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Jon Jones fails drug test, Daniel Cormier fight off, UFC says

Jon Jones has failed a drug test and this weekend's title fight against nemesis Daniel Cormier is off, the UFC said late Wednesday night.

July 6, 2016

Dwyane Wade intends to sign with Chicago Bulls: report

Former NBA Finals MVP Dwyane Wade has agreed to leave the Miami Heat and sign with the Chicago Bulls, according to Yahoo Sports.

July 6, 2016

Gersh Kuntzman, New York Daily News columnist: ‘God Bless America’ offends everyone

In a column titled "Major League Baseball must permanently retire 'God Bless America,' a song that offends everyone," columnist Gersh Kuntzman denounced the practice of playing it during the seventh-inning at major-league and other parks along with "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and called the song itself silly.

June 30, 2016

Nate Silver gives Hillary Clinton 79 percent chance of beating Donald Trump

Polling guru Nate Silver says Donald Trump has just a 20 percent chance of defeating Hillary Clinton in November and notes that the former first lady has a lead no candidate has blown in a generation.

June 29, 2016

Bernie Sanders’ staffer sought to rig Nevada coin flip: report

The Nevada director of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign reportedly suggested cheating by using double-sided coins to settle ties in the state's caucuses -- and was promoted to a national post.

June 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s previously unreleased emails reveal concerns about transparency

A watchdog group released more than 30 e-mails Monday showing that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was openly wondering about how her email set-up worked and who was handling it to achieve her desired ends.

June 27, 2016

Scotland Brexit outcome threatens U.K. breakup

Thursday's victory for "Leave" in the Brexit vote may do more than break up the European Union -- it may break up the United Kingdom itself. Less than two years after Scotland voted against seceding from the U.K., its officials said early Friday that their country had been hoodwinked and may leave Britain in order to remain a part of the European Union.

June 24, 2016

Democrats fueled by ‘anti-gay’ Chick-fil-A during sit-in

According to footage caught by TMZ, Democrats accepted a massive shipment of Chick-fil-A just outside the Capitol. "Is this all for us?" said one woman, apparently a staffer, as she pushed one of two loaded carts onto the pavement.

June 23, 2016

Sinead O’Connor sought by Chicago police amid suicide fears

Chicago police are on the lookout for Sinead O'Connor near the city's bridges after the Irish pop singer threatened suicide, TMZ reported Thursday.

June 23, 2016

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Obama administration’s fracking rules struck down by federal judge

In the latest rebuke of the Obama administration's expansive view of executive power, a federal judge has struck down the Interior Department's effort to regulate fracking for oil and natural gas.

June 21, 2016

Diplomats call for military strikes on Assad, Syria in internal memo

An unprecedented number of current State Department officials have endorsed an internal memo that harshly judges President Obama's Syria policy and calls on the U.S. to attack directly the regime of Bashar Assad.

June 16, 2016

Sidwell Friends bans Washington Redskins-themed clothing as offensive

The school that has educated children from the families of the last four Democratic presidents or vice presidents has decided to ban Washington Redskins themed clothing.

June 16, 2016

Omar Mateen posted to Facebook during Pulse massacre

During the hours that Omar Mateen was rampaging through an Orlando gay nightclub, he paused to post to Facebook declarations of loyalty to the Islamic State and threats of more attacks "in the next few days," according to a key senator on Homeland Security issues.

June 15, 2016