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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump tweeted a critique of the media for being “rude to my very hard-working representatives” on Monday, only minutes after counselor Kellyanne Conway completed a series of interviews on television morning shows. Conway’s interviews, including one that appeared to signal a thaw in the administration’s relationship with CNN, were at

A German team of neuroscientists has announced the results of a new study that they claim proves that the Mona Lisa’s famous smile is one of happiness. The sincerity of the Mona Lisa’s smile has been debated in the art world for centuries, but nearly 100 percent of respondents in a recent trial described her smile as one of happiness.

Dutch envoy Daan Feddo Huisinga was summoned Monday by the Turkish foreign minister for the third time in as many days to receive a diplomatic dressing down.   The verbal salvo reportedly was for the crackdown by Dutch police on ethnic Turks who demonstrated Saturday in Rotterdam over the removal of Turkish Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya from the Netherlands.   Turkish pro-government newspapers Monday published photos of police dogs biting demonstrators, with... Читать дальше...

De Zuid-Afrikaanse stad Durban heeft het recht verspeeld om de Gemenebestspelen van 2022 te organiseren. Dat zegt Gideon Sam namens het

Lessons learned from the last week of play in the NHL:

►The Capitals have come down to Earth

Coach Barry Trotz called the feeling “awkward” after his team fell to the Kings on Saturday for its third straight loss in regulation. The Capitals’ 5-2 loss to the Ducks on Sunday gave them their first...

Essential Politics: California Democrats propose college debt assistance, Issa withholding support for GOP healthcare plan March 13, 2017, 1:50 p.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: California Assembly...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi is slated to discuss the Congressional Budget Office's report on the proposed health care replacement law.

There is in the Old Testament a lot of concern about a promised land and how to get to that land. The Jewish community continues to declare that all of the land in Israel is their land. The early Christians were told that their’s were “a chosen nation.” In the New Testament, “nation” was given a larger meaning. A nation was being a part of the community of believers, and not a specific piece of land. The Kingdom of God was a kingdom of faith and not political identity. The devotion to one piece of land... Читать дальше...

A group of states renewed their effort on Monday to block President Donald Trump's revised temporary ban on refugees and travelers from several Muslim-majority countries, arguing that his executive order is the same as the first one that was halted by federal courts. Court papers filed by the state of Washington and joined by California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon asked a judge to stop the March 6 order from taking effect on Thursday. An amended complaint said the order was similar to the original Jan. Читать дальше...

The stores, including five in the Twin Cities, will remain open for now.

NEW YORK — Facebook is prohibiting developers from using the massive amount of data it collects on users for surveillance. This includes using such data to monitor activists and protesters. The company said Monday that it is making an existing policy “explicit.” Facebook says it has already taken action against developers who created or marketed

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report on the potential impact of the House GOP health care bill.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Although Florida is a top-four seed playing two hours from home, the Gators feel like an underdog heading into the NCAA Tournament. Coach Mike White even acknowledged Monday that his team is a popular pick to get upset in the opening round of March Madness. “Everybody’s saying it,” White said. There might

Golovkin, Jacobs Meet For Final Press Conference By: Sean Crose With just days to go before their hyped middleweight title bout in Madison Square Garden this Saturday, Gennady Golovkin, Daniel Jacobs and their respective camps gathered for a final press conference. It was a staid affair, perhaps too staid for...

How much caffeine should you actually be drinking in a day? Health's resident medical editor weighs in.

WARSAW — Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man exposed by the Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II, prosecutors said Monday. Prosecutor Robert Janicki said evidence gathered over years of investigation into U.S. citizen Michael K. confirmed “100 percent” that he was a commander of a unit in the Ukrainian Self Defense Legion. “All the pieces of evidence interwoven together allow us to say the person who lives in the U.S. is Michael K.... Читать дальше...

If Neil Gorsuch wins confirmation to the Supreme Court, he could cast the deciding vote on President Donald Trump’s travel ban against immigrants from certain countries. But it’s far from certain how he would vote. According to an Associated Press review of Gorsuch’s rulings, he has not written extensively about immigration policy during a decade

"Only from this suddenness and on" runs through May 27 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is prohibiting developers from using the massive amount of data it collects on users for surveillance. This includes using such data to monitor activists and protesters.

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is prohibiting developers from using the massive amount of data it collects on users for surveillance. This includes using such data to monitor activists and protesters.

Spirit Music Group has launched Spirit Production Music following its acquisition of the production music division of Alan Ett Creative Group (...

DAYTON -- North Carolina Central head coach LeVelle Moton didn't think his team had earned a shot at the NCAA Tournament after finishing the regular season with back-to-back losses to Savannah State and North Carolina A&T, which ranked second from the bottom in national RPI rankings.

Whole Foods is expanding its recall of products from a creamery linked to two food-poisoning deaths to include more stores.