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NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Moore and Candace Parker have led their teams to record starts. Now the two former MVPs are being honored as among the 20 greatest and most influential players in WNBA history.

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She's the only young woman in Trump's inner circle.

US Marine Corps aviators from Attack Squadron VFMA 314 engaged in the US state of Alaska in one of the world’s largest military aviation exercises, VFMA 314 commanding officer Col. Gregory McGuire said in press release on Tuesday.

Directors of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” stirred the cauldron when they cast Noma Dumezweni in a traditionally white role.

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Victoria's Secret is succumbing to a dangerous trend in retail.

A recent Wedbush Securities report says that widespread sales are helping bring in foot traffic, "though margins are likely down given the incremental discounting." 

And in a report a few weeks ago, Wedbush pointed out that Victoria's Secret had two back-to-back sales: the very new One Sexy Sale, followed directly by the Semi Annual Sale.

Prior to this point, customers had to wait... Читать дальше...

"He lifted me off the floor, pulled up my knickers. He spent some time rearranging me I remember. He smoothed my hair back off my face. Be our little secret, baby Leah yeah?"

One side of the note allegedly posted on the family's apartment door.

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Three months after escaping the prolonged Syrian civil war and finding refuge in the U.S., a family of four said they received a handwritten message of hate taped to their Tucson, Arizona apartment door.

The note, written in multiple colors, contains hate speech and threats such as “Please move before danger can happen” and “You are Muslim and not welcome.”

Other parts of the note read... Читать дальше...

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Doctors who accept free meals from drug companies are more likely to prescribe the brand-name drugs those companies sell, a new study suggests.

Every Nigerian mother is unique in her own way but every typical Nigerian mother behaves in a similar way. The typical Nigerian mother can scold you with without making a sound. She just gives you ‘the eye’ and you know what it means. Every child who grew up with a typical Nigerian mother has similar […]

Donald Trump loves to brag about his wealth. But as he heads into the general election in November, his campaign’s bank account is almost empty (for a presidential candidate) — he has just $1.3 million on hand, nearly 40 times less than presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Monday was the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, and for the first time in decades, in coincided with a full moon.

The head of Russia’s national soccer fan club was detained in France during Russia’s match against Wales, the group said on Tuesday, following his deportation from the country last week.

Representatives of the eight states in the Great Lakes region have unanimously approved a $207-million US plan that allows the city of Waukesha, Wis., to draw its drinking water from Lake Michigan.

Representatives of the eight states in the Great Lakes region are preparing to decide whether a city in the Milwaukee suburbs qualifies to tap Lake Michigan as its drinking water source.

After a failed pop up show at Webster Hall last month, that left wreckage outside the venue, Kanye West is coming back to New York.

Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said early this offseason that he has “no doubt” that the team needs to produce if he is going to remain in his job beyond the 2016 season and nothing in the ensuing months have swayed him from that belief. During an appearance on the Talk of Fame Network, Dimitroff…

DES MOINES, Iowa — In a city where cranes and construction barriers mark a surge in new downtown apartments, hotels and offices, the sidewalks in Des Moines’ core can be strangely quiet. The reason is about 20 feet overhead, where bridges link a climate-controlled skywalk system that snakes through nearly four miles of downtown. When

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a city where cranes and construction barriers mark a surge in new downtown apartments, hotels and offices, the sidewalks in Des Moines' core can be strangely quiet.

Villa San Michele — one of Florence’s most expensive hotels — is housed in an ancient former monastery, and combines Renaissance atmosphere with 21st-century comforts galore. For some, the off-radar location will be a boon while others may feel out of things. Note that the hotel closes in winter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces a number of uncertainties that require the Fed to proceed cautiously in raising interest rates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces a number of uncertainties that require the Fed to proceed cautiously in raising interest rates.