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There are just six days remaining before Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor go toe-to-toe in Las Vegas. Sportsmail guides you through the schedule.

On the latest episode of Kylie Jenner‘s reality show Life of Kylie, she opened up about why she and her longtime boyfriend Tyga broke up for good earlier this year. “There was absolutely not one thing wrong with me and T. He and I will always, always have a bond,” the 20-year-old reality star said. [...]

According to a poll, most of Americans oppose renaiming the US capital of Washington and monuments to the nation’s founding Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson amid controversy concerning Civil-War era statues in the United States following Charlottesville violence.

Het voetbalseizoen 2017-2018 is opnieuw begonnen, maar dat betekent niet dat de transferperiode erop zit. In onze dagelijkse rubriek TransferTalk

Het voetbalseizoen 2017-2018 is opnieuw begonnen, maar dat betekent niet dat de transferperiode erop zit. In onze dagelijkse rubriek TransferTalk

United have begun the English Premier League season 2017-18 in an impressive style with successive 4-0 wins over West Ham and Swansea, and sit top of the table after two games.

According to a poll, most of Americans oppose renaiming the US capital of Washington and monuments to the nation’s founding Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson amid controversy concerning Civil-War era statues in the United States following Charlottesville violence.

United have begun the English Premier League season 2017-18 in an impressive style with successive 4-0 wins over West Ham and Swansea, and sit top of the table after two games.

SALEM, Oregon (AP) — The Latest on the solar eclipse in Oregon, Idaho and Washington (all times local):

SALEM, Oregon (AP) — The Latest on the solar eclipse in Oregon, Idaho and Washington (all times local): 9:50 a.m. Eclipse watchers flocked to city parks in Oregon's capital city of Salem, which lies on the path of totality, with tent camps having mushroomed overnight. Dire predictions of huge traffic jams did not materialize for many travelers, like Jonathan Moric and Finn Power, who drove down from Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday. Another man who drove down from Seattle Sunday night said there was little to no traffic. Читать дальше...

As the Golden State waited for its brief dip into darkness Monday, managers of California’s electrical grid assured a not-terribly-nervous public that they had this whole solar eclipse thing well in hand. Yes, the sun’s temporary disappearing act would plunge the state’s fast-multiplying solar farms into semi-darkness, just when they’d normally be revving up. Yes, that would cost the state a lot of electricity, roughly enough to supply more than 4 million homes. Yes... Читать дальше...

The UK has little to show for its flattery of President Trump

The fugitive driver behind last week's deadly terror attack in Barcelona was shot dead by Spanish police Monday, officials confirmed.

A new petition is asking for the removal of a Confederate monument in favor of a Missy Elliott statue.

Officials from Baltimore and the B&O Railroad Museum announced a joint effort on Monday to raise $2.5 million in charitable donations to build a new stable for the nation’s oldest continuously operating police mounted unit.

A Toronto woman facing terror-related charges briefly appeared before a judge via video by force on Thursday, after she refused to attend court three times before.

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Kids say the darndest things. Case in point: these hilarious test answers. While these students may have scored an F for accuracy, they get an A+ in our book for sense of humor and creativity. Here, 15 laugh-out-loud quiz responses from kids that, although not correct, are still very clever.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned Missouri inmate warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent man.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned Missouri inmate warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent man.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned Missouri inmate warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent man. Marcellus Williams, 48, is scheduled to die Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for stabbing to death former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle during a 1998 robbery at her home in the suburb of University City. It would be the state's second execution of 2017. Williams' attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking a new hearing or the commutation of his sentence to life in prison. Читать дальше...

Collected handed Arrogate his second straight loss, Winx scored her 18th straight win and a heavy dose of turf racing during the weekend provided some more clues to the upcoming Breeders' Cup grass races.

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson’s former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania. Cosby’s spokesman announced Monday that the 80-year-old comedian is bringing in Tom Mesereau to lead a retooled defense team. Lawyers from the first trial in June had said they wanted off the

Sarah Huckabee Sanders and other White House aides are nowhere to be found on television.