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Artist ‘for the internet age’ famed for collages of everyday and hybrid objects

Cypress Hills: Here's where to eat near the J train stop at Cypress Hills, Brooklyn.

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Donald Trump met with former Vice President Al Gore on Monday to discuss climate change.

Gore was scheduled to meet with Trump's daughter Ivanka, but ended up speaking with the president-elect himself afterward. He described it as an "extremely interesting conversation."

"I had a lengthy and very productive session with the President-elect," Gore said, according to a pool report.

"It was a sincere search for areas of common ground. I had a meeting beforehand with Ivanka Trump," he added. Читать дальше...

The first online community radio in Nigeria has been launched in Ikorodu area of Lagos state, NAIJ.com has discovered.

To help fund the purchase, Industrial Alliance announced a $139-million equity financing

Despite already being condemned to a second place finish in its group ahead of its final match on Tuesday, manager Carlo Ancelotti is seeking to kick start Bayern Munich’s Champions League campaign at home to Atlético Madrid.

The Percy Harvin first annual unretirement has ended. There was one? The Bills have announced that Harvin has been placed on the non-football illness list. Harvin had missed the last two games with an “illness” designation; prior to the Week 12 win over the Jaguars, the illness reportedly was a recurrence of migraines. Even at…

Gen. Joseph A. Dunford’s first term as chairman of the joint chiefs ends next year, but odds that the Obama-appointed general gets a second term brightened Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump tapped fellow Marine retired Gen. James Mattis as Dunford’s new boss.

A judge on Monday ruled that testimony Bill Cosby gave in an accuser’s lawsuit can be used at his sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania.

The Weeknd had a chill time at WSJ Magazine’s 2016 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The Weeknd lands his second #1 album in a row, as Starboy enters the Billboard 200 in the top spot. Only one other artist has ever had 18 or more songs on the Hot 100 at the same time: In May, Drake charted 20 songs all at once, in the same week that his album Views debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.

The Texans lost to the Packers 21-13 in Green Bay on Sunday and one of the biggest plays for the Packers came when Aaron Rodgers hit Jordy Nelson for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Nelson was wide open on the play because cornerback Charles James slipped on the snowy Lambeau Field turf. James had…

Performer also known for her role as Cleveland Indians team owner in “Major League” Margaret Whitton, known for her roles in 1980s hit comedies “Major League” and “The Secret of My Success,” has died at the age of 67. Charlie Sheen Gets His Wish, Is Going to World Series to Cheer on Indians Michael J. Fox Salutes Chicago Cubs on World Series Win With 'Back to the Future II' Reference

The Calgary-based company is aiming to build it’s Canadian business equivalent to it’s Egyptian one, while also looking for potential acquisitions in other countries

Amazon said Monday it plans to open its first small-format grocery store, Amazon Go, in Seattle with technology that allows customers to skip checkout. Pictured above, a prototype curbside pickup Amazon location in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Photo: Jay Greene for the Wall Street Journal

With federal officials putting the brakes on construction of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, a key tribal leader is urging protesters to disband for the winter and return to their families. It's not clear if they will.

U.S. stocks resumed their climb Monday as investors bought stocks that stand to benefit from economic growth, like banks, as well as technology companies, which have been mostly left out of a post-election rally. The Dow Jones industrial set another record high.

There has been a considerable amount of speculation surrounding Apple's interest in creating a car and while the company has largely been silent about the venture, a letter from Apple to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) appears to confirm its exploration of the idea.

The local share market is set to open higher after gains overnight in the US and Europe.

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“Hadn’t been in 20 years. Shocked. £5 a pint.”

After he shared the piece with his 380,000 followers, Watson's tweet was picked up by Janie Johnson, an American author and conservative commentator, in the early hours of Monday morning.

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Johnson is a former professional tennis player. On her website, she says her tennis career resulted in "extensive travels around the world" that have helped "inform her political philosophy". Читать дальше...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals says merely expressing hope that someone will become subject to violence isn't enough to convict them of actually threatening violence.