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GOOD SUNDAY MORNING! Happy Republican convention eve. Eight days until the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. DEVELOPING -- “Turkey Rounds Up Thousands of Military Personnel,” by NYT’s Tim Arango and Ceylan Yeginsu in Istanbul (A11 in the print...

Hollywood is the most prestigious and exciting multimedia industry in the world. It produces lots of amazing, award-winning movies every year. Thousands of actors enter in this industry every now and then, but only a few could succeed in this field....

  1188 Birth of Ferrand of Portugal earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I. 1241 Kaidu’s Mongol army enters abandoned Cracow in Poland, burning the city. 1284 Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus 1361 Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster...

November 30 In History 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by Innocent III came a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made first official use of the term "transubstantiation," with reference to the Eucharist (Lord's Supper). The adoption...

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 6:40 p.m. MEDAL ALERT: Top-ranked Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia easily won the gold medal at 98 kilograms in Greco-Roman wrestling Tuesday. Aleksanyan beat Cuban Yasmany...