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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia has chosen a Harvard dean known for his work on racial inequality in education as its next president.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia has chosen a Harvard dean known for his work on racial inequality in education as its next president. James Ryan, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was named Friday as the successor to UVA President Teresa Sullivan. He was approved unanimously Friday by the school's Board of Visitors. Ryan has deep ties to UVA. He graduated first in his class at UVA's law school and spent 15 years as a law professor there before joining Harvard in 2013. Читать дальше...

[The Herald] IT has been 15 years since Lloyd Mutasa began his coaching career, when he was appointed player-co-coach together with Joe Mugabe at Sporting Lions in the second half of the 2002 season.

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro seemed rattled.

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro seemed rattled.

Clinton made the remarks despite Comey’s decision to reopen the FBI probe into her private email server during the campaign.

Clinton made the remarks despite Comey’s decision to reopen the FBI probe into her private email server during the campaign.

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Two Democratic lawmakers are leading the way to fundamentally restructure the EITC, shifting it from a program primarily aimed at helping low-income working families with children to a wage subsidy for even middle-income workers.

In the latest example of political chicanery, Congress is combining the CREATES Act (a gift to trial lawyers at the expense of pharmaceutical innovation) with extending children's health insurance. The ultimate result will be higher federal deficits, and less innovation in the health care sector.

[The Herald] THE ZIMBABWE Warriors' inactivity this month, as others battled in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, saw them remaining stuck at 105th place on the world in the latest FIFA rankings.

Cowabunga!

Roy Hodgson insists he has got over the disappointment of the way his reign as England manager ended and that the defeat by Iceland never once led to him questioning his abilities.

SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell explains why Deshaun Watson should finally be the answer every for Texans fan (and Bill O'Brien) have been waiting for at QB.

PRAGUE — Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova says she’s parted with coach David Kotyza. Pliskova hired Kotyza, the former coach of her fellow Czech Petra Kvitova, in December. With Kotyza, Pliskova won three WTA tournaments. She reached the semifinals at the French Open and lost in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open to lose

After some serious missteps, the once irreproachable consumer-goods giant has lost the right to say: Just trust me.

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean historical film "The Fortress" has been chosen to open the 2nd London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF) next month in London, the festival's website revealed Friday. The film starring Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yun-seo

Not enough people are talking about artificial intelligence.

At least, that's the thinking behind Evercore's massive price target increase for Nvidia on Friday. The firm upgraded their price target for Nvidia from $180 to $250, implying that Nvidia should be worth about $45 billion more than its current market cap.

"[Nvidia] management believes that investors still severely underestimate the impact of AI and the size of the potential market ('Every PC/Server will have AI in the future')," C.J. Muse... Читать дальше...

Slacker, one of the longest running digital radio and streaming services, has been acquired by live event streaming platform LiveXLive...

On nominal terms, the foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 16.6 billion during the first quarter against increase of USD 3.3 billion during the same period last year.

You’ll have to keep waiting when it comes to Mixon.

Presidents of Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua sent independence day greetings

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An 18-year-old LSU student died Thursday in a possible fraternity hazing incident involving alcohol.

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Frank Giaccio, 11, mowed the White House lawn on Friday after sending President Donald Trump a letter saying he’d complete the task “at no charge.”

Frank Giaccio, 11, mowed the White House lawn on Friday after sending President Donald Trump a letter saying he’d complete the task “at no charge.”