Michelle Obama Campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia...
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Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf will forfeit $41m (£31.5m) in bonuses as the bank tries to deal with a scandal over its sales practices. The bank is investigating how two million accounts were opened without customers' permissi...
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3bn (£2.3bn) to fund medical research over the next decade. At a press conference in San Francisco, they said their ultimate goal was to "cure, prevent o...
Boasting the largest economy in the world, the U.S. provides global organizations access to both a robust customer base as well as the skilled talent necessary to fulfill a company’s business requirements. Multinational companies may fi...
Fans came out to Madison Square Garden on Sunday night expecting to see the MTV VMAs. Instead, they got an epic Beyonce concert. The Queen Bey shut it down as she performed more than five songs over 15 minutes that left the audience standin...
Two people have been rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island after a US Navy helicopter spotted their SOS sign. The pilots spotted the sign drawn into sand on East Fayu Island in Micronesia and alerted the US Coast Guard. It followed a w...
Beach Warning: Shallow Water Brings Potential for Severe Injuries...
The U.S. Olympic Committee Thursday night apologized to Brazil for the "distracting ordeal" stemming from what Brazilian authorities call a fabricated claim of a gunpoint robbery by a group of swimmers in Rio de Janeiro. "The...
She has flipped, tumbled and leapt her way into the hearts of millions over the course of the Olympic games. But when Simone Biles returns home she will be in for not just a major celebration but also a hefty tax bill. The 19-year-old has w...
A series of coordinated blasts across Thailand has targeted tourist towns leaving four dead and many injured, with reports of more explosions. In the popular resort town of Hua Hin four bombs exploded over the past 24 hours. Several blasts a...
Inside the Food and Culture of Rio de Janeiro...
Satellite images appear to show China has built aircraft hangars on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The images, from late July, were released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and appear to confirm that Chinese military f...
A hearing on Amber Heard's allegations that Johnny Depp physically abused her is expected to last up to a week, prompting a judge Tuesday to delay its start. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl H. Moor ruled Tuesday that the hearing will b...
The 2016 Olympic Games officially start in Rio on Friday with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium. Athletes from 206 nations and a refugee team are in Brazil to compete in 28 sports and be watched by a global audience of billions. ...
Rio 2016 officially gets under way with the opening ceremony on Friday - but did you know football kicks off the action two days earlier? The first group stages of the women's tournament take place on Wednesday - so-called day -2 - with Swed...
Food and Culture in Philadelphia's Old City...
Two men with ties to ISIS, stormed a church demanding that a priest kneel at the altar and then killed him. Father Jacques Hamel was conducting morning mass in his church. One of the two men who attacked him was wearing an electronic surv...
When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a new study confirms. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in). The research, published in...
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