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IAN POULTER and Paul Casey have a final chance to secure automatic Ryder Cup qualification at the first event of the FedEx Play-offs starting today.

If you’ve seen people sucking on USB flash drives, they’re probably “Juuling.”

Following the arrest of Ugandan politician and musician Bobi Wine, an extensive list of artists, politicians and activists have called for his release.

LEAWOOD, Kan. — A Missouri man is suing after he was mistakenly diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and began planning his funeral. The Kansas City Star reports that 52-year-old Pasquale Michael Fatino, of Pleasant Hill, filed the lawsuit against three doctors at ProPartners Healthcare, his former primary care clinic in Leawood, Kansas. He...

Erdogan used to rely on Turkey’s best and brightest—until he replaced them with its worst and dimmest.

Nick Kyrgios has talent the likes of which may not have been seen before, according to 18-time Grand Slam title winner Chris Evert — but she says the Australian star is coasting and must make sacrifices to reach the top.

South Africa faces potential economic calamity if it moves ahead with the seizure of largely white-owned farmland, analysts warned this week, as global investors reacted to a plan that government leaders say is necessary to correct decades-old wrongs of apartheid that left deep, systemic wealth inequalities and land ownership disparities ...

Kim Kardashian West stepped out in L.A. in a pink latex dress, Yeezy clear heels, and legs that revealed a summer's worth of workouts at the gym.

With President Donald Trump sending ever-stronger signals that he’s considering pardoning his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort after he was found guilty of tax fraud yesterday, one former US attorney explained why a pardon could put the president in political jeopardy. Barbara McQuade, a...

As many as 80,000 hourly workers in the United States could be eligible for the program, which pays upfront tuition for employees taking online classes starting this fall.

Joe Keery and Maika Monroe pack on the PDA during a night out together! The 26-year-old Stranger Things actor put his arm around the 25-year-old Tau actress as they left Rockwell Table & Stage over the weekend in Los Angeles. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Joe Keery and Maika Monroe Maika wore a [...]

PRINCE Harry is taking after his mother Princess Diana by leaving his wife Meghan’s father Thomas Markle out of his life, according to former butler Paul Burrell.

POLITICIANS have reacted to a “horrible” video showing desperate animals trapped in a Lithuanian fur farm eating each over alive as they go insane from the "horrific" living conditions.

The U.S. and China kicked off two days of talks in Washington aimed at settling an escalating trade battle, with the U.S. claiming the advantage because Beijing is struggling to keep its economic growth from faltering.

Celeste Ayala has received praise for her selfless act from around the world.

• The SEC makes its verdict on a bitcoin-futures linked ETF by ProShares on Thursday. 
• Some market observers say that the fact that the product is based on futures, not bitcoin itself, could help its case. 
• But market experts say the opaqueness of the crypto markets and possible manipulation still make an approval unlikely. 

The crypto world has been waiting with baited breath for US regulators to approve a bitcoin-linked exchange traded fund. 

Trump has given no real clues as to his plans.

Trump has given no real clues as to his plans.

ONE was the much-hyped director tasked with breathing new life into a classic film franchise, the other the much-lauded star who believes he had already saved it. But so-called “creative differences” — in part between Danny Boyle and Daniel Craig — this week plunged the £5billion James Bond machine into chaos, leaving the as-yet-untitled next […]

Lisa Benson Cooper was already in an uncomfortable position when she shared an article on her private Facebook page about a phenomenon known as “white women’s tears.” The longtime reporter … Click to Continue »

How did the players fare in Sunderland's 4-1 win at Gillingham?

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As the stand-off between artistes and producers of Bengali TV serials remained unresolved for the fifth day, the West Bengal government on Wednesday called a meeting with the warring sides on...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities released video showing the chaos and heroism that took place outside a building during a high school massacre. The Broward Sheriff's Office released videos Wednesday from five cameras surrounding the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 died Feb. 14. The silent videos show blurred images of students running from the building. Early on, blurred footage of a golf cart carrying a staff member pulls up and the person rushes inside. Читать дальше...

So no drop goals in your prediction WF? Seems about right given our recent attempts

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