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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump's speech on foreign policy Monday focused in large part on his proposal to suspend immigration from dangerous parts of the world and impose a new system of "extreme vetting" that would subject applicants to…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump's speech on foreign policy Monday focused in large part on his proposal to suspend immigration from dangerous parts of the world and impose a new system of "extreme vetting" that would subject applicants to questions about their personal ideology. Trump defined it Monday this way: In addition to screening out all members or sympathizers of terrorist groups, we must also screen out any who have hostile attitudes toward our country or its principles — or who believe... Читать дальше...

A pair of commentaries on Twin Cities-area regional planning.

Bournemouth have signed Ireland utility player Marc Wilson from fellow English Premier League team Stoke City on a two-year deal.

Representatives of the Chelsea star, who was left out of the team to face West Ham, have contacted the European champions over a potential move despite his Barcelona connections

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials said on Monday 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during President Barack Obama's administration. The transfer of the 12 Yemeni and three Afghan citizens brings the total number of detainees down to 61 at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama, who had hoped to close the prison during his first year in office, rolled out his plan in February aimed at shutting the facility. Читать дальше...

The day before the women’s gymnastics team final, a Twitter user suggested Simone Biles and her coach Aimee Boorman were their sport’s equivalent to Walter Payton and Mike Ditka.

The Louisiana National Guard has boosted measures to combat the disastrous floods by brining additional military forces to the affected area," the state adjutant general Glenn Curtis said in a news release.

SABAH, FETÖ ve PKK’nın mühimmat alışverişini belgeledi. FETÖ’cü Yavaşçalar şirketinin Lübnan ve Suriye’ye ihraç ettiği patlayıcıların PKK terör örgütünün eline geçtiği ortaya çıktıDevamı için tıklayınız

British silver medallist Mark Cavendish collides with Sanghoon Park during the Olympic omnium points race, with gold medallist Elia Viviani also crashing.

Video posted on Twitter by @MacandCheeks showed an unidentified male officer holding a pedestrian up

The president of the Galle District Cricket Association has been assassinated, according to local media reports.

Essential Politics: Ban on the release of body camera video showing officer's death clears Senate, actors may keep their age a secret on job websites Aug. 15, 2016, 4:41 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. Here's what we're watching: A...

Find out how much those who are just starting out can expect to get from their retirement benefits.

It’s not as if she ran a pay-to-play operation at the State Department, but her family foundation will be a burden if she reaches the White House.

Doug G. Ware
SANAA, Yemen, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A Yemen hospital was bombed by Saudi-led forces Monday, killing 15 people, amid allegations that the coalition is intentionally targeting hospitals and schools.

Tree limb that injured woman raises worries about care of parks A Visitacion Valley woman who suffered a serious head injury when she was hit by a falling tree limb Friday afternoon in Washington Square Park remains in critical condition. The 36-year-old was watching her two young children climb on the playground near Columbus Avenue and Filbert Street in North Beach when a tree branch weighing around 100 pounds fell nearly 50 feet, hitting her in the head. Legislation that would earmark money... Читать дальше...

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Marmaris’te kaldığı otelden, darbeci hainlerden 15 dakika önce ayrılmıştı. FETÖ’cü hainlerin, Dalaman Havalimanı’nda bekleyen ATA uçağını da Erdoğan’ın helikopterle gelişinden 15...Devamı için tıklayınız

For a country where politics has long been monopolized by the state, Russia has seen a lot of news in the past few weeks. It has been the sort of news that autocracies produce: resignations and appointments, the reshuffling of opaque men and often obscure names. High-level officials have been removed, some have been accused of embezzling and jailed, and last week Vladimir Putin changed his chief of staff, replacing an old K.G.B. colleague, Sergei Ivanov, with Anton Vayno, a younger, little-known... Читать дальше...

Forget Zika and security anxieties, for Anna Meares, Australian cyclist supreme, Olympics team captain and hardwired competitive beast, this was the biggest risk in coming to Rio.

Evidence is building that sitting for too long can cause heart disease and diabetes - even in people who exercise, n Heart Association experts say.

In an age where Olympic sports are driven by teenagers and young adults, older athletes like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and Kerri Walsh-Jennings are making history and proving age is nothing but a number. Photo: Getty Images

Civility is not lost in daily life.

Clarence (Choo Choo) Coleman, an original New York Met, died Monday. He was 80.