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The Gunners forward fluffed his lines in the Confederations Cup final, missing a chance which looked easier to score than miss

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

Archaeologists have found more than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments in the cylindrical edifice near the site of the Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO — A website that hosted an “Abduction 101” forum linked to a 28-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois bills itself as the most popular sexual fetish networking site on the internet — and it has faced pressure in recent months to be clearer about not tolerating

Iraqi forces have surrounded Islamic State fighters in Mosul in their efforts to retake the second-largest city in Iraq, the military said.

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MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — As airstrikes pound the last pockets of territory held by the Islamic State group in Mosul Sunday, hundreds of civilians are fleeing, many so badly injured they had to be carried over the mounds of rubble clogging the Old city's narrow streets.

The civilians — mostly women and children — are fleeing the city in waves of displacement as Iraqi forces push toward the Tigris River, according to Iraqi special forces Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi.

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Two women and a man were killed in three unrelated slayings overnight in Carson, Lancaster and Palmdale, and the husband of one victim is in custody, authorities said Sunday.

Adult comedies have had a mostly rough time at the box office recently, and the latest to suffer from this trend is New Line/Village Roadshow’s “The House,” which stars Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler as a married couple who start up an illegal casino to raise money for their daughter’s college fund. To find a wide release film that grossed lower than “The House” and had Ferrell in the leading role, we have to go back to 1999, when “Superstar” made $8.9 million from 2,061 screens. Next month will see another female-driven adult comedy... Читать дальше...

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Jessie Jane Miller grew up in rural northeast Washington, one of two twin boys in a conservative, religious family.

Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) - Amid a bloody dispute between rival drug gangs battling for control, the Mexican state of Sinaloa has just seen its deadliest weekend in years with at least 30 people killed. Sinaloa, on Mexico's northern Pacific coast, is home to the country's top narco-traffickers. The Sinaloa state government convened an urgent meeting of security officials on Saturday to discuss the upsurge in violence and to chart a response.

Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) - Amid a bloody dispute between rival drug gangs battling for control, the Mexican state of Sinaloa has just seen its deadliest weekend in years with at least 30 people killed. Sinaloa, on Mexico's northern Pacific coast, is home to the country's top narco-traffickers. The Sinaloa state government convened an urgent meeting of security officials on Saturday to discuss the upsurge in violence and to chart a response.

Germany's Marcel Kittel meets expectations and wins the second stage of the Tour de France with a commanding sprint finish while three-time champion Chris Froome manages to finish in the main pack after falling to the pavement amid a mass crash

Germany's Marcel Kittel meets expectations and wins the second stage of the Tour de France with a commanding sprint finish while three-time champion Chris Froome manages to finish in the main pack after falling to the pavement amid a mass crash

As Japan becomes the latest country or private entity planning to send a person to the moon, RT.com takes a look at some of the most ambitious plans for a future manned lunar mission.
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Prosecutors say he ensnared 17 victims into sex over 7-year period.

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi forces say their recent territorial gains against the Islamic State group in Mosul’s Old City have largely been propelled by airstrikes, despite a spike in allegations of civilian casualties and warnings from human rights groups of the dangers of using large munitions in the dense, highly-populated area. As strikes pummeled the

Earlier this month, U.S. hardware company Qualcomm gave a demonstration of a working fingerprint sensor integrated into a screen. While the news garnered its share of excitement among smartphone owners — the technology is rumored to be on the upcoming Apple iPhone 8 — one analyst says to press the brakes for now. In a new report, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the prototype from Qualcomm is still far from ready for consumers, according to 9To5Mac.

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces say their recent territorial gains against the Islamic State group in Mosul's Old City have largely been propelled by airstrikes, despite a spike in allegations of civilian casualties and warnings from human rights groups…

The Timberwolves and Taj Gibson agreed to a two-year, $28 million deal on Sunday, a move that will help bolster a young defense anchored by Karl-Anthony Towns.

The Timberwolves and Taj Gibson agreed to a two-year, $28 million deal on Sunday, a move that will help bolster a young defense anchored by Karl-Anthony Towns.

DETROIT — Justin Verlander’s streak of 331 games with at least one strikeout ended Sunday when he was knocked out of Detroit’s matchup against Cleveland in the fourth inning. Verlander was tied with Curt Schilling for the sixth-longest streak since 1913. He had not gone without a strikeout since April 28, 2007, when he lasted