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(AP) — Northern Illinois University has been given approval to resume work on a $27.4 million project that came to a halt amid the state's budget crisis. According to The daily Chronicle in DeKalb (http://bit.ly/2a32G9j ), the Capital Development Board on Thursday advised the university and the contractors that work could resume on the Stevens Building project.

Celtic impress against Leicester in the International Champions Cup - but the Foxes win 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Not far from Rio's posh Ipanema and Copacabana districts, narrow pathways lead to grim slums where drug gangs dominate life for residents.

Ambassador Chris Stephens in 2012.

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The mother of the US ambassador killed during the 2012 attack in Benghazi has pleaded with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to refrain from using her son's name during his election campaign.

"As Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens’s mother, I am writing to object to any mention of his name and death in Benghazi, Libya, by Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican Party," Mary F. Commanday of Oakland... Читать дальше...

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The Defense Ministry on Saturday ruled out any change in the site for deploying an advanced U.S. anti-missile system amid no signs of progress in ending the standoff with angry residents near the site. Residents in the co

It sparked fears people might not get the treatment they need.

Turkish authorities detained the "right hand" of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of masterminding the failed coup attempt, said a spokesperson for President Erdogan.

Floods, tornadoes and scorching heat have battered the state

Het kabinet vindt dat Turkije gekort moet worden als 'de zorgelijke situatie' daar voortduurt. Dat heeft minister Koenders vanavond aan de Tweede Kamer geschreven.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised on Sunday to "defeat" those responsible for the bombing attack on a peaceful protest in Kabul that has claimed lives of 80 people and injured another 231 people.

US Border Patrol agents spotted the pair illegally walking from Canada into the US on Thursday evening, the agency's office in Sweetgrass, Montana said in a statement. "Both juveniles were so captivated by their Pokemon Go games that they lost track of where they were.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Delegates to the Democratic National Convention are giving mostly positive reviews to Hillary Clinton's choice for vice president, saying Virginia Sen. Time Kaine will appeal to moderates but do little to soothe disenchanted Bernie Sanders supporters.

Erik Jones leads every lap on his way to winning the second heat race at Indy

Extremely dry conditions in California caused yet another fire this week, with a fire in Santa Clarita burning a path through 5,500 acres this weekend. Wildfire experts say that this unusual fire behavior can likely be attributed to continued heat and dry conditions. “It is unusual to see a fire grow this quickly,” fire ecology and management expert Max Moritz of the University of California, Berkeley, tells The Christian Science Monitor by phone.

BELTRUM - In een varkensstal van een leegstaand pand aan de Spilmansdijk heeft de politie zaterdag 500 hennepplanten aangetroffen. De eigenaar van het gebouw ontdekte zelf de plantjes, en schakelde hierop de politie in.

MIAMI (AP) — Hillary Clinton debuted running mate Sen. Tim Kaine on Saturday as a can-do progressive committed to social justice and equality — "everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not" — at a boisterous rally ahead of next…

It has now been over two years of theories, false leads, heartbreak, and investigation since the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 mysteriously vanished off the radar during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew aboard. The March 2014 disappearance kicked off a multinational search effort, which initially ranged from China southward toward Australia. As the hope of finding survivors waned, the importance of locating the aircraft and finding answers to what, or who... Читать дальше...

Taylor Terrell was visiting Rainbow Falls, a 150-foot waterfall, with a friend to celebrate her Friday birthday when she slipped and was swept over the falls.

Sen. Tim Kaine is using his debut appearance as Hillary Clinton's running mate on Saturday to introduce himself to voters. He offered a tough assault on Donald Trump, and then added that Clinton is the opposite of him. (July 23)

Ronson has topped the charts with “Uptown Funk,” but his first hit was 2007's “Valerie,” featuring Amy Winehouse, whose 'Back to Black' he co-produced.