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The thing that has always made the Big East Tournament and Madison Square Garden such a magical 35-year marriage is the uncanny way so many conference teams have been able to transform the World’s Most Famous Arena – WMFA, for short – to a homecourt-fieldhouse-of-the-moment. For St. John’s it was easy: the WMFA is one of...

Amazon has reportedly agreed to acquire smart home company Ring for more than $1 billion, according to Reuters. Ring is best known for selling its connected doorbells, security cameras, and floodlights, while Amazon introduced its own line of smart home solutions last fall with the Amazon Cloud Cam and Amazon Key.

Even with a $1.7M offer accepted, one couple just couldn't go through with the sale when they happened to find out.

PHOENIX (AP) — Allegations of impropriety against the top candidates were on voters' minds as the last ballots were being cast in Tuesday's Republican primary to replace a U.S. congressman from Arizona who quit amid charges of sexual misconduct last year. Arizona relies heavily on mail-ballots and they were completed before the sex-related and campaign funding revelations surfaced. So it was unclear just how much of an impact the early voting would have on the contest wrapping up to replace former Rep. Читать дальше...

Ansah had a team-high 12 sacks last season despite being plagued by injuries.

With German Angela Merkel’s CDU Party finally agreeing a coalition deal with the Social Democrats, it seems that the stalemate in German politics that has plagued the country over the past year may be finally drawing to a close.

U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, has had his security clearance downgraded, in a move that will limit his access to the most sensitive information. Kushner was one of several White House aides working with an interim security clearance at the Top Secret/SCI-level. They were informed in a memo sent Friday that their clearances would be downgraded to the Secret level, Politico reported Tuesday. SCI stands for sensitive compartmentalized information, used... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's longtime aide Hope Hicks is declining to answer questions about her time in the White House in a closed-door interview with the House intelligence committee. The panel is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and any contacts between Trump's campaign and Russia. As one of Trump's closest aides, Hicks is a key eyewitness to his actions over the past several years. She was his spokeswoman during the 2016 presidential campaign and is now White House communications director.

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McDonald's has been a fast food chain for over 60 years and has experienced dozens of its items becoming bestsellers. Despite not using real eggs, the McGriddles breakfast sandwich is the 10th most successful menu item. The fast food chain might not be known for its dessert options but that doesn't stop the Baked Apple Pie from being the sixth-most popular item of all time. #10: McGriddles breakfast sandwich McDonald's/Facebook

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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is to travel to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time since his resignation in the kingdom sparked a crisis, a government source said.

U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President's Daily Brief, as the White House moves to impose greater discipline on access to secrets, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Kushner, a close Trump adviser who has been operating under an interim security clearance for about a year, had his access to the highly classified briefing cut off in the past few weeks, said the sources.

U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President's Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secrets, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Kushner, who has been operating under an interim security clearance for about a year, had his access to the highly classified briefing cut off in the past few weeks, said the sources. A third official, also speaking on condition of anonymity... Читать дальше...

Real Madrid struggled without the rested Cristiano Ronaldo as they were beaten 1-0 away at lowly Espanyol on Tuesday.

The Cameroon left-back has put pen to papers and will continue his stay at the Seagulls in a deal that runs through till the end of next campaign

Christian leaders said Tuesday that they will reopen the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes on church properties in the holy city. Major denominations, including the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches, said in a statement that the church would reopen early Wednesday after being closed for three days to protest the Israeli tax plan. The Israeli move had enraged religious leaders, who shuttered one of Christianity's most important... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks on Tuesday late afternoon were set to the end lower, with the S&P 500 index on pace to book its worst single-session drop since early February after the market's buckled lower following the first public appearance for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman, replacing Janet Yellen. The S&P 500 index was on track to book its worst drop, off 30 points, or 1.1%, at 2,749, since Feb. 8, according to FactSet data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average looked set to give up about 240 points to 25,465... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it will support local officials in hundreds of lawsuits against manufacturers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement Tuesday. He says it's the first action by a newly formed task force that aims to more aggressively target drug makers and distributors of the medications that are fueling the nation's drug abuse epidemic. The Trump administration has said it is focusing intensely on fighting opioid addiction. Читать дальше...

There’s a saying – in life as in football – that if something isn’t broke then don’t fix it. It beggars belief, then, that Arsene Wenger chose to abandon the four-man defence, that had limited both Everton and Spurs to a goal each in their last two Premier League encounters, in favour of the 3-4-2-1 formation Wenger has played for the majority of the season. With a three-man back line flanked by Hector Bellerin and Sead Kolasinac acting as wingbacks... Читать дальше...

He’s taking these car washes to the cleaners. A clever bandit has stolen thousands of dollars on an interstate robbery spree targeting self-serve car washes. His weapon of choice? A laminated $20 bill on a string. The thief was caught on surveillance in Mooresville, Ind., on Aug. 4, 2017, and Jan. 26, according to the...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thousands of striking schoolteachers who have shut down West Virginia classrooms for days are demanding a face-to-face meeting with the governor and legislative leaders on their pay grievances, a union official said this week. Teachers rallied Monday outside the state Capitol amid pledges to continue the walkout that began Thursday, unless their complaints are heard. The state’s average teacher pay ranks among the lowest in the nation and teachers are balking at approved increases they say are too stingy. Читать дальше...

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• There are both good and bad effects of discontinuing your form of birth control.
• Being on birth control and then getting off will continue to keep your risk of ovarian cancer low.
• On the other hand, no longer using birth control can make your endometriosis symptoms worse.  
• Your cycle can go back to being irregular.

Whether you've just started birth control or have been on it for years, you probably have your own very specific reason why you started it. Читать дальше...

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The Department of Justice will create a new task force to combat the surging opioid epidemic, focused in particular on the contributions of opioid manufacturers and distributors to the epidemic's rising death toll, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday.

Dramatic police bodycam footage shows the moment a police officer in Kentucky fatally shot a suspect who was armed with a metal pole and a knife – a shooting “without any justification,” according to the man’s attorney. Video obtained by WDRB shows the moment a Fulton police officer fired two shots into the body of...