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Kylie Jenner and boyfriend Tyga touch down at Van Nuys Airport on Saturday (August 13) afternoon in Van Nuys, Calif. The 19-year-old reality star said goodbye to some of her pals after celebrating her birthday with a Turks and Caicos getaway. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Kylie Jenner Kylie showed off all her [...]

Kenny Baker, the British actor best known as R2-D2 in the “Star Wars” films, has died at the age of 81, according to his niece, Abigail Shield. Baker was being looked after by Shield’s brother, who found him Saturday morning. Shield said Baker was ill for years with a lung condition. She also said her […]

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Call it the sharing economy, call it peer-to-peer commerce, call it collaborative consumption, but no matter what you call it, it's having a massive impact on how we do business and disrupting established industries at a breakneck pace.

I'm talking about the renaissance of people doing business with people — instead of giant companies — a movement facilitated by an ever-growing array of marketplaces and apps.

If we think back in time 200 years, almost all commerce was peer-to-peer, right? Читать дальше...

A man on board a Swiss train attacked passengers with a flammable liquid and a knife in the north east of the country, near the border with Liechtenstein. The 27-year old Swiss assailant was injured in the attack. Six other people including a six-year-old child were injured by the assailant. The whole world is officially going crazy!!!! ???? ???? ???? https://t.co/FWdXS0HxOx — Theresa Clarke (@tc2259) August 13, 2016 Evening Standard reports: The attack happened at 2.20pm local time (1.20pm UK time)... Читать дальше...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Each quarter begins with pure, unbridled speed, a furious dash from the mouth of the goal to the middle of the pool while your opponent comes barreling at you from the opposite direction. At stake…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Each quarter begins with pure, unbridled speed, a furious dash from the mouth of the goal to the middle of the pool while your opponent comes barreling at you from the opposite direction. At stake…

DETROIT (AP) — About 2,500 General Motors employees have volunteered to help renovate a Detroit school, restore homes in the neighborhood and improve some parks in the area.

DETROIT (AP) — About 2,500 General Motors employees have volunteered to help renovate a Detroit school, restore homes in the neighborhood and improve some parks in the area.

DETROIT (AP) — About 2,500 General Motors employees have volunteered to help renovate a Detroit school, restore homes in the neighborhood and improve some parks in the area. Improvements will be made to a concession stand, fitness park, dugout, soccer field and pavilion at Cody High.

Police in New York say a man whose name happens to be the same as the infamous Colombian drug lord snatched a 4-year-old Queens girl's gold chain.

The leaked documents came from a hack at the DCCC.

BEIRUT — On the streets of Manbij, men rallied to protest the Islamic State group and women walked with their faces uncovered for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, hours after the militant group was pushed out of the northern Syrian city. U.S.-backed fighters seized the key Islamic State stronghold late Friday after two months of heavy fighting that killed more than 1000 people and displaced thousands more. The fighters also freed hundreds of civilians the extremists had used as human shields... Читать дальше...

(AP) — West Virginia's largest public school district was forced to close seven schools on Friday for problems with its air conditioning and power systems. [...] she said none of the company's systems were the cause for the other Friday closings. Since June, school district officials have focused most of their attention on repairing the flood damage to Elkview Middle and Bridge Elementary schools.

PRICE, Utah (AP) — State environmental regulators say the toxic coal ash that washed into the Price River during flash flooding in east-central Utah last week poses no health or safety concerns. Officials at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality concluded Friday no drinking water was affected and the river is safe for recreation and irrigation use.

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have prepared an official request for the temporary arrest of United States-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen over his alleged involvement in the coup attempt on July 15, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said Saturday. The request by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s office claims it has determined the coup was staged on orders by Gulen and asks that he be arrested prior to the submission of a formal extradition request. Turkey has launched a massive... Читать дальше...

– A benefactor had promised the Dream Team VI $30,000 each if they win gold at the Rio Olympics – Katsuya Takasu also says he will reward the U-23 $20,000 and $10,000 for silver or bronze respectively – The NFF however states that the boys will not be distracted with the mouth watering offer A plastic […]

Rio born Adriana Varejao is the artist who designed the artwork adorning the Olympics aquatics venue. Julia Carneiro has been finding out her inspiration for the piece.

BANGKOK — Police worked to identify suspects Saturday in a series of bombing and arson attacks that struck several tourist towns, killing four people and wounding dozens, including 11 foreigners. Voice TV and other media outlets reported that police in Nakhon Si Thammarat had arrested a 67-year-old man who is suspected of being responsible for a fire at a supermarket in the southern city that the authorities had listed in the series of attacks. Police said they found evidence at his home and in... Читать дальше...

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A planned residential development in Hillsboro is still without a name despite the $33,000 city officials paid a branding agency to come up with one.

(AP) — Police in Aurora say grand jurors have indicted 16 men on drug and firearm charges after a long-term gang investigation. Police said Friday that 90 Aurora officers and FBI agents went out Thursday and executed arrest warrants.

The latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

Ross Bleckner’s “Sea and Mirror” (1996), as shown in the Sotheby’s auction catalog.