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Alex Jones is feeling the spirit, but it's not the one he thinks he's feeling. Watching him shout and spit and snort in this 72-second bit of insanity is evidence his ex-wife should use to make sure he doesn't ever regain custody of his children, but it is certainly not something healthy people watch without a suppressed grin or some concern for his mental health.

A massive daycare fraud in America’s most welcoming state raises questions about the limits of assimilation When it was noted that the carry-on bags of multiple airline passengers traveling from Minneapolis to Somalia contained millions of dollars in cash, on a regular basis, law enforcement was naturally curious to know where the money came from […]

All aboooooard the singles train!

For the second consecutive game the Kansas City Royals channeled their inner 2015, summoning impeccable late-game hitting and shutdown bullpen work to once again vanquish the evil St. Louis Cardinals. This afternoon’s contest ended with a 5-2 score in favor of Kansas City after the Royals scored a trio of runs in the 10th inning.

If you thought that Jake Junis would be the Royals’ best starting pitcher this year in your preseason predictions, congratulations: you are correct. Читать дальше...

Victoria's Secret media relations

• L Brands is falling more than 6% in post-market trading Wednesday after releasing first-quarter results. 
• The owner of Victoria's Secret, PINK, and Bath & Body Works beat on both the top and bottom lines.
• However, it lowered its full-year 2018 earnings guidance. 
• Watch L Brands trade in real-time here.

L Brands, owner of Victoria's Secret, PINK, and Bath & Body Works, is falling more than 6% in post-market... Читать дальше...

Two years after the release of Battlefield 1, EA is ready to add a new entry to its storied shooter franchise, announcing today the first details and the release date for Battlefield V. Returning to the grand and ghastly stage of World War II, this new game will focus on squad-based gameplay, eschewing the explosively popular battle royale competitive modes of games like PUBG and Fortnite. I attended a preview event for Battlefield V today, and though it isn’t quite ready to play yet, the developers... Читать дальше...

Hardy coral by Eilat and Aqaba voted most likely to survive global warming, but even it can't overcome explosive algal growth fed by effluence and the rise in floodwaters

Before she was an actress on Step Up or a host on World of Dance, Jenna Dewan traveled the world as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co cannot guarantee its 2019 dividend and is still fixing its power and capital units, Chief Executive John Flannery said on Wednesday, sending the industrial conglomerate's stock down nearly 8 percent. Faced with weak profits and calls to be broken up, the 126-year-old company is aggressively cutting costs, selling businesses and trying to strengthen its balance sheet under new managers and a new board

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting at a Texas high school (all times local): 2:30 p.m. The Houston Rockets will wear patches on their jerseys to honor the victims of the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, on Thursday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors. The patches which will read, "Santa Fe HS," and are one of several things the team plans to do as a tribute to those affected Friday's shooting that left 10 dead at the school about 30 miles from downtown Houston. Читать дальше...

Jennifer Garner is taking her baking skills on the road and sharing her creations with the cast and crew on set of her upcoming comedy show, Camping.

NFL owners voted Wednesday to require players to stay in the locker room for the national anthem or stand for the song, but the resolution won't fully resolve the issue.

Shares of L Brands Inc. fell more than 4% late Wednesday after the parent of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works reported first-quarter per-share earnings above Wall Street expectations but cut its profit forecast for the year. L Brands said it earned $47.5 million, or 17 cents a share, in the first quarter, compared with $94.1 million, or 33 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 15 cents a share for the quarter. Sales rose 8% to $2.63 billion... Читать дальше...

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award — "The Dorothy" — named in honor of Dorothy Seymour Mills and her lifetime of contributions to promoting women’s baseball.

On Tuesday, Politico announced a content-sharing partnership with the Hong Kong-based newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP). “POLITICO readers will see on our pages today something new and important: the first stories reflecting the publication’s commitment to illuminating the U.S. relationship with China,” the publication’s editors wrote in a statement. In explaining their choice of partnership, the editors called the SCMP “the only independent English-language publication in the region.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), the only self-described Democratic socialist in Congress who has helped normalize a political philosophy once labeled "radical," doesn't always inspire the feelings one might expect from his fellow socialists.

Not what you’d call an even swap.

Cincinnati Reds fans who have been waiting the last couple of days for news that the team is activating right-handed pitcher Michael Lorenzen still got a bit of a surprise when the team confirmed the move on Wednesday afternoon.

The #Reds have activated from the 10-day DL RHP Michael Lorenzen and RHP Tanner Rainey has been recalled from the Triple-A @LouisvilleBats. RHP Raisel Iglesias and RHP Austin Brice have been placed on the 10-day DL. pic.twitter.com/69bUv440dr

Kosovo media are reporting an increase in the number of Albanians applying for Serbian passports which they then use to leave Kosovo and try to make money in Western Europe, while Brussels is still not ready to introduce visa-free regime with Kosovo 10 years after it declared its independence.

President Donald Trump‘s use of Twitter has long been a controversial component of his presidency, in part because of his frequent use of the “block” button, which the president has unleashed on a number of notable actors, authors and activists who have used Twitter as a platform to criticize him and his administration.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) has focused his spring graduation address at the Harvard Kennedy School on graduates finding meaning to their lives. The former presidential candidate addressed the school of government's class of 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Wednesday. He quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from the Birmingham jail on the search for finding "higher moral purpose." He briefly mentioned the 2017 Las Vegas shooting and Hurricane Harvey... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on documents that Las Vegas police released from the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local): 1:30 p.m. An officer who responded to the high-rise Las Vegas hotel where a gunman carried out deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history says in newly released documents that he and a team checked the casino floor and confirmed there was no other active shooter. The officer says in documents released Wednesday that they also responded to the Bellagio... Читать дальше...

The third hour of GMA will feature more news, pop culture, compelling interviews and the program’s signature, epic live events, a statement said.