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McEnroe Regrets Serena ‘No. 700 On Men’s Tour’ Remark

John McEnroe said Wednesday he would have been better off never trying to compare Serena Williams to men's tennis...

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US To Toughen Airline Security; No Laptop Ban Expansion

The United States announced Wednesday it would implement tough new security rules for all airlines flying into the...

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McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care

Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an...

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US Man Breaks the Ten Commandments — With His Car

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for ramming his car into a monument to the Ten Commandments outside the Arkansas...

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Gunmen Attack UN Convoy Near Libya Capital

Gunmen attacked a UN convoy on Wednesday near Zawiyah, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a...

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FedEx Unit TNT ‘significantly Affected’ By Virus

Shipping giant FedEx said Wednesday that deliveries were slowed at its Dutch unit TNT Express after the firm was hit by...

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Michael Moore Donates $10,000 To Trump-As-Caesar Theater

American filmmaker Michael Moore has donated $10,000 to a New York theater that staged a controversial production of...

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Time Asks Trump Org To Pull Mock Magazine Covers

Time Magazine said Wednesday it has asked the Trump Organization to take down a mock front cover celebrating Donald...

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When Trump Raises Funds For Trump At the Trump Hotel

The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for it --...

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Tax Software Blamed For Cyber-Attack Spread

A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of...

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Samsung To Invest $380 Mn In New Plant In US

Samsung plans to invest $380 million and hire nearly 1,000 workers for a new manufacturing plant for home appliances in...

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US Trial of Pharma Bad Boy Shkreli Delayed Over Jury Selection

The US securities fraud trial of Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive who gained notoriety for jacking up...

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Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday

Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to...

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Michigan Airport Attacker To Stay In Jail Pending Trial

A US judge denied bond Wednesday to the Canadian man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport, in...

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Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President

Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate...

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Steve Earle, Country Outlaw Turned Renaissance Man, Refinds Roots

Steve Earle is a country rocker who has distinguished himself far beyond music, a Texan who long ago left the state,...

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North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park

North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an...

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Deal Reached On Cuts To UN Peacekeeping

A tentative deal on nearly $600 million in cuts to the UN peacekeeping budget has been reached following weeks of tough...

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Activists Who Probed Ivanka Trump Supplier Released

Three activists who were detained last month while investigating working conditions at a Chinese factory making Ivanka...