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LONDON — Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza has successfully appealed penalties to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a match-fixing case. The Tennis Integrity Unit announced the ruling Friday. Garza was suspended for six months and fined $5,000 in October after being found guilty of a match-fixing offense. The Tennis Integrity Unit said Garza

Mel B is trying to stop her ex Stephen Belafont from releasing private footage of the couple. The 41-year-old entertainer and her lawyers filed a court order to prohibit her ex from distributing sexually explicit material of herself. According to TMZ, prior to the couple’s split, Stephen threatened to leak material of her before she [...]

Duquesne University officials say the publisher was operating at a deficit and could not be supported without taking resources from school programs. Critics of the decision note that Duquesne plans to invest $40 million into renovations of the school's basketball arena.

Most of us think about our careers in terms of an upward trajectory. But when we hit a ceiling and can’t go any further, it might be the best thing that ever happened to you. Here's why.

He picked a cause to help people who were in his shoes but lacked his resources to defend himself.

Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza has successfully appealed penalties to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a match-fixing case

LONDON (AP) - Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza has successfully appealed penalties to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a match-fixing case.

SEATTLE (AP) - The National Weather Service in Seattle says a powerful storm is expected to bring high winds and rain to Western Washington.

Just days before the New Hampshire primary last year, a must-win contest to keep his unlikely bid for the presidency alive, Donald Trump was doubling down on his opposition to admitting refugees from Syria and other countries known to be breeding grounds for terrorists when a supporter stood up and questioned how committed he really was to that pledge. Speaking at a town hall in Salem, N.H., the man asked if Trump could really look at Syrian children “aged 5, 8, 10, in the face” and say they... Читать дальше...

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JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: The long fight to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court is over. The U.S. Senate today confirmed President Trump’s nominee, Neil Gorsuch, by a vote of 54-45. He will fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Lisa Desjardins has our report.

VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: The nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch of Colorado to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee on Friday asked the Trump administration to disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose digital communications are incidentally collected under foreign surveillance programs, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

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Lonzo Ball’s branding empire is expanding beyond pricey hats and T-shirts.

A statement from Assad vowed the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airbase will embolden his handling of the nation’s ongoing civil war.

Board members tapped former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas Friday for an interim administrator post at Chicago State University, an appointment recommended by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The university's Board … Click to Continue »

DETROIT (AP) — After seven runs, five walks, two lead changes and a parade of futile pitching changes, the eighth inning finally ended at Comerica Park.

The City of Edmonton is looking for the old scoreboard in Northlands Coliseum to be reused or sold as plans continue to move forward on repurposing the former home of the Edmonton Oilers.

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A star hedge fund manager who told colleagues that he had generated $7 billion in revenue is preparing to set up his own fund.

Michael Gelband, who previously led the fixed income operation at $35 billion hedge fund Millennium Management, is laying the ground work to launch a fund with Hyung Soon Lee, Millennium's former equity chief, according to people familiar with the matter. 

Bloomberg previously reported that Gelband might try and set up a fund with Lee... Читать дальше...

Another lone wolf truck attack. On Friday morning a terrorist, likely Islamic, ran down innocent pedestrians in the street and ...

People will be less tempted to drink and drive if they have an easier, safer way to get home after a night out. Uber has plenty of incentive to make this case and has reported on declines in drunken-driving incidents in several major cities after the company started providing ride-hailing services, beginning in San Francisco in 2010. That’s a significant reduction, amounting to about 40 fewer collisions per month. [...] it’s good news for Uber, which could use some positive attention after months... Читать дальше...

MILWAUKEE — Keon Broxton was back with the Milwaukee Brewers and eager to return to the batter’s box a day after getting hit in the helmet by a fastball. Broxton wasn’t in the starting lineup Friday night against the Chicago Cubs. Manager Craig Counsell said the center fielder was available if needed. Broxton’s face was

In 1980 the average PGA drive was about 256 yards. Since then, ball and club technology has led to a 13% increase in drives. Dustin Johnson's average drive has been the farthest in the PGA so far this year. He was averaging 316.2 yards per measured drive through April 2, 2017. Johnson, the top ranked golfer in the world, withdrew from this year's Masters Tournament on Thursday due to a back injury. 

Leaders Wasps host Northampton with Dylan Hartley set to start for the Saints while Leicester travel to Bath. Here, Sportsmail's Chris Foy takes you through the games to watch out for.

Employers in British Columbia will no longer be able to insist staff come to work in high heels.