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The fraternity that became embroiled in controversy after a grainy cell phone video went viral showing members from the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant on a bus has released the findings of an investigation it undertook to understand and address diversity issues within the organization.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, looking for a receptive audience for his attacks on Donald Trump, cast aspersions on Friday on the front-runner's character and moral standards, citing his propensity to insult his adversaries and his use of vulgar language.

Crude oil just had its biggest day in seven years.

On Friday, West Texas Intermediate crude futures in New York surged 12% to $29.44 per barrel, its biggest intraday percentage gain since February 2009.

On Thursday, WTI fell to a 12-year low of $26.21. Prices had been declining earlier in the week after the International Energy Agency warned that the excess of supply over demand was set to worsen.

But prices started rebounding Thursday after a Wall Street Journal reporter... Читать дальше...

Ellen DeGeneres tried to praise President Barack Obama for his advocacy on gay rights on her show Friday. But the president made sure to praise DeGeneres for the work she has done in this area too.

The Raiders have extended their lease at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland for another year, giving time for the city and team to work on an agreement that would keep the Raiders in town for a much longer period of time. Raiders owner Mark Davis said that the Oakland A’s are a major impediment to…

Welcome to Kobe Bryant Appreciation Weekend -- the NBA’s three-day, midseason circus formerly known as its All-Star break. While the best and brightest of the NBA family comes together every February for the dunk contest, the three-point contest and the star-studded game itself, this year’s iteration of the festivities seems less centered than ever on the actual on-court activities, with a large portion of Friday’s media day focused, instead, on the fireworks surrounding Bryant's last All-Star rodeo. Читать дальше...

It's not easy to make the task of writing cinematic, and I can only imagine that doing the same for editing is even more difficult. But Michael Grandage, the screenwriter behind "The Madness Of King George," will attempt to do just that with this directorial debut, "Genius." The film centers around editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and "Look Homeward, Angel" author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law), and the creative relationship between the pair. Perkins, who also worked with Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald... Читать дальше...

There's no time for tradition in Bachelor Nation! While many couples chose not to spend their last night as "singles" together, Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert aren't...

Despite being blind from birth, Rachel Starritt recently took centre stage in a festival on Beethoven's music.

CAIRO (AP) — When a doctor at a Cairo hospital told a police officer that his cut didn't require stitches, the response was startling and brutal. Police beat up the doctor and a colleague and …

CAIRO (AP) — When a doctor at a Cairo hospital told a police officer that his cut didn't require stitches, the response was startling and brutal. Police beat up the doctor and a colleague and …

Failure of government to intervene in a meaningful way is ‘shocking,’ says UBC geography professor David Ley

Zika vaccine is at least a year and a half away: WHO

– Senator Ben Murray-Bruce compared the age of Nigerian ministers and their counterparts from the United Arab Emirates – The senator concluded that Nigeria desperately needs youths as ministers and heads of parastatals Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East senatorial constituency in the National Assembly has taken a critical look at the average age of ministers in the […]

IDBI Bank on Friday reported a loss of Rs 2,184 crore for the December quarter, making it the largest-ever quarterly loss by an Indian bank and casting a shadow over the government's plan to divest up to 26% stake to strategic investors.

A secretly recorded video of a teacher at a well-known New York charter school berating a first-grader in front of her classmates for failing to explain a math problem correctly, first published in the New York Times, is getting a lot of attention. And it's easy to see why:

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Just hours into its schedule and it's not hem heights or Kanye West's latest take on the trainer which are dominating conversations at New York Fashion Week but Beyoncé who's recently unveiled Formation video remains the talk of the town. 

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Wall's resignation comes as news of the FBI assumes control of the Lincoln Hills abuse investigation.

Sanders, the son of a Polish immigrant, made history in New Hampshire this week.

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Giant tech companies are going to go after "unbelievable acquisition opportunities," according to Goldman Sachs' president, Gary Cohn.

In a recent Q&A with The Information's Jessica Lessin, Cohn said that "anything under $10 billion" could become an acquisition target.

He said that when firms' multiples are based on eyeballs or users, they can't be acquired by those whose multiples are based on earnings because "it's too dilutive."

That's changing. Читать дальше...

The meeting comes nearly 1,000 years after Eastern Orthodoxy split with Rome. They will address the rift between the two branches of Christianity.

Pope Francis wears a traditional Mexican sombrero hat he received as a gift by a Mexican journalist aboard the plane during Friday's flight from Rome

– Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled pro-Biafra leader believes it will take some bloodshed to actualize the Biafran dream. – Kanu makes a striking revelation that the death of some Biafrans is inevitable but their sacrifice will be worth it in the end when Biafra eventually becomes a reality. Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra […]

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