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WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they are "greatly distressed" that the Obama administration is working to derail legislation giving them the right to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for any role that elements of the Saudi government may have played in the attack. The family members also urged Obama to permit the declassification and release of U.S. intelligence bearing on the topic of possible Saudi involvement in the attacks. The White House said it is... Читать дальше...

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Recent speculation of a potential "Game of Thrones" spin-off may be dead just as it's getting started.

Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss feel that by the end of their "Game of Thrones" run, there won't be much storytelling potential left for a spin-off.

“At a certain point,” Weiss told Variety in a recent interview, “especially if it’s a serialized story, it falls apart and loses its heat and its momentum because there’s a carrying capacity even a world... Читать дальше...

The Big Ten is on the verge of a deal that would give half of its media rights package to Fox, according to Sports Business Daily, one of the more trusted media outlets on this type of info.

Intel Corp. said Tuesday it will cut about 11 percent of its global workforce, or up to 12,000 positions, as the world’s largest chipmaker grapples with plunging global sales of desktop computers.

Of that, $200 million would go toward the income-based Monetary Award Program grants that many schools have paid upfront for needy students this year without state reimbursement. The money is in an educational assistance fund financed by income tax and gambling revenue.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is joining forces with the environmentalist Greens and the center-left Social Democrats to freeze out a nationalist party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is joining forces with the environmentalist Greens and the center-left Social Democrats to freeze out a nationalist party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is joining forces with the environmentalist Greens and the center-left Social Democrats to freeze out a nationalist party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is joining forces with the environmentalist Greens and the center-left Social Democrats to freeze out a nationalist party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Brendon Villalobos demonstrates gloves he made that translate hand gestures into computer text input with the help of Intel’s latest sensor-laden chip package, Curie.

The issue of school segregation has gotten relatively little federal attention the past few decades, despite a series of court decisions dismantling the promise of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling and schools that in some cases have regressed into separate and unequal environments. 

A Texas man used his monster truck to help a woman from the floodwaters around her home in what one local called a “redneck rescue."

Intel announced it would cut 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce, by 2017 due to restructuring.

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The first quarter of 2016 was a tale of two quarters. In Part I, from the start of the year to February 11, markets plummeted. Oil prices bottomed at $26.21 a barrel, a 13 year low, and the S&P 500 index was at its lowest level in two years. Then in Part II, things turned: Markets rallied broadly and the S&P 500 recovered over 12 percent over the following six weeks.

What’s in store for Q2?

As we head into the second quarter, the big question is: Will we see a repeat of Part 1 or Part 2? Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Intel says it will cut 12,000 jobs — about 11 percent of its workforce — as it reorganizes to confront a decline in sales of personal computers. The company, based in Santa Clara, California, is a leading supplier of computer chips, but PC sales have been declining steadily in recent years.

Intel says it will cut 12,000 jobs — about 11 percent of its workforce — as it reorganizes to confront a decline in sales of personal computers. The chipmaker said the cuts will include "voluntary and involuntary departures" from its operations around the world. Most of the affected workers ...

Actress Doris Roberts was best known for playing an overbearing yet lovable mother on Everybody Loves Raymond. NPR has a remembrance of the 90-year-old character actress, who died this week.

With the New York primary underway, NPR checks in with a reporter in far upstate New York to see what voters there are thinking on this primary day.

Presidential front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are hoping to solidify their leads in New York Tuesday, and an upset in either contest could have dramatic consequences.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou about the criminal investigation into the Theranos blood lab.

A replica of the Palmyra Arch of Triumph, a Syrian monument that was destroyed by the Islamic State, was erected in London's Trafalgar Square Tuesday. It's cut from marble and has been reconstructed using digital scanning techniques.

Omar Khadr, 30, spent a decade in U.S. custody after being captured in Afghanistan as a 15-year-old fighter. Four years ago, he was released to Canada to complete his U.S. sentence and is now reportedly betrothed to one of the activists who lobbied for his release

Sharon Premoli survived the September 11th terror attack. She was working on the 80th floor of the North Tower when the plane struck. She has spent nearly 15 years hoping to see those who financed the attacks brought to justice only, she says, to be disappointed. As President Obama prepares for his fourth trip to Saudi Arabia, she says the time has come for his administration to support the survivors and families of victims as they seek justice.