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“US forces conducted two strikes in Sangin on December 23 against threats to the force”, a spokesman for the military coalition said.

On June 28, a failed steel strut caused SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to explode while on an (unmanned) resupply mission to the ISS. This video, which SpaceX released Tuesday, shows the vertical landing from the vantage point of a helicopter hovering nearby.

The game went into a holding pattern ahead of the new ball with England careful not to lose another wicket and South Africa keen to keep the run-rate under control ahead of the next burst from the quicks.

Last June, the six-game NBA Finals averaged a 7.6 rating in adults 18-49, the best for the event in 11 years. The Cavaliers’ 29-point halftime deficit Saturday was the largest a James team has ever faced, and it was the most a James team had been outscored in a half of any...

Whatever the reason, the Damian Lillard-less Blazers routed the Cavaliers 105-76 Saturday at the Moda Center, snapping a five-game losing streak. This Portland team beat us pretty good and you have to respect them for that. “This was a bad night plain and simple”.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are taking on the UCLA Bruins Saturday in the Foster Farms Bowl. Rosen squared his shoulders and hurled the ball, just as he was crushed by Rose-Ivey. (8 pt diff) Score: 37-29 Huskers. Backup quarterback Jerry Neuheisel was needed to lift Rosen up, and...

The New York Jets have gotten a lot of love this season. The issue at hand is keeping their eyes on the wild-card prize.

Peyton Manning (foot) will not play Monday against Cincinnati, Mike Klis of 9News in Denver reports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled off a Christmas Day surprise, becoming the first premier from India to visit Pakistan in over a decade.

“The Secretary General has always been encouraging both leaders of the two countries to engage in dialogue”, a United Nations spokesman said, when asked to comment on the surprise visit by PM Modi.

“But two Metonic cycles ago – 38 years [or 2 X 19 years] – the full moon fell on Christmas Day”. Many parents with small kids probably mistook it for Santa on his sleigh.

There were apparently no injuries.

Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki moved past Shaquille O’Neal on Wednesday night against the Brooklyn Nets to the No. 6 scorer in National Basketball Association history against. The Mavericks have been exchanging wins and losses for the past couple of weeks and rode J.J....

“Just a wrong number”, he tweeted from his space station International Space Station (ISS).

As legend has it, in 2007, the then-43-year-old actor got into a bidding war with Leonardo DiCaprio for the tune of $276,000 at an auction house for the fossil.