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UNITED NATIONS — Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi made her first speech Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly since forming a democratically elected government and called for international understanding as Myanmar grapples with sectarian tensions. Suu Kyi said the new government was “standing firm against the forces of prejudice and intolerance” in troubled

With a push for more social activism among NBA players, with the situation they want to talk about not getting any better, you can be sure that some NBA players will follow the lead of the 49ers Collin Kaepernick in kneeling during the national anthem. You can be just as sure the NBA league office […]

Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo was killed in a fiery car crash on a freeway near southwest Atlanta, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

REVIEW: This view of the broken American dream is as potent as ever in Yellow Tree's searing production.

Taheshia Williams, center, tells her eyewitness account of the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, in Charlotte, N.C. Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Scott's death on Sept. 20 led to protests and rioting. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York zijn woensdag met stevige winsten gesloten. Beleggers verwerkten het besluit van de Federal Reserve om de rente vooralsnog ongewijzigd te laten. De centrale bankiers wezen wel duidelijk op de grote kans dat de rente dit jaar nog verder omhoog zal gaan.

Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. slumped as much as 1.7% after the market closed on Wednesday after the company said it plans to sell up to $225 million in common stock. The proceeds of the offering will be used to further clinical trials and develop new products and technologies. J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs will act as joint book-running managers for the stock offering, with Credit Suisse acting as co-manager. Sarepta shares are up more than 45% in the year to date, outperforming the S&P 500 Index , which is up nearly 6%. Читать дальше...

Last week, China's space program announced that the Tiangong-1 will be falling through the atmosphere in late 2017. Observers have speculated for months that China had lost control of the lab.

Margrethe Vestager is the EU's antitrust commissioner who handed Apple a 14.5-billion-dollar back taxes bill in August.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Russia abandoned diplomatic niceties Wednesday in a fractious public debate over Syria, blaming each other for spoiling the country's cease-fire and offering only temporary patches to stem the bloodshed. Secretary of State…

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HOFN, Iceland, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A passenger on a tour boat in Icelandic waters captured rare video of an iceberg flipping over in the country's Glacier Lagoon.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on police shooting and protests in Charlotte, North Carolina (all times local):

About 100 students gathered at the student union at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to protest the shooting death of a black man by a police officer about a mile from campus. Court records indicate that the man shot to death by Charlotte police had a criminal record including an assault conviction. Mecklenburg County records matching Keith Lamont Scott's name and birth date show Scott was charged in April 2004 with multiple counts, including felony assault with a deadly weapon. A... Читать дальше...

A 59-year-old inmate died Tuesday morning at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. Shair Sahadat Ali told staff he wasn’t feeling well and ...

She leads 44-42 in the latest poll, similar to her 45-42 lead over Republican Donald Trump in Wisconsin last month.

RENTON -- Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman declined to take questions at his press conference at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center on Wednesday, using the opportunity to make a statement about player protests in light of even more police killings.

The top officer in Pakistan’s army, lauded by U.S. officials for taking on the Pakistani Taliban, is due to retire later this year. Whether he does will reveal much about the power struggle between elected politicians and the country’s military.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi made her first speech Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly since forming a democratically elected government and called for international understanding as Myanmar grapples with sectarian tensions.

Carolina Panther quarterback Cam Newton called for more police accountability Wednesday ahead of the defending NFC champion’s matchup with the Minnesota Vikings. Asked about the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by Charlotte police that incited riots on Tuesday night, Newton admitted to not having enough information to fully comment, but he nevertheless answered the question.

SAN DIEGO — Remarkably, the lead actress and lead writer of “Pitch” have been asked by strangers whether the Fox TV series about the first woman in the major leagues is based on a true story. It’s not, of course, because there never has been one. Nor was it inspired by Mo’ne Davis, the first

The Hero 5 borrows some of the best smartphone features, such as voice commands and cloud storage, and brings a few improvements of its own, writes Geoffrey A. Fowler.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, promised to give away their $45 billion fortune during their lifetime. This is one of the biggest investments so far.