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Amazon employees outside the Amazon Go store, which will allow customers to pluck items off shelves and walk out without having to wait in a checkout line, the company said.

Gov. Brian Sandoval and a small delegation of other governors is on a tour of the Middle East to meet troops. Sandoval spokeswoman Mari N. St. Martin declined to say what ...

Of the 27 camp invitees (three goalies, eight d-men, and 16 forwards), only 23 will make the cut.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed legislation allowing certain New Jersey student loans to be forgiven if the borrower dies.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed legislation allowing certain New Jersey student loans to be forgiven if the borrower dies.

The measure forgives New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) if the borrower dies, even if a parent or guardian co-signed the loan. The program helps cover college costs not already paid for by other grants, scholarships and loans and offers low-cost rates on loans to New Jersey residents attending eligible in-state or out-of-state schools and to out-of-state students attending a New Jersey school.

OMERS Private Markets says the sale of V.Group was its fourth successful exit worldwide this year

How can theaters fill just 1 percent of that inventory, resulting in hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars in added box office and concessions revenue? Atom, a movie ticketing app and website, has made solving that puzzle its mission — and, as it seeks to increase its user base over the busy holiday film season, it has secured backing from three Hollywood heavyweights: Atom, incubated by Lions Gate Entertainment, where the vice chairman, Michael Burns, has been a crucial supporter, makes it easy for groups of people ... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A former firefighter who held four colleagues hostage at gunpoint after he was terminated from the suburban Philadelphia department where they all volunteered has been sentenced to at least a decade in prison. Jordan was angry because he was expelled after a prospective member accused him of sexual harassment.

“I don’t know what to tell women, scared of their own president, who ask why you cancelled a hit feminist show 30 days in.”

Outgoing President Barack Obama released a report detailing the domestic and international legal framework for US wars and counterterror operations abroad and ordered national security agencies to update it annually for public release.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's plan to use steep tariffs to punish companies that move overseas is running into an obstacle: Congressional Republicans.

McCarthy's comments came in response to Trump's threat, made in a series of tweets over the weekend, that he would level taxes on companies that relocate overseas and then try to sell their products back into the U.S. "There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35% for these companies," Trump wrote. Republicans have typically opposed such tariffs as an intrusion on the free market, and it was just the latest example of Trump making a statement or coming up with a plan that flouts GOP orthodoxy. Читать дальше...

Former Ambassador, Christopher Hill, joins MTP Daily to discuss President-elect Trump’s relationship with foreign leaders and what this means for his foreign policy strategy.

Maybe you’ve heard of the “Five Stages of Grief.”

First, there’s shock and denial. That’s what I experienced on election night. “This isn’t happening. This can’t be happening.”

CINCINNATI — Rookie receiver Cody Core took off toward the backfield when the ball was snapped for what he thought was a fake reverse.

Fordham Institute's Robert Pondiscio is at it again, sowing discord in the education reform community by pitting public charter and school voucher supporters against each other. Virtually every line invites argument.

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The man who was leading FIFA's fight against match-fixing has left his post, soccer's world governing body has announced.

He'll be re-evaluated by team doctors on Wednesday.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed all charges against former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves, who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a charity golf event and a visit to a bar in 2015.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed all charges against former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves, who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a charity golf event and a visit to a bar in 2015.

The worst kind of schadenfreude.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of undergraduates at Iowa's three public universities will pay at least 2 percent more in tuition next year — and maybe an additional 2 percent the following year.

The Iowa Board of Regents voted Monday to raise tuition for resident undergraduate students for the 2017-2018 academic year.

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Monday suspended the president of the Senate from his duties as the body’s leader because the high court has ordered him to stand trial on corruption charges.