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Highland Reel shows his class to win the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot for trainer Aidan O'Brien.

Highland Reel shows his class to win the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot for trainer Aidan O'Brien.

New State-run primary schools are having to negotiate with local Catholic priests on the amount of school time they can dedicate to preparation for communion and confirmation, according to research carried out by Trinity College.

With the conflict in Ukraine now in its fourth year casualties have mounted substantially in recent months, according to a new report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Between mid-February and mid-May of this year, the period covered, U.N. investigators documented 193 conflict-related civilian casualties, including 36 deaths. “This is a 48 percent increase over the last reporting period,” said High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein in presenting an oral update on the human rights situation. Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY — May was Mexico’s bloodiest month in at least 20 years and homicides are up sharply in 2017 compared with last year, according to newly released government crime statistics. Statistics published Tuesday by the Interior Department said that 2,186 people were murdered last month. The previous monthly high was 2,131 in May 2011,

Rep. Peter King said that Republican secrecy creating their healthcare bill "makes it look like they have something to hide."

Uber directors don't need to make themselves crazy finding a new CEO. A great one is sitting under their nose.

PARIS — The Latest on the shake-up of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government (all times local): 6:25 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron has brought in little-known figures to his government in a reshuffle after corruption scandals started tarnishing his young Cabinet. Macron had planned to rearrange the government after his centrist party won a majority

This burglar didn't expect his crime to be such a kick in the pants.

WASHINGTON — With a boost from President Donald Trump, House Republicans will revive efforts to shift responsibility for the nation’s air traffic control operations to a private, non-profit corporation. Republican Rep. Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says the committee will consider his legislation next week. He expects the full

Sources tell the Tribune the artist only applied for a travel visa this week with boyfriend Mampintsha.

Sources tell the Tribune the artist only applied for a travel visa this week with boyfriend Mampintsha.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat against England in the first Twenty20 international at Southampton on Wednesday.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers won the toss and elected to bat against England in the first Twenty20 international at Southampton on Wednesday.

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Uber will approach Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to replace Travis Kalanick as the company's CEO, partially because a female would be good for optics, according to the New York Post.

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In summer 2007, the Los Angeles County median home price hit an all-time high of $550,000. It soon plunged as the housing bubble burst and the national economy crashed.

They still stand as the only couple from “The Bachelor” who are still together after becoming engaged during their season’s finale, and life after the series has been pretty good for Sean and Catherine Lowe. The reality TV couple, who became engaged during Lowe’s season of the show and married in a televised ceremony in 2014, are not only still happily married, but are also parents these days to a son, Samuel. But while they may be the only original ‘Bachelor’ couple to still be together, they don’t... Читать дальше...

North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un enjoys a life of luxury as his country’s economy goes belly up.

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that he plans to further enhance his country's cooperation with its biggest ally, the United States, calling the Korea-U.S. alliance the backbone of Seoul's security and forei

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service scanned the scene.

A 14-year-old boy died after falling 60 feet down the elevator shaft of an abandoned hospital in Port Chester. Officers responded to a 911 call about a group of teens on the roof of the former New York United Hospital Center at around 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to ABC 7. When they got there, officers...

Last month, Sofia Coppola became the second woman to win best director at the Cannes Film Festival, arguably the second most prestigious director’s award behind the Academy Awards, following the Soviet Union’s Yuliya Solntseva, who won for “Chronicle of Flaming Years” in 1961. “The Beguiled,” the film that wowed the jury on the French Riviera, opens in San Francisco on Friday, June 30. [...] the Roxie Theater pays tribute to an increasingly important career with a double feature of the much-lauded... Читать дальше...

Bolt, who has won three Olympic 100m-200m doubles, will only compete in the 100m for his farewell at the worlds.