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Regardless of whether you’re voting for Trump or Clinton, let’s take a moment to bask in the glow of Michelle Obama while she’s still in the White House.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Mayor Edwin M. Lee today signed the City’s two-year balanced budget for Fiscal Years 2016-17 and 2017-18. To deliver this two-year consensus budget proposal, Mayor Lee worked with the Board of Supervisors and heard directly from residents and community leaders throughout the City, by meeting with residents, nonprofit organizations, City Commissioners, labor, business owners, and advocates to discuss priorities and address concerns including homelessness, quality of life... Читать дальше...

Thirteen rounds of talks have been held between India and Pakistan on the issue of withdrawing troops from Siachen and New Delhi has made it clear that it is part of the larger issue of Islamabad supporting terrorism in India, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

A vibrant economy is in the best interests of the JPMorgan Chase CEO. His expectations, though, look a little misplaced.

JEONGEUP, South Korea, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean city of Jeongeup has drawn up a plan to increase its seedless watermelons to Japan this year on the back of their growing popularity in the neighboring country, the municipal government said Tu

A California sheriff says several injured passengers lost limbs when a speeding bus veered off a highway and struck a pole, killing five people. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke tells The Associated Press that the bus hit the pole of a highway sign head-on early Tuesday, and it sheared through the vehicle before stopping at the first axle "with a great impact." Warnke says rescuers brought out "bags of body parts" from the survivors following the crash on State Route 99 just south of Livingston. Читать дальше...

Paris has to reinstate border controls to be able to decide who may be allowed to enter France and who may not, in order to avert further terror attacks, a member of France Arise party told Sputnik.

The melee was caught on camera.

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to stabilise the Niger Delta region following the unrest that has bedeviled Nigeria’s south-south. According to Channels Television, President Buhari made this vow while addressing journalists after a meeting with Patrice Talon, the newly-elected president of Benin Republic in Abuja on Tuesday, August 2. Buhari stated further that by providing […]

Looking for love in all the wrong places? “The Bachelorette” star JoJo Fletcher found her knight in shining armor during Season 12 of the popular ABC series on Monday and you, too, can be so lucky.

The Latest from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest surprise Monday for 10-year-old Rainn Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal…

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest surprise Monday for 10-year-old Rainn Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal…

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest surprise Monday for 10-year-old Rainn Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal…

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest surprise Monday for 10-year-old Rainn Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal she won in the 3,000 meters. [...] as Rainn was being interviewed by a local reporter Monday at the race venue, Tonia Handy surprised her daughter with a giant hug. After The Associated Press wrote Friday about the family's challenges, a New York philanthropist contacted Handy and bought her a plane ticket. Читать дальше...

Medal projections for the 2016 Rio Olympics, compiled from predictions by the staff of The Associated Press who cover each sport:

Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for 3-year-old Merleah Guinn after she disappeared Monday night from her home in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.

Jimmy Fallon is set to host the 2017 Golden Globes, the news was just revealed by NBC. Ricky Gervais hosted the show last year, and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have hosted in the past several years as well. The show will be one of the first of the awards season, airing on January 8, [...]

Opposition ready to start next phase in a referendum to recall president

The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) had earlier on June 4 cancelled the results of two toppers of the Intermediate (Science) examinations after they failed to prove their merits.