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BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Audi says it will fit up to 850,000 diesel cars with new software to improve their emissions performance, following a similar move by rival Daimler as the auto industry tries to get ahead of public controversy over the technology. Separately, five German automakers — Mercedes-Benz, Opel and Volkswagen and its subsidiaries Audi and Porsche — last year agreed to recall a total of 630,000 diesel vehicles in Europe after it was found that real-world emissions often exceeded EU emissions standards. Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Audi says it will fit up to 850,000 diesel cars with new software to improve their emissions performance, following a similar move by rival Daimler as the auto industry tries to get ahead of public controversy over the technology. Separately, five German automakers — Mercedes-Benz, Opel and Volkswagen and its subsidiaries Audi and Porsche — last year agreed to recall a total of 630,000 diesel vehicles in Europe after it was found that real-world emissions often exceeded EU emissions standards. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says the U.S. Supreme Court should look at his case after a federal appeals court tossed out his conviction and ordered a retrial.

Thompson 'excited' for 'adventure'

Although his career phase is admittedly not the best, Rafael Natal believes he’s living his best moment yet when it comes to his training: ” I’ve never felt better, so now I just need to bring this into my fight.”Filed under: News, UFC

Sean Spicer is gone.

Not like dead-gone just quit-his-job-gone. 

But in the vacuum left by his exit, we're left to ponder, "Wait, a new boss is what pushed Sean Spicer over the edge?" 

SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer has resigned from the White House and our lives will never be the same

After all, Spicer seemed perfectly fine with a whole lot of shenanigans from the Trump administration before the hiring of Anthony Scaramucci as head of the White House communications department. Читать дальше...

Think Baltimore boys basketball, and the Dunbar Poets of the early 1980s come to mind.

Rory McIlroy said he was very proud of himself that he managed to hang in there during the second round of the Open Championship on Friday.

Russia's Eastern Ukraine war looks set to revolutionize the US and European armed forces as much as any combat lessons learned in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Rory McIlroy said he was very proud of himself that he managed to hang in there during the second round of the Open Championship on Friday.

Russia's Eastern Ukraine war looks set to revolutionize the US and European armed forces as much as any combat lessons learned in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Disney Channel Original Movies are the best, and when they happen to be musicals, they're even better. Descendants 2 premieres tonight at 8 p.m. across six networks: ABC, Disney Channel,...

Filed under: News, US, Tragedy

Florida police said a group of teenagers filmed the dying moments of a disabled man last week, with the teens cursing, laughing at and mocking the man as he drowned in a fenced-off pond.

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(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with reports of the ceremony for new ministers in paras 2-4) SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in appointed two new ministers Friday, nearly completing the list of his first Cabinet. Paik Un-gyu w

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Anthony Scaramucci, who has been appointed to head the White House's communications operations, has a long history on Wall Street – and has been a big Trump backer and public advocate.

He previously worked at Goldman Sachs and later founded SkyBridge Capital, a fund of hedge funds firm that caters to America's rich dentists and doctors.

Sean Spicer, the White House's embattled press secretary, announced his resignation on Friday, reportedly after telling President... Читать дальше...

A Calgary man who claimed his neck was sliced by barbed wire on a popular mountain biking trail west of the city and then asked for financial donations online has turned himself in to RCMP.

Hollis Johnson

Anthony Scaramucci, who has been appointed to head the White House's communications operations, has a long history on Wall Street – and has been a big Trump backer and public advocate.

He previously worked at Goldman Sachs and later founded SkyBridge Capital, a fund of hedge funds firm that caters to America's rich dentists and doctors.

Sean Spicer, the White House's embattled press secretary, announced his resignation on Friday, reportedly after telling President... Читать дальше...

Teen rom-com “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” starring Lana Condor (“X-Men: Apocalypse”) in the lead role, has begun production in Vancouver. The film, based on the novel by bestselling author Jenny Han, is being produced by Awesomeness Films and Overbrook Entertainment. “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is directed by Susan Johnson with... Read more »