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  Tokyo – Japan’s first commercial passenger plane in half a century made its maiden flight on Wednesday, in a breakthrough for the country’s long-held… Read More ›

  Geneva – Sotheby’s says a rare blue diamond has sold for a record 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.5 million) at a Geneva auction, including… Read More ›

Features of newfound world ‘bode well for the long-term goal of studying cooler planets that could have life’   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — There’s… Read More ›

A new Egyptian assault on the group now seems a matter of time following the bombing of a Russian airliner, which murdered 224 civilians.  … Read More ›

  The Apple Watch isn’t a flop. It’s just too new. That’s the gist of some recent findings by Wristly, a research firm that surveys Apple… Read More ›

  Business Insider is following Donald Trump on the campaign trail this week. Last night, Trump spoke at a rally in Springfield, Illinois. More than… Read More ›

  Italy – Prosecutors are investigating seven olive oil producers for fraudulently selling ordinary olive oil as highly prized extra-virgin. Prosecutors in the northern city… Read More ›

  New York, NY – A new skyline rising across Manhattan poses a challenge for the owners of the city’s aging office buildings as they… Read More ›

  Washington –  Secret Service officials say they arrested a man outside the White House after he used a slingshot to fire a small object… Read More ›

Chicago – People in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood have become used to the shootings that have plagued much of Chicago’s South Side for decades. But even here,… Read More ›

Daniel Fleetwood, a “Star Wars” fan whose dying wish was to see the upcoming movie, died this week. “He is now one with God and… Read More ›

  As authorities investigate whether a bomb could have been smuggled aboard Metrojet Flight 9268, CNN has seen private security personnel in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt,… Read More ›

  Real-estate mogul Donald Trump suggested Monday that former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would have serious legal problems if he gets to appoint… Read More ›

  Apple CEO Tim Cook is out beating the drum for the 12-inch iPad Pro tablet, which launches later this week, and he doesn’t really… Read More ›

  At Oracle’s enormous customer conference, held last month in San Francisco, company executivestalked endlessly about Oracle’s plan to dominate in the cloud-computing business. There’s… Read More ›

Washington – A pot belly can be a bad thing — even if you’re not considered overweight. New research suggests normal-weight people who carry their… Read More ›

Kiryas Joel, NY –  Residents living next to a Hasidic Jewish village in the Hudson Valley have voted to allow its expansion. Monday night’s vote… Read More ›

Little Rock, AR – Forecasters are warning 63 million people in the central U.S. to have an eye out for bad weather this week as… Read More ›

Yangon, Myanmar – Only a fraction of the results have been announced in Myanmar’s historic parliamentary elections, but jubilant crowds still packed the streets outside the… Read More ›