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Comments AA The Chicago White Sox have suspended ace Chris Sale five days without pay for destroying collared throwback uniforms the team was scheduled to wear. The White Sox announced the punishment on Sunday after Sale was scratched from his scheduled start and sent home the previous night. The suspension comes to $250,000 of his […]

Comments Print /License AA An array of new research findings is showing how a rich mental life, and potentially a specific type of brain exercise, may act as bulwarks against the onset of dementia. The results are being presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, the world’s largest gathering of researchers in the […]

Comments AA Asian shares held near nine-month highs on Monday as worries over the impact of Britain’s Brexit vote eased amid efforts to maintain growth, while the dollar was buoyed by a run of solid U.S. economic data. Policy makers from the Group of 20 countries agreed to work to support global growth and better […]

Comments Print /License AA After seven days in solitary confinement, Brett Crane told prison staff he wanted to transform into a werewolf. As his days in “the pit” marched on, he says he saw demons, heard voices and predicted that an imminent earthquake would wipe out humanity. Health staff at the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre […]

Comments Print /License AA Though no one will be pleased by it – except perhaps Russia – the International Olympic Committee showed on Sunday that it is occasionally capable of something other than cynical self-interest. The easy thing to do would have been to expel the Russian team en masse from the Rio Games after […]

Benedict Cumberbatch had a whirlwind San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, with two big projects to show off. On Saturday night, he was giving updates on Doctor Strange at the Marvel panel. A few hours later on Sunday morning, he had to be in Hall H once again for the new season of Sherlock. Doctor Strange […]

[embedded content] Nebraska punter Sam Foltz and former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler were tragically killed in a car accident. Foltz and Sadler were coming back from a kicking camp along with LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye. Delahoussaye was the only survivor of the accident. Here’s what you need to know. 1. Foltz & Sadler Were […]

Who’s behind the hacking of the nearly 20,000 Democratic National Committee emails and other documents distributed by WikiLeaks? He claims to be a hacktivist known as “Guccifer 2.0,” but Hillary Clinton’s campaign says that’s just a cover story for Russian intelligence. Donald Trump’s campaign calls the claimed Russian connection “absurd,” and WikiLeaks denies Russian intelligence […]Read More

It was about six months ago when global stock markets were crashing, that China tightened its control on local media, and ordered the local press and news outlets to stick to “positive reporting” or else “risk the stability of the country.”  As we reported back in February “China is now openly declaring war on anyone […]Read More

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, The Western public doesn’t know it, but Washington and its European vassals are convincing Russia that they are preparing to attack. Eric Zuesse reports on a German newspaper leak of a Bundeswehr decision to declare Russia to be an enemy nation of Germany. According to a report issued on June […]

[embedded content] One person, likely a suicide attacker, was killed and 10 people were wounded Sunday night in an explosion at a restaurant in Ansbach, Germany, officials say. The blast was caused by a bomb, possibly an improvised explosive device, or IED, according to the German newspaper Bild. SWAT police teams could be seen in […]

(Twitter / B3zero) At least one person is dead after a suspected IED, or improvised explosive device, was detonated at Eugene’s Wine Bar in Ansbach, Germany. The explosion occurred as an outdoor music festival, attended by 2,500 people, was held nearby. The blast was caused by a bomb, possibly an improvised explosive device, or IED, […]