MIAMI — The Miami Marlins acquired Jeff Francoeur from the Atlanta Braves in a three-team trade Wednesday night, hoping the well-traveled outfielder can provide a boost toward a playoff spot.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — While Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton expects to swallow a severe grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg hopes to take advantage.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is nominating current World Bank President Jim Yong Kim for a second term leading the 189-nation international lending organization. In making the announcement Thursday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew praised Kim for using his first term at the World Bank to effectively address “today’s most pressing global challenges in innovative ways, […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareTOKYO — Global stocks fell Thursday in lackluster trading as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Friday for hints on a possible further interest rate increase.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world’s biggest pearl, which he had hidden under a bed for more than 10 years as a lucky charm, a tourism official said Thursday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BAGAN, Myanmar — It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan built more than 10,000 magnificent religious monuments.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Former Rio Rancho veterinarian faces 22 counts of animal cruelty
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share"Hell or High Water," which follows Toby and Tanner Howard (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) as they begin robbing branches of the bank that's about to foreclose on their mother's home, as well as Texas Rangers Marcus Hamilton (Jeff Bridges) and Alberto Parker (Gil Birmingham), is the best movie I've seen in 2016.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWARSAW, Poland — Explorers’ great hopes for finding a legendary Nazi “gold train” in Poland appeared dashed Wednesday when, after digging extensively, they admitted they have found “no train, no tunnel” at the site.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
MOSCOW — The Russian anti-doping agency says a coach linked to more than 20 doping cases has lost his appeal against a life ban from athletics. Viktor Chegin was banned in March on evidence he oversaw mass doping by Russian race walkers at his training center, the base for many Olympic and world championship medalists.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
NEW YORK — Stocks are mostly unchanged in morning trading Thursday as investors sift through a handful of earnings reports. Several companies including HP and Dollar General fell after their results disappointed investors.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
PODGORICA, Montenegro — For a priest in Montenegro, Pokemons are no game. Father Rafailo of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro has denounced the fictional figures in the “Pokemon Go” reality game as demons hailing an upcoming evil.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s health ministry says the agriculture ministers of Romania and Kuwait are receiving hospital treatment for minor injuries after being involved in a car crash. The ministry said Agriculture Minister Achim Irimescu and Kuwaiti counterpart Ali Saleh Al-Omair sustained head injuries Thursday morning in southern Romania after the car they were traveling […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAMATRICE, Italy — Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy, but the death toll rose to 247 and Italy once again anguished over trying to secure its medieval communities built on seismic lands.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BOYLSTON, Mass. — The towering, whimsical shapes Patrick Dougherty creates by twisting and weaving sticks together have gained him an international following. Now, the artist who lives in a log cabin near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is back in New England to build two more of his almost cartoon-like stick sculptures.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
It wasn't quite the new-look La Cueva Bears we were expecting, but it wasn't an entirely old school ...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSINGAPORE — The world’s first self-driving taxis will be picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday. Select members of the public will be able to hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Three children kidnapped after their mother was killed in a remote area outside Los Angeles were found safe Wednesday as authorities continued to search for the couple wanted in connection with both crimes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSanta Fe police have obtained the cellphone records of a woman who may have been texting before she rear-ended a motorcyclist who later died from his injuries, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Santa Fe District Court Wednesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
NAIROBI, Kenya — The National Olympic Committee of Kenya was disbanded by the government on Thursday and an investigation launched into alleged mismanagement of the country’s team at the Rio de Janeiro Games.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
TEHRAN, Iran — The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi’s life but for an unusual program in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SAN FRANCISCO — Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads on Facebook — although not on the messaging service itself.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BERLIN — Business confidence in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has dropped unexpectedly as managers’ assessment of both their current and future situations darkened following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, a survey showed Thursday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BNEI BRAK, Israel — Hillary Clinton may become the president of Israel’s most important ally, but her image is banished from a significant swath of the country’s media: the ultra-Orthodox press whose deeply conservative readership chafes at images of women.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareTen minutes after Wednesday's heartbreaking extra-inning loss in the middle of the pennant race that ...
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePHOENIX — Donald Trump will return to Phoenix next week but campaign staffers now say he won’t be delivering a speech outlining his immigration policy after all. Campaign officials had confirmed the planned Aug.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
West Siders are invited to celebrate their community with an afternoon of live music, a boxing exhibition and children’s activities Saturday at the annual Route 66 West Fest. Michelle Luna, executive director of the West Central Community Development Group, said the event is intended to bring the community together while encouraging residents to get involved […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePHOENIX — The Arizona attorney general is accusing a Phoenix advocacy group for the disabled of abusing the court system and suing businesses for monetary gain. Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office filed a motion Wednesday to intervene as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities Foundation against the owners […]
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