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Stars put their best foot forward when they hit the red carpet at the 2017 Black Girls Rock! Awards, taped in Newark, New Jersey, on Aug. 5. 

A look at the AP Municipal Bond Index for Tuesday, Aug. 22:

A look at the AP Municipal Bond Index for Tuesday, Aug. 22:

DENVER — Colorado’s largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs. But Denver’s elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly coffee shops and gathering places may mean the city gets few takers for the new licenses. Denver voters approved bring-your-own-pot clubs in a ballot measure last year after city officials dragged their feet on calls to give legal pot smokers a place to use the drug. The city plans to start accepting applications by the end of the month. Читать дальше...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - No raging forest fires trapped people. The telecommunications system didn't crash. There were only a few traffic jams. Tourists spent money in restaurants and brewpubs, and found gas to get around. Even the weather cooperated, with skies mostly clear across Oregon for the eclipse.

Eclipse queen.

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Firefighters have spent hours trying to contain a massive fire that broke out in a village.

Kurdistan set its referendum date two months ago and there is now only a month to go until ballots are supposed to be cast.

Like many presidents before him, President Donald Trump spent part of the summer away from the White House, taking a 17-day “working vacation” at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

No big deal.

Hopefully it won’t be a Tic-Tac-NO.

This is David S. Lemons. He just won the title of tic-tac-toe world champion. He means business.

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He has studied the art that is tic-tac-toe for years, and he has mastered the craft.

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After several victories, he is deemed the undefeated champ. That is... until YOU show up.

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Bodies of some of the 10 missing sailors were found during a search for them.

What is an eclipse?

The Lagos state government on Tuesday Aug.22 said it would begin another round of sales of its “Lake Rice” on Thursday August 24 ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir.

Hearing aids cost more than $2,000 on average and aren’t covered by Medicare or many health plans.

Legal expert Faizan Mustafa says the verdict is progressive but that court judgements don't create social change.

Woodley told the New York Times she's ready to call herself a feminist, even suggesting we'd be better off in a matriarchal society.

Gregory Cheadle at a rally for President Trump in June 2016 in Redding, Calif. He has since criticized Mr. Trump for hiring only a handful of black people in the West Wing.

David Miles, the Sk8father, has been roller skating in Golden Gate Park longer than most people have been walking. He has advocated for a place to skate in the park since Dianne Feinstein was mayor. A few years ago, Miles and his wife, Rose, started a roller skating night at a church on Fillmore Street in San Francisco. Now the Church of 8 Wheels operates Fridays and Saturdays, with the Godfather’s Friday Night Roller Disco on Friday nights (for skaters ages 21 and older). Saturday... Читать дальше...

What sets 6-year-old Grade 1 pupil Keith Mashiane apart from his peers is a passion for reading.

What sets 6-year-old Grade 1 pupil Keith Mashiane apart from his peers is a passion for reading.

De politie zoekt een bestuurder die vorige week vrijdag vluchtmisdrijf pleegde nadat hij een jongen aangereden had. Het ongeval gebeurde in de