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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again. Clifford is familiar with Howard, having coached him for six seasons as an assistant in Orlando and Los Angeles. “I know what he has to do to play

It certainly has been an unusual period for the financial markets, here in the US and internationally. Mid-year is a good time to take account of what we have seen, what we know, and what we expect. So here we go.

The (Zanesville) Times Recorder reports (http://ohne.ws/2rQhMrB ) two Goodwill employees in Zanesville initially thought it was play money or counterfeit cash after finding $97,000 in hundred dollar bills in a duffel bag inside a box of clothes last week. The duffel bag also contained legal documents and the last will and testament for Dan and Lynette Leckrone of Lewisville, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) west of Columbus.

A former Chelsea vegan restaurant owner was sent to Rikers Island on Wednesday for the next three-and-a-half months.

David Harris, who was dumped by the Jets in a move unpopular among his now ex-teammates, is set to join Gang Green's rival: the Patriots.

JERUSALEM — Israel’s air force chief is warning that his country will strike Hezbollah “with full force” in any future war with the Lebanese Shiite militant group. Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel touted Israel’s superior air power and build-up at a conference Wednesday, saying it can deliver in 48 hours the same blow it took 34

LONDON — Boris Becker was declared bankrupt by a British court on Wednesday after the former tennis player failed to pay a long-standing debt.

Two decades after the U.S. farm crisis, the suicide rate among American farmers remains much higher than among other workers, a new study finds.

Two decades after the U.S. farm crisis, the suicide rate among American farmers remains much higher than among other workers, a new study finds.

Jean-Baptiste Béranger

On the western border of Kiruna, Sweden, the state-owned mining company, LKAB, has been extracting iron ore from the Kirunavaara mountains for over a decade. But the long-term mining has caused fissures that are creeping closer to the city center of Kiruna.

Now, LKAB — which also founded the Arctic town in 1900 — is funding Kiruna's relocation nearly two miles east, so that it can continue mining in the mountains.

Moving an entire town is no easy task... Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte coach Steve Clifford is confident he can help newly acquired Hornets center Dwight Howard become a dominant force and an NBA All-Star again.

Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon share the real love story behind their new comedy.

Mick Stevens’s Daily Cartoon considers Travis Kalanick’s last day at work.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A 71-year-old prisoner who was a juvenile when he killed a sheriff’s deputy in 1963 will get parole consideration. District Judge Richard D. Anderson resentenced Henry Montgomery in a Baton Rouge courtroom Wednesday. Montgomery had appealed his life-without-parole sentence to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court ruled in Montgomery’s favor

Election systems in 21 states were targeted by Russian cyberattacks during the 2016 presidential election, a Homeland Security official told a Senate committee.

“We’re not necessarily bleeding-heart liberal.”

Major for-profit health insurance companies are wary of the American Health Care Act, the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. But they’re not throwing all they’ve got into lobbying against it. They are working with congressional Republicans, looking ahead to big tax cuts and other bills affecting federal health policy.

Some nonprofit health insurers, though, aren’t so concerned. Ken Janda, CEO of Community Health Choice... Читать дальше...