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Home improvement giant Home Depot reported second-quarter earnings that met expectations Tuesday morning and raised its full-year outlook amid a strong US housing market. 

Earnings in the second quarter came in at $1.97 per share on revenue of $26.5 billion. Both were in-line with expectations. 

Same-store sales, or sales at stores open at least a year, were up 4.7% globally and up 5.4% in the US. 

Most notably, the company raised its full-year earnings outlook to $6.31 per share from $6.27... Читать дальше...

He is Groot. We’ve decided. No one else gets to be Groot.

Tracie Lockwood-Santiago and David Lockwood are a couple from Arlington, Massachusetts. They have a 5 month old son called Charlie.

Tracie Lockwood-Santiago

Over the weekend the family attended Boston Comic Con. While there, Charlie gained the attention of several visitors for his adorable cosplay outfit.

Tracie Lockwood-Santiago

It's a literal Baby Groot! Читать дальше...

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) heeft de eerder opgelegde boete vanwege het overtreden van het kartelverbod voor Eimskip koel- en vrieshuizen met 45.000 euro verlaagd tot 405.000 euro. Volgens de toezichthouder is de boete verlaagd omdat Eimskip ,,verregaande medewerking" heeft verleend in het onderzoek.

More Team Canada athletes are relying on sports-based crowdfunding platforms to fund their Olympic dreams.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian medical officials say some 35 people have been wounded in clashes with the Israeli military near the West Bank city of Hebron.

By Yoo Jee-ho RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- When South Korean table tennis player Jeoung Young-sik faced China's Zhang Jike in the men's team semifinals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Monday, hardly anyone in the house figured Jeoung would put up

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Carl Icahn has penned a letter to the EPA outlining why renewable fuel credits could bankrupt oil refiners.

Could the grounding of the drilling rig Transocean Winner inspire novelists, filmmakers, songwriters and other artists?

The military and police will have to scramble a rapid response team when a president or former president dies‚ to ensure guard of honour and a lying in state.

Ed Adamczyk
MOSCOW, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Russia is using an Iranian airbase for the first time to attack targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

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BUURSE - Buurse maakt zich weer op voor de volksfeesten op 19, 20 en 21 augustus. De succesformule houdt stand, alleen de Oostenrijkse muziekavond is ingeruild voor een Beiers Wies'nfest.

Disputed Kashmir is at the heart of a heated dispute after Indian Prime Minister Modi’s comments on Independence Day.

The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign. (all times local):

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on flooding in the Deep South (all times local): 9:34 p.m. Taylor Swift is donating $1 million to Louisiana flood relief after torrential rains caused massive flooding in the state and killed at least 11 people. Swift told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Louisiana residents graciously welcomed her

Gold rallies as falling equities lift demand for a haven and the outlook for supportive monetary easing makes non-yielding assets more attractive.

Curro is on track to almost double the schools it runs to 200 by 2020 as it reports a 59 percent surge in first-half headline profit.

BEIJING — The ousted editors of a liberal Chinese magazine are suing the government in an effort to wrest back control of one of the country’s best-known political journals. A lawyer representing seven high-level editors of Yanhuang Chunqiu, Ding Xikui, said Tuesday that the former staffers are seeking damages after the Ministry of Culture last

Hackers going by the name Shadow Brokers said they will auction stolen surveillance tools they say were used by a cybergroup linked to the NSA.

Trump, who had previously called for an unprecedented temporary ban on immigration by Muslims, vowed Monday to overhaul the country's screening process and block those who sympathize with extremist groups or don't embrace American values. The GOP presidential nominee has made stricter immigration measures a central part of his proposals for defeating the Islamic State — a battle he said Monday is akin to the struggle against communism during the Cold War. [...] he didn't say which countries or... Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Deep South (all times local):

Northern Oil & Gas Inc. said Tuesday Chief Executive Michael Reger has been terminated, effective immediately, and has ceased being a member of the oil and gas company's board. Thomas Stoelk, who was served as chief financial officer since December 2011, was named interim CEO. The company said it has been evaluating "strategic alternatives to increase shareholder value," given the challenges of operating in a lower commodity price environment. The company said it still has access to over $220 million under its revolving credit facility.

Running back Ronnie Hillman has spent all four years of his NFL career with the Broncos and Denver re-signed him as a free agent after he ran for a career-high 863 yards last season, which suggests they liked what he’s provided the offense during his time with the team. They didn’t like it enough to…

On Monday, Rudy Giuliani seemed to have forgotten about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in his comments about President Obama. The Morning Joe panel discusses.