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Great Britain's Alex Danson, center, fights for the ball with Spain's Berta Bonastre, left, and Spain's Cristina Guinea, right, during a women's field hockey quarterfinal match at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP…

Britain's Georgie Twigg, center background, celebrates after she scored against Spain during a women's field hockey quarterfinal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Netherlands' Naomi Van As, right, tries to break past the Argentina defense during a women's field hockey quarter final match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Netherlands' Maria Verschoor, left, fights for the ball with Argentina's Maria Campoy during a women's field hockey quarter final match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Netherlands survived its toughest test yet in Olympic women's field hockey when it edged No. 2-ranked Argentina 3-2 on Monday to push its gold medal threat into the semifinals.

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Green Bay Packers linebackers Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers are among four NFL players facing suspension for their refusal to cooperate with an NFL investigation into performance enhancing drugs.

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Politics, Americas

Even the neoconservatives’ opponents have absorbed their assumptions.

By any standard, the 2016 U.S. presidential race has been extraordinary. The campaigns of maverick candidates such as Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Ted Cruz gained strong support, and in the end Donald Trump confounded expectations to become the Republican nominee. The underestimated popularity of these political outsiders highlights the depth of... Читать дальше...

Sean Page never served in the military, but he used his father's name and Social Security number to cash in on his veteran disability status, prosecutors said.

Earlier today, Apple released the sixth beta of the upcoming watchOS 3 alongside the new betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. All three betas were released just a week after the previous builds were launched. Considering that this is already the sixth beta for the Apple Watch’s OS, does this mean the Apple Watch 2 is launching with watchOS 3 soon?

The New York Times broke a story about a possible cash payment to Donald Trump's campaign chair Paul Manafort of $12.7M. One of the reporters who broke the story, Barry Meier, joins Lawrence to explain how they followed the money to Ukraine.

A state legislator says if New York athletes win the gold, silver or bronze, they should keep the green.

INDIANAPOLIS — The National Weather Service says several tornados have touched down in central Indiana, downing powerlines and trees and damaging homes. Authorities say a tornado was seen Monday evening 17 miles west of Indianapolis near Danville. A tornado touched down shortly after just east of Pittsboro. A funnel cloud was also reported on the

Kenya's David Rudisha retains his Olympic 800m title with a comfortable victory in Rio.

The sports cliche of  "wanting it more" rang true for 22-year-old Bahamian runner Shaunae Miller on Monday night.

From the street, David Gebhard and Robert Winter noted in the second edition of their still-indispensable guide to Los Angeles architecture, “It is almost impossible to see the International Style house of the great novelist Thomas Mann. It is a pity since the Manns were so deeply involved with...

Akai Gurley was fatally shot by a cop in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project.

The reigning world champion from Toronto was a favourite for gold but he struggled mightily in rainy and chilly conditions at Rio’s Olympic Stadium, failing on all three attempts at 5.65 metres.

The perception of an innate national facility for these sports lingers, even among South Korea's athletes.

The Seahawks know veteran defensive lineman Tony McDaniel well, and now McDaniel is back with the team. A social media post McDaniel made is part of the reason why. McDaniel was standing in an airport security line in Atlanta last week when he posted a picture on Snapchat. As the story goes, McDaniel’s agent, David…

Rail fares have risen at double the speed of wages over the last six years, research by trade unions suggests.

Congress isn’t expected to begin the process for consolidating and closing surplus military bases for another couple of years, but St. Clair County Board Chairman Mark Kern already is preparing a strategy for protecting Scott Air Force Base — Southern Illinois’ biggest employer and an economic engine that injects $3 billion yearly into the regional economy.

The oil industry’s lobbying arm, already under fire for its role in a decades-long climate change cover-up, has now been accused of plagiarism.