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British actor Kenny Baker, best known for his role as the endearing droid R2-D2 from the Star Wars series, has died after a lengthy illness. He was 81 years old.

In a once-confidential deposition obtained by The Washington Post, GOP candidate Donald Trump claims his businesses are exceptionally profitable right now — his Palm Beach hotel is reportedly enjoying "the best year we've ever had" — because of how much people like his campaign:

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt handily won his first-round heat of the 100-meter sprint at the Rio Games on Saturday, jogging past his rivals with a time of 10.07.

A group of 14 parents in Florida are suing the state's education commissioner, the Board of Education, and the school boards of seven counties after their children were ordered to repeat third grade despite passing their classes, some with academic honors.

President Almazbek Atambayev of the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan caused controversy in his country, which is 80 percent Muslim, by suggesting some conservative Islamic clothing is erasing Kyrgyz culture and fostering extremism. Atambayev was responding to criticism of a poster campaign his administration produced which contrasted traditional Kyrgyz attire with images of women wearing niqabs and burkas.

At least three people were killed by heavy rain and subsequent flooding in Louisiana on Friday, and two more were injured in neighboring Mississippi. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency as more rain is expected Saturday, adding to as much as 17 inches dropped in just 24 hours the day before.

Republican nominee Donald Trump is "totally nuts," acclaimed actor and director Robert De Niro said Saturday while speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

U.S.-backed forces on Saturday announced victory over the Islamic State in the strategically important city of Manbij, Syria, driving out ISIS occupiers and releasing hundreds of civilians the terrorist organization was using as human shields.

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The hacker(s) who previously breached Democratic National Committee records released Friday evening a cache of personal contact information, including private email addresses and cell numbers, for nearly all of the 186 Democrats in the House of Representatives. The leak from Guccifer 2.0 also includes the names of major Democratic donors along with their Social Security numbers, plus several internal Democratic memos. The hacker has promised this data is just a fragment of a much larger collection soon to be published at Wikileaks.

The Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency over the Zika virus in Puerto Rico on Friday, and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he expects fully one in four of Puerto Rico's 3.5 million people to be infected with the virus by the end of this year.

The hacker(s) who previously breached Democratic National Committee records released Friday evening a cache of personal contact information, including private email addresses and cell numbers, for nearly all of the 186 Democrats in the House of Representatives. The leak from Guccifer 2.0 also includes the names of major Democratic donors along with their Social Security numbers, plus several internal Democratic memos, including notes prepping President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for a fundraising event. Читать дальше...

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"There are dozens of inexpensive ways to buy glasses online today, but getting a new eyeglass prescription is as old-school as ever," said Devindra Hardawar at Engadget. Smart Vision Labs wants to help those of us with imperfect vision to bypass the arduous process of booking an eye exam with a self-guided, smartphone-powered vision test. With SVOne Enterprise, eyeglasses stores can administer eye exams without keeping an optometrist on staff.

Britain's vote to leave the European Union shocked Europe, and has other countries thinking about quitting, too. Here's everything you need to know about the EU:

The University of ­Wisconsin-​Stout is removing two paintings over concerns that they might have a "harmful effect" on Native American students, Wisconsin Public Radio reports. The historical murals show French fur traders paddling canoes alongside Native Americans. But university officials said the paintings remind Natives of "an era of their history where land and possessions were taken away."

Going for a dive in the ocean and want to blend into your underwater surroundings? The HECS Stealth Wetsuit ($399 and up) is made of a fabric that blocks the electrical signals given off by your heart, brain, and muscle movements, The Daily Mail describes. Because sharks, rays, eels, lobsters, and many other sea creatures detect prey by sensing those signals, a diver wearing a HECS suit can swim among them freely and be, in effect, invisible. The StealthScreen fabric, developed by an Oregon-based company that also makes clothing for hunters... Читать дальше...