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The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11. The bill was passed earlier by the Senate and now goes to President Barack Obama for signature. Without the stopgap bill the government would have shut down Thursday, the first day of the new fiscal year. The bill includes funding for Planned Parenthood, over the objections of conservatives. The White House and Republicans are now negotiating a longer budget deal. The House vote was 277 to 151. Читать дальше...

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been touting his business credentials in national debates. Unfortunately, the Trump Hotel Collection has just announced that its customers may have had their credit card information stolen.

The S&P 500 closed out a bruising quarter and month with a bang. In fact, Wednesday's performance, which saw the broad stock index gain 1.9%, marked its best close to a third-quarter since 2008, according to Dow Jones data. The Sept. 30 gain bucks a gloomy trend for stocks which had historically under-performed on previous Sept.30. according to Bespoke Investment Group. However, the returns still didn't erase quarterly results that were the worst in four years. The S&P 500 lost 2.6% over... Читать дальше...

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NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood began shooting his Chesley Sullenberger biopic "Sully" in New York this week, Warner Bros. Pictures said Wednesday.

It's going mobile.

The post Yves Béhar on How Smart Design Can Propel Social Change appeared first on WIRED.

Telegraph View: Whatever the rational this measure represents an encroachment by the state into our private space. Let us be cautious

The Spaniard converted from the spot in Wednesday's Champions League clash with Wolfsburg, with Louis van Gaal having decided he is now ahead of Wayne Rooney in the pecking order

All you need is a drill and a dream.

Peeling apples is a monotonous labor of love; one that we trudge through for the pies, sauce, and pickles on the other end of the dark, blade-to-apple-after-freaking-apple tunnel. But after watching this video--and some trial and error--we've found that a drill moonlights beautifully as a quick and easy, albeit messy, way to peel several apples (though we were less successful with other produce). Here's how to use a drill to peel an apple in just a few... Читать дальше...

The economist and Carter/Clinton administration veteran Robert Litan has been affiliated with the Brookings Institution for more than 40 years. He first worked there as an assistant to legendary economist Arthur Okun in 1972-'73, rejoined as a senior fellow from 1984 to 1993, and directed its economic studies program from 1996 to 2003. As of the start of this week, he was still a nonresident senior fellow. And then, suddenly, Brookings sought and accepted his resignation on Tuesday, and he was gone. Читать дальше...

A federal court on Wednesday blocked the Obama administration's rules for stricter standards on hydraulic fracturing.

Brooks Hays
BOSTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers at MIT have designed a robot with a softer touch, capable of handling and identifying everyday objects, fragile or not.

The State Department released 6,300 more emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server Wednesday. More than 400 of them included classified information, officials said, and we’ve included search results for them. … Click to Continue »

PBF Energy Inc. said Wednesday it's going to buy Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Torrance, Calif., refinery and other related assets for $537.5 million in cash, stock and debt. The 155,000 barrel-a-day Torrance refinery brings PBF's capacity to approximately 900,000 barrels a day, the Parsippany, N.J., company said. The deal is expected to be "immediately accretive to earnings" and to close in the second quarter, PBF said. The refinery will be restored to full working condition, the company said. The acquisition also includes pipelines... Читать дальше...

HOBART, Indiana - Seven people have been charged in the fatal July shootings of two Gary brothers that court records suggest were retaliation for a May shooting.

The editor of Philadelphia magazine recently apologized after releasing a cover that displays a striking lack of diversity.

State Department releases new batch of former secretary’s emails

More than 400 emails she sent or received now contain classified information

Questions remain about Democratic presidential hopeful’s correspondence

In its first three years of operation, Barclays Center has established itself as an elite arena and made a statement that Brooklyn can be a distinct...

WASHINGTON -- The latest batch of Hillary Clinton's emails released by the State Department on Wednesday reveals that Clinton once struggled to convince a White House phone operator that she really was who she said she was. 

James Franco looks shocked and stunned on the brand new poster for his movie Yosemite, which was provided exclusively to Just Jared! The film also stars Henry Hopper, Calum John, Alec Mansky, and Everett Meckler, and is set to be released in theaters this winter. The film is based on James‘ short stories from his [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has suffered a third-straight quarterly decline, the longest such streak since the six-quarter stretch ending in the first quarter of 2009, and just the third such streak in nearly 40 years.

The next Republican presidential debate is just four weeks away — and on Wednesday afternoon, host CNBC announced its rules for which candidates will qualify:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew Friedman arrived at Chavez Ravine last October and built the big-spending Dodgers' $285 million roster to win championships, not merely division titles.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew Friedman arrived at Chavez Ravine last October and built the big-spending Dodgers' $285 million roster to win championships, not merely division titles.