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Comey says he released the memo describing his February meeting with Trump, thinking it could bring a special counsel.

Former FBI Director James Comey spent three hours under oath Thursday explaining his private interactions with Donald Trump in the months before he was fired. While he declined to talk about details involving the federal investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, he did not hold back when it came to giving information about his tense and uncomfortable relationship with President Trump.

It was an extraordinary critique of a sitting president’s behavior and character.

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Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on attacking Europe and other areas outside that conflict zone, a senior UN official said Thursday.

"ISIL, despite continuous military pressure, continues to resist, particularly in Mosul and Raqa," said UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, using an acronym for IS.

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Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., a key GOP senator on healthcare who is up for reelection next year, said Thursday that he supports a seven-year phase-out of funding for ...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk just revealed a new Easter egg for the Model S and Model X on Thursday.

After proclaiming his love for "Monty Python" on Twitter, Musk revealed that US drivers can ask their Teslas to play any skit from the comedy. Owners can simply tap the voice button on the steering wheel and say "play 'Monty Python'" to activate the feature.

The former FBI director called the president's character into question while reflecting on his own actions in front of the Senate.

President Trump stayed silent on Twitter during former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony Thursday, but his son Donald Jr. tweeted.

Finding inspiration at the bottom of the garden

Finding inspiration at the bottom of the garden

Matt Zames, the COO of JPMorgan Chase and a 13-year veteran of the bank, is leaving the firm. That means that Wall Street needs to start guessing once more about who could eventually replace Jamie Dimon as CEO.

Martin Garrix, teaming with Troye Sivan, marches onto Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated June 17) at No. 12 with "There...

In that moment, James Comey became President of the United States.

DES MOINES, Iowa — After more than two months without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has grown to $435 million. The jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing would tie for the nation’s 10th largest lottery prize. No one has matched all the balls drawn in the Powerball game since April 1, when a player in Arizona

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Authorities say former NFL wide receiver James Hardy has been found dead in a river in northeast Indiana. The Allen County Coroner’s Office says the 31-year-old’s body was identified Thursday, but that the cause and manner of death are still being investigated. The coroner says the former Buffalo Bills and Baltimore

After commemorating their third wedding anniversary, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have something else to celebrate, the rapper’s 40th birthday. On Thursday, Kardashian wished West a happy birthday on both Twitter and Instagram. In the social media posts, Kardashian shared a photo of the two holding hands while looking overjoyed to be in one another’s company.

Track won't apply traction compound used at Bristol and Charlotte.

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Les Bleus' number one goalkeeper has pinpointed RB Leipzig star Emil Forsberg as a key threat in Janne Andersson's side

15 years ago today in Memphis, a must-see heavyweight collision took place, and going in nobody really knew what to expect. What we did see when a still-in-his-prime Lennox Lewis met former champ Mike Tyson was the utter annihilation of a once great fighter; in many ways a spectacle that was equally as sad to see as Rocky Marciano’s retirement of the one great Joe Louis.

MARK WEBSTER: The word ‘surreal’ is mentioned at the start. And ‘complex’ towards the end. Neither word, patently, an exaggeration. That becomes painfully clear in Forbidden Games.

MARK WEBSTER: The word ‘surreal’ is mentioned at the start. And ‘complex’ towards the end. Neither word, patently, an exaggeration. That becomes painfully clear in Forbidden Games.

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Back in 1987, Nancy Knowlton and her husband David Martin founded Smart Technologies, a collaboration technology company best known for the Smart Board high-tech classroom whiteboards.

The pair stayed with with the company until 2012, two years after a disappointing and controversial IPO that saw the company's stock go from a $17 debut, all the way down to a low of $1.30 around the time the pair left. Foxconn ended up buying Smart in mid-2016 in a $200 million CAD deal.

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Major League Baseball is investigating allegations of domestic violence levied against Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell by a friend of his wife.