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Jaws dropped as Beyoncé debuted her visual album Lemonade on HBO, and not just because it's brand-new music by Beyoncé. Many viewers soon took...

The maintenance backlog is $12 billion—and it shows. Here’s how to start afresh.

Ezequiel Carrera and Jose Bautista homered Sunday as the Toronto Blue Jays continued to swing a hot bat in a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics

Historian Andrew Roberts: ‘Obama has turned his back on this fundamental duty.’

Coachella: Surviving members of N.W.A reunite, and artists pay tribute to Prince April 24 2016, 1:01 PM The 2016 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is back for a second weekend, and it has Prince on its mind. Artists ranging from soul legend Mavis Staples to reunited dance rockers LCD Soundsystem...

On his first night on a U.S. stage after almost a month touring Europe, soul singer Charles Bradley launched a tour as headliner Saturday ...

The candidate flip-flops on H-1B visas, but as a businessman he knows their value.

Dressing gowns, fountain celebrations, missing clothes and a struggling Scotsman, plus other stories you might have missed.

Forget old fashioned passwords, fingerprint sensors or even iris scanners, biometric security has something new in the pipeline…the sound of your skull. Yes, you will soon be able to login with your noggin! Researchers at the University of Stuttgart, the University of Saarland and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany have come up with a new alternative for password entry, by listening to the unique sound of the skull. Science Alert reports: Scientists in Germany are working on a system... Читать дальше...

We all had our doubts when we first heard that Joel and Ethan Coen's masterpiece was going to get adapted for the small screen, but if you've yet to catch up on FX's "Fargo" then you are quite possibly missing out on the best TV series since "Breaking Bad." The first season was a home-run and the second season was a damn near miracle of multiple moving parts. The ambition and sheer scope of the series is groundbreaking. We still have a few unanswered questions from the last season that will likely remain unanswered... Читать дальше...

A broke government wants to loot private pension accounts.

Don Jaramillo, an 18-year-old senior at Santa Fe High School, said he hopes to leave college with little to no debt, but he has no financial aid. Because New Mexico's Legislative Lottery Scholarship won't be applied until his second semester, he said he's already worried about finding a job on campus. Meredith Tilp, who teaches an Advanced Placement government class at Capital High School, said the current election has sparked a lot of interest in her students, with many becoming outspoken advocates for their preferred candidates.

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LOS ANGELES, April 24 (UPI) -- The latest incarnation of "The Jungle Book" is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend, Rentrak announced Sunday.

Steven van Akelijen (33) uit het Brabantse Roosendaal heeft naast de titel Mr. Gay World gegrepen. Mister Gay World Spanje schreef zaterdagavond tijdens de misterverkiezing op Malta de winst op zijn naam. ,,Geeft niets, ik heb het toch maar mooi geflikt."

Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4 7-5 to win the Barcelona Open for the ninth time, equalling Guillermo Vilas' record of 49 career clay court titles.

A military hero could bring the party together and avoid a rout in fall.

Airbus Group will open itself up to financing from an unlikely source when the first jet is delivered Monday from its new factory in Alabama: the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

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Mercedes' high-flying AMG performance division is on top of its game these days.

The company unveiled a series of new models at the 2016 New York Auto Show in March.

They range from a C63 Cabriolet to more practical models like the E43 sedan and the GLC43 crossover SUV. 

Over the years, AMG has built up a strong reputation for building high powered track monsters and steroid infused muscle car versions of Mercedes' coupes, sedans and SUVs. 

Twin-turbo V6, V8 and V12 engines are the norm. Читать дальше...

President Barack Obama said Sunday the U.S. is analyzing North Korea’s most recent provocative actions, but gave little credence to a new overture from Pyongyang.

I knew the day might come. The news still hurt. The daughter of an amazing war hero called the other night to say her father was dying. An overnight email a day later told me that Norman “Dusty” Kleiss, 100 years old, hero of the Battle of Midway, had died Friday. He was the last surviving dive-bomber from the sea battle that turned the tide of World War II. In ...

It's the second consecutive victory for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.

There are only 6 teams across the NBA, NFL, and MLB that DO NOT end with the letter “S.” Can you name them all?

A solar-powered plane has completed a three-day nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean without a single drop of fuel, marking a major milestone for innovations in renewable energy.