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Amid Antitrust Concerns, Fantasy Sports Sites Call Off Merger

Fantasy sports websites DraftKings and FanDuel announced Thursday they were calling off their planned merger, following...

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China’s Feng Grabs Early Lead At US Women’s Open

China's Feng Shanshan fired a bogey-free six-under-par 66 Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead over South Korean Amy Yang...

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Morocco PM Plans Government Visits After Social Unrest

Morocco's government will make a regional tour to examine development projects, Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani...

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New Republican Health Bill Teeters, With Support In Doubt

Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top...

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Egypt Churches Suspend Activities For Security Reasons

Egypt's Coptic and Evangelical Churches have suspended some of their activities for security reasons after a spate of...

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Chicago’s Storied Sun-Times Newspaper Sold, For A Song

The Chicago Sun-Times, the city's oldest continuously published daily and winner of eight Pulitzer prizes, has been...

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Windows Phone 8 Fades Out As Microsoft Mulls Mobile Strategy

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...

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Oladipo, Lowry, Porzingis Join NBA’s Africa Game Lineups

NBA standouts Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo and Kristaps Porzingis were among the players named by the league Thursday to...

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Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces

Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...

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Japanese Southpaw Miura Tries To Reclaim World Title

Japan's Takashi Miura set aside his depression 18 months ago and began working to reclaim the World Boxing Council...

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Trump, Macron Avoid Criticism of China’s Xi

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart offered praise for Xi Jinping at a press conference Thursday, but...

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Liu Xiaobo’s Family By His Side When He Died

The family of China's Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was by his side when he died on Thursday after his...

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Trumping Competition, ‘SNl’ Leads Emmys Field After Mocking Prez

Long-running comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live" was showered with love by the Television Academy Thursday after a...

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Mali Conflict Spreading To Burkina Faso, Niger

The conflict in Mali is spilling over to Burkina Faso and Niger, with a significant surge of attacks by extremist...

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Jewish Group Slams Pink Floyd Legend Waters As Anti-Semitic

A Jewish association in Miami accused Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters of being anti-Semitic as he prepared to give a...

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‘Challenging’ For US Economy To Grow By 3%

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen warned Thursday that the Trump administration target of three percent growth will be...

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Italy Proposes Libya Pact To Curb Illegal Migration

Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Thursday proposed a pact with Libya to combat human trafficking during a...

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Republicans Unveil Revised Health Care Bill

Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging Donald Trump's top legislative...

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Jimmy Carter Treated For Dehydration In Canada

Former US president Jimmy Carter became dehydrated while working on a Habitat for Humanity building site in Canada and...