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HONOLULU — As a Native Hawaiian living in modern Hawaii, one of the times Shad Kane truly felt connected to his ancestors was when he traveled to a remote, 140,000-square-mile area of the Pacific where islands, atolls, islets and coral reefs make up a federally protected marine monument. There, at Midway Atoll, he plucked feathers

British cleric Anjem Choudary, who has long been accused of radicalising young Muslims, was facing jail on Tuesday after being convicted of encouraging support for the Islamic State jihadist group. The 49-year-old and his co-defendant Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 33, used a series of talks posted on YouTube to invite backing for the group, and pledged their allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Choudary is the former head in Britain of Islam4UK or al-Muhajiroun, a now banned group co-founded... Читать дальше...

The eclectic guitarist celebrates the open road with his newest album, Eyes On The Lines. Hear a conversation and performance.

“It was horrible, in training I felt good but race rhythm is a totally different monster,” Anaso Jobodwana said after finishing fourth in the 200m heats.

İstanbul Nöbetçi Sulh Ceza Hakimliği kararıyla kapatılan PKK'nın Özgür Gündem gazetesine terör polisi tarafından operasyon yapıldı. Operasyonda 4 kişi gözaltına alındı.Devamı için tıklayınız

The pair, who were married in February 2015, said that their relationship was "intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love."

Washington police chief Cathy Lanier is stepping down to become head of security for the National Football League.

Visual views offered by cartoonists from around the McClatchy network

The monkey's owner managed to separate the pair.

It took three deputies and a police dog to pull 19-year-old Florida State University student Austin Harrouff off the dead husband in the driveway of the couple’s Tequesta home.

Biologist Bill Streever sailed from Texas to Guatemala while doing research for his new book, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind. He says the wind was working against him "most of the time."

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A North Korean artistic gymnast won the second gold medal for Pyongyang at the Rio Olympics.

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LONDON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Britain has awarded a $239 million contract to missile maker MBDA to equip its new F-35 fighter jets with new Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi secretary of state says investment firm Morgan Stanley will return up to $4.2 million to partially reimburse customers who had "inordinate losses" because a portfolio manager allegedly used high-risk investments for people who hadn't…

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 9-10) SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday called for a "reasonable" solution to improving South Korea's controversial electricity rate system, which critics say excessively overcharg

We've got a feeling that Andrew Lincoln is ready for it to be October already. In a new interview, the star of The Walking Dead has finally addressed the backlash the show received...

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett is used to sacking quarterbacks, but he's found something else to tackle in his downtime: a book club.

US Vice President Joe Biden made an accidental slip of the tongue when referring to Serbia but instead calling it Croatia during a press statement with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade on Tuesday.

They’re gonna need a bigger pool. The Jacksonville Jaguars, who have struggled at times to sell out the team’s home stadium in recent years, has sold all seats for the Week One visit from the Packers. As noted by Jaguars spokesman Tad Dickman on Twitter, the Jags are selling standing-room-only tickets for the first time…

Robbert van de Corput (28), beter bekend als de wereldberoemde Nederlandse dj Hardwell, blijkt alweer drie maanden als vrijgezel door het leven te gaan. Volgens Hardwell hebben hij en zijn vriendin Yanicke Agnes een punt achter hun liefdesrelatie gezet, omdat ze elkaar amper zagen.

Sexual assault survivors are healing through song in a new choir.

Three women have been fined for wearing burkinis at beaches in Cannes, France, according to a recent news report. The full-bodied swimsuits, typically worn by Muslim women for modesty, were banned from Cannes last week. Cannes Mayor David Lisnard called to ban the suits from beaches and violators would be fined for £33 (or $43)

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has recommended regular mental health checkups for pilots and follow-ups on those with psychiatric issues.

GALVESTON, Texas — A marine biologist says a die-off of some coral at a marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be over but experts still don’t know why it happened. Emma Hickerson with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Galveston said Tuesday that recent storms affected last week’s planned surveys of