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Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish winner of the Man Booker Prize for her experimental tale of sexual coercion, Milkman.

It was shaping up to be an awful day for Manchester United. We faced West Ham away, four points ahead of second-placed Arsenal, and went 2-0 down courtesy of two Mark Noble penalties within the first 25 minutes. Everything that could go wrong did. West Ham never lay down when United are in town, so […]

A number of Liverpool fans were left drooling over Harry Wilson’s performance for Wales in their 1-0 win against the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, currently out on loan at Derby County, scored a sublime set piece to open the scoring for Ryan Giggs’ side in their UEFA Nations League clash. The strike follows his phenomenal free kick effort against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup last month, and the Reds fans were understandably thrilled with his latest moment of magic. Читать дальше...

The survey asked potential voters of each party how happy or unhappy they were with the leader's performance.

An international traveler with a confirmed case of the measles visited several areas in New York and New Jersey counties, and health officials are warning that others may have been exposed to the disease.

Some enterprising scammers have been tricking iPhone users into downloading apps that charge $4 per week or more — sometimes working out to hundreds of dollars per year. But Apple appears to be removing

New York’s Bob Meusel hit for the cycle — for the record third time in his career — but that was not even mentioned in the newspaper accounts, as he and his Yankees teammates pounded the Detroit Tigers in the 12th inning of the first game of a scheduled doubleheader, posting a 12-1 destruction of the Tigers. Their 11-run outburst produced a record for the most runs scored in an extra inning in major league history.1

The Trump administration may use forthcoming sanctions on Iranian crude oil to justify a release...

Antoine Griezmann scored twice in the second half as world champions France came from behind to beat Germany 2-1 in their Nations League clash and increase the pressure on Joachim Loew.

China trimmed its holdings of U.S. Treasurys in August by about $6 billion, to the lowest level since June 2017.

The decision by five investment companies to pull the plug on a Toys “R” Us reorganization earlier this year is coming under fire from Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has named Lionel Messi as the best player in the world, ahead of his ex-teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. Scholes played with the Portuguese maestro at Old Trafford between 2003 and 2009 as he rose to prominence with the Red Devils before a move to Real Madrid. During his nine-year spell with Los […]

Bowling Green State University and the Huntington Center will pair to play host to a major college hockey tournament next season.

Golf ace Michelle Wie has always been major. The Hawaii native hit the green when she was just 4, played in her first LPGA tour event at age 12, announced that she was turning professional just before her 16th birthday in 2005 and won the US Women’s Open in 2014. When she’s not on the...

Dennis Hof, the owner of a brothel featured on HBO and a Republican nominee for Nevada’s state assembly, has died, Nye County officials announced Tuesday. He was 72. According to the Los Angeles Times, Hof’s death was announced during the Nye County Commission meeting by Chairman John Koenig, who said Hof “went to sleep last […]

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• Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday.
• The retailer received approval on Tuesday to access a $300 million loan to keep it afloat during bankruptcy.
• Shares spiked as much as 124% Tuesday before paring their gains and finishing up almost 36%.
• Watch Sears trade in real time here.

Sears Holdings soared as much as 124% — one day after filing for bankruptcy — as the embattled retailer received... Читать дальше...

The love within the envelopes coming from around the world has overwhelmed a Cape Breton man opening them for his 92nd birthday — the first without his beloved wife. Gerard Dunn's daughter posted an appeal online and never expected this many people to respond.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a surprise draw of 2.13 million barrels of United States crude oil inventories for the week ending October 12, compared to analyst expectations that this week would see a build in crude oil inventories of 2.167 million barrels. Last week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported the biggest build in more than a year, with crude oil inventories swelling by almost 10 million barrels for the week. One day later, the Energy Information Administration... Читать дальше...

MANCHESTER CITY have been handed an injury blow after Danilo left the field in TEARS for Brazil against Argentina. The 27-year-old appeared to roll his ankle after halting an Argentina attack in the 53rd minute, and was taken off the field by medical truck. The full-back was distraught as he came off to be replaced […]

In a highly unusual move, the Trump administration appears poised to replace the watchdog leading several investigations into one of its Cabinet secretaries with a political appointee.