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CINCINNATI — Chris Johnson drove in two runs with a home run and a double, former reliever David Phelps pitched into the sixth inning in his third start of the season and the Miami Marlins opened their four-game series in Cincinnati with a 6-3 victory Monday night. Marcell Ozuna also homered and Dee Gordon beat

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre’s decisive grand slam came shortly after the Texas Rangers ended a 24-inning scoreless streak — and three batters after Shin-Soo Choo was possibly lost for the season with a fractured left forearm when he was hit by a pitch. The news on Choo, who is headed to the disabled list

Syringes are littering New York’s streets at a time when the rate of fatal heroin overdoses is skyrocketing.

The Spanish men's basketball avoided elimination with a 92-73 win against Argentina on Monday, climbing out of a 0-2 hole to start the Olympics and advance to the quarterfinal round of the Rio Games.

Police arrested and charged a man with murder late Monday night in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend

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Serena Williams, the No. 1-ranked women's player in the world, withdrew from the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament in Cincinnati because of a shoulder injury, the tournament announced on Monday.

2016 Summer Olympics live coverage: U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix takes silver in 400; American men add two more bronze medals Aug. 15, 2016, 10:37 p.m. Follow all the action of the 2016 Rio Olympics as our crew of reporters and photographers brings you all the action every day. In this spot, we...

Oscar Morel leaving the 107th Precinct station house on Monday. He was taken into custody on Sunday after the police connected him to a hit and run that occurred about a mile from the shootings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):

GARY, Ind. — The mayor of Gary has been recognized by a U.S. mayors’ publication for taking proactive steps to improve community-police relations. The (Munster) Times reports (http://bit.ly/2bimjQv ) Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson’s idea for a northwestern Indiana town hall meeting to address issues related to region law enforcement is included in a new U.S.

The Angels returned home from a brutal 0-9 trip, the latest indignity in a lost season in which so much has gone wrong, to a rare treat: some good news.

COLUMBUS, Ind. — A 14-foot-tall, flaming red sculpture is set to be formally presented to a southern Indiana city after local arts supporters raised $40,000 to buy the artwork. The ceremony marking the “Flamenco” sculpture handover will be held Wednesday at the downtown Columbus site where it has been displayed since 2014. The (Columbus) Republic

Police sources said that a gun and clothes similar to what was worn by the suspected shooter were found at the man's home in Brooklyn.

Shaunae Miller dives across the line to snatch gold in the Olympic women's 400m, beating Allyson Felix by 0.07 seconds.

After a weekend of disturbances following the death of a black man by a Milwaukee police officer, the city’s streets were calm Monday ahead of a mandatory curfew for teenagers. NBC’s Kerry Sanders has details.

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Tension gripped Milwaukee on Monday as officials hoped a late night curfew imposed on teenagers would deter another outbreak of rioting that hit the U.S. Midwestern city the past two nights in response to the police shooting of an armed black man.

Late on Monday afternoon, dozens of police, some in riot gear, erected fencing to cordon off Sherman Park, the center of the neighborhood that was the scene of the weekend shooting and subsequent disturbances. Nearby... Читать дальше...

A previously unknown hacking group claims to have broken into a cyberespionage organization linked to the National Security Agency and is offering to sell what it says are U.S. government hacking tools.

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Nadezhda Bazhina is a 28-year-old diver from Russia who competed in the women's 3-meter springboard preliminaries on Friday. Her first three dives went really well!

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Her fourth did not go well.

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Everything started out fine.

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So far, so good!

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Team USA runner Allyson Felix has taken the silver medal in the Women’s 400m during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics at the Olympic Stadium on Monday (August 15) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 30-year-old fan favorite was on track to win the race until Bahamian runner Shaunae Miller dove across the finish line. It’s [...]

The state’s Attorney-General was convicted Monday of all nine counts against her in a perjury and obstruction case related to a grand jury leak

The Brooks Institute, a for-profit Ventura visual arts school, is shutting down immediately, amid questions from students, faculty and alumni. 

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The pay gap between public school teachers and workers in comparable professions is at the widest point ever, with wages for educators falling woefully behind.

Teachers earned 17 percent less than other college graduates in 2015, according to a new research report from The Economic Policy Institute. That’s the largest gap since 1979, when teachers’ weekly wages were 5.5 percent less than those of college graduates.

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Game developer DICE has announced that the open beta for “Battlefield 1” will begin on Aug. 31 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Those who were able to signup to be part of Battlefield Insiders will have early access to the open beta.

Police charged a man late Monday night with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend.

Tensions are flaring on Season 11 of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” and newcomer Kelly Meza-Dodd is at the center of it all. After a nasty falling out during Shannon Beador’s 70s-themed party in a previous episode the rookie housewife tries to make amends — but is her new attitude here to stay?