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Rating agency cites ‘unfavourable profitability and asset quality trends’ for the downgrade

France will send a naval task force led by the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to support military operations against Islamic State terrorists, the French presidential office announced Thursday.

Dr. Carson is launching a new 60-second urban radio advertisement airing Friday.

Formation 8, which raised two large venture funds in quick succession, won't be raising a third.

Violence which erupted during a protest against education cuts has been described as a "dress rehearsal" by a senior police officer ahead of the planned Million Mask March rally in London, with ring leaders staying away in readiness for the anti-capitalist demonstration.

David Cameron warns that "it's going to take some time" before Britain can fly home thousands of tourists stranded in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh

The "Arkansas Travelers??? are hitting the campaign trail today for Clinton.

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - The Walton Family Foundation says it will donate $50 million over three years to Teach for America to support 4,000 new teachers nationwide.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The Walton Family Foundation says it will donate $50 million over three years to Teach for America to support 4,000 new teachers nationwide.

The foundation, which was created by Wal-Mart's founders, says the grant will support the recruitment, training and professional development of about 4,000 new teachers in Atlanta, Arkansas and the Mississippi River Delta region; the San Francisco Bay Area; Camden, New Jersey; Houston; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Memphis, Tennessee; New Orleans; San Antonio; and Washington, D.C. The grants also funds new teachers in Colorado and Massachusetts.

According to a recent polling, the proportion of Americans who self-identify as non-religious has grown, and more of the non-religious have become non-believers.

BEIRUT - A bomb exploded in a Lebanese town near the Syria border on Thursday, killing and wounding several people including clerics who were holding a meeting at the time, security officials and state media said.

BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb exploded in a Lebanese town near the Syria border on Thursday, killing and wounding several people including clerics who were holding a meeting at the time, security offic…

Despite the size of its military budget, the US Army isn’t as strong as one might think it is and it would certainly lose to the Russian Army in a direct confrontation on a battlefield, retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor said, according to Politico Magazine.

California law bars elected officials from using public employees or other public resources for personal purposes.

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuanian police have arrested a 57-year-old man suspected of killing three elderly women and a social worker in a three-day stabbing spree in a rural village.

Set-top box’s variety of viewing and new features are a TV guide to the future — despite bugs

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interiors of two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan's king said in an apparent attempt to allay Pale…

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Like many other 9-year-olds, Chris Owens assumed the Christmas gifts he received in 1986 came from the North Pole. His perceptions changed a few years later while still an adolescent as he learned more about Christmas giving and receiving.

Data-crunching is replacing gut feeling in the betting industry and luring graduates from finance

Serena Williams proclaims herself a superhero after chasing down thief.

ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — An Ohio man is charged with burning down a Baptist church in northern Wisconsin.

NEW YORK - Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $160 million.

Standing at the door holding a pen and a pencil in his hand, Lungisani Ngema looked back at his mother. “Good luck for your exam, my son,” she called out to him.