Officials in the central Mexican state of Queretaro say that five people have been killed in an explosion of fireworks that were being stockpiled for a local celebration
A jury has recommended life in prison plus 419 years for a man convicted of murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally last year
The Iraqi military says its jets bombed two Islamic State positions inside Syria that were being used for as meeting places for the jihadist group
President Donald Trump is escalating his shutdown threat over U.S.-Mexico border wall funding at a heated White House meeting with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer
Authorities say an armed man entered a cathedral in southern Brazil and opened fire during Mass, killing at least four people before killing himself
Stocks are higher on Wall Street in midday trading as traders hoped for a thaw in the trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
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Former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder Toure leaves Olympiakos after disappointing Greece return
After months of negotiations lawmakers have reached a deal on the massive $867 billion farm bill
CBS says it has sold Television City, its Los Angeles headquarters and production facility, to a real estate developer for $750 million
Sure to fuel speculation that he may jump in the Democratic presidential primary field, Florida's Andrew Gillum is set to address top national party donors gathered in Washington
A jury has started its second day of deliberations on a sentencing recommendation for a man convicted of killing a woman and injuring dozens when he drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia
The Trump administration is demanding answers from Cuba about eight of more than 100 people it says are political prisoners held by the communist government.
The Trump administration is poised to withdraw federal protections for countless waterways and wetlands across the country
The widow of an Army specialist killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Maryland last year and two other soldiers who were critically injured have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sikorsky Aircraft in Connecticut
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan(THE CONVERSATION) Public concern about Facebook’s power in society – and in politics – has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations that users’ data was analyzed by a U.K.-based marketing firm and used to construct highly targeted political propaganda in advance of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Other technology giants have also sparked
Opener Shai Hope smashed an unbeaten 146 for West Indies to beat Bangladesh off the third-to-last ball and send their one-day international series to a decider on Tuesday
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton (THE CONVERSATION) Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do naturally – may one day be possible. Big business is taking this possibility seriously. In 2013 Google founded a company called Calico to develop life extension methods, and Silicon Valley billionaires Jeff
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David R. Johnson, University of Nevada, Reno(THE CONVERSATION) What is the place of a profit motive in the production of knowledge at public universities?The Trump administration’s initial budget request presented in 2017 offered one answer to that question. According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the budget proposal included a 17 percent reduction in
Stock markets around the world jumped Tuesday on hopes that trade tensions between the world's largest economies may ease after U.S. and Chinese officials spoke on the phone
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