday, celebrated as the Day of the Sun in North Korea, its most important holiday. The North Korean regime often uses such anniversaries for displays of military prowess. Читать дальше...

Thomas Martineau was willing to do whatever necessary to give his new wife, Kiersten Downs, the first dance of her dreams — even if that meant achieving the medically impossible. Martineau became paralyzed from the waist down in 2008 in a motorcycle accident, and although he uses a wheelchair, he surprised his wife by getting to his feet for their first dance on the night of their wedding last month.

Thomas Martineau was willing to do whatever necessary to give his new wife, Kiersten Downs, the first dance of her dreams — even if that meant achieving the medically impossible. Martineau became paralyzed from the waist down in 2008 in a motorcycle accident, and although he uses a wheelchair, he surprised his wife by getting to his feet for their first dance on the night of their wedding last month.

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft will soon head to Europe to perform military exercises, marking the plane's first operational deployment.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The NCAA has imposed a two-year show cause penalty against former Alabama assistant coach Bo Davis for recruiting violations but didn't impose further penalties against the university.

Minority faith communities are undergoing great stress in today’s America. Over the past several months, Jewish cemeteries, synagogues, and even a Jewish museum have been vandalized across the country, while Jewish community centers have received a litany of bomb threats. One rabbi in Seattle, whose synagogue of 16 years was graffitied with such slogans as, “Holocaust is fake history,” remarked, “in my time, there’s been nothing like this.” Meanwhile, a number of mosques across the country, from Colorado to Michigan... Читать дальше...

Abigail Breslin is taking a stand during National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. 

Batnaya, a Christian town in Iraq's Kurdistan region, was badly damaged by fighting between Islamic State and Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Lauren Ashburn, anchor and managing editor of "EWTN News Nightly," reflects on her recent visit. Photo: EWTN News Nightly

CAIRO — The Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II on Friday canceled most Easter celebrations, limiting them to a simple Mass, following the recent twin attacks on churches by Islamic State militants that killed dozens of Christian worshippers. During his sermon on Good Friday, Pope Tawadros said, “Easter celebrations shouldn’t come at a time of offering

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington has hired Jody Wynn as the women's basketball coach to replace Mike Neighbors, who guided the team to the Final Four in 2016.

In a video posted on his Facebook page, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminds everyone as to why Baisakhi is the most significant festival in Sikhism.

Chrissy Teigen shared an adorable family portrait with daughter Luna and husband John Legend on the toddler's birthday.

The White House won't make public the logs of visitors to the White House complex, breaking with the practice of President Donald Trump's predecessor