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The Republican presidential candidate discussed the fast-growing "gig" economy in a campaign speech Tuesday in Manhattan.

Inmates will be released from federal prisons across the country between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2, in order to reduce overcrowding.

The activists have been trying to get a meeting with the bank president since the Fed's summer retreat in Wyoming.

Gen. John Campbell, commander of U.S. forces, told the Senate that Afghan forces cannot yet fight against the Taliban on their own.

Six of the top financial institutions in the U.S. together used nearly 400 recognized tax havens in 2014. Their offshore cash totaled $126 billion.

The president's cabinet list, which includes former members of Goodluck Jonathan's party, is religiously and geographically inclusive.

A month after staffers asked to be voluntarily recognized by management, employees won a forced election administered by the National Labor Relations Board.

President Muhammadu Buhari said his 2016 budget was geared toward relieving Nigeria's reliance on gas and improving manufacturing.

"If you could put racism in the battery of your phone, it would never stop working," said the controversial rapper in an interview about his fashion line.

With the passage of a draft law, Ukraine's parliament welcomed foreigners to officially serve in the civil war in the east.

Trump has previously said Mexican immigrants were in many cases "criminals, drug dealers [and] rapists."

Instead of adhering to a single privacy rule, U.S. tech companies may now need to negotiate with each country in Europe.

The Paralympic athlete was charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend in 2013.

The measure would give nearly every full-time and part-time District of Columbia employee 16 weeks of paid family leave.

More than 3,000 young Tunisians have left to fight for Islamic State in Syria, Iraq and Libya, officials have said.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the weekend incursions "lasted a long time" and Russia "had not provided any real explanation."

A portion of the unemployed population in Eastern Europe is profiting off of the refugee crisis by setting up smuggling networks.

The airstrikes destroyed 20 armored vehicles and three weapons depots in Palmyra, which the Islamic State group captured in May.

Experts say the Nobel prize for Dr. Tu Youyou breaks a psychological barrier, but systemic challenges remain.

The warning comes at a time when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on the country to increase its nuclear capabilities even as it faces sanctions.

In addition, 19,000 teachers in Nigeria's northeast have been displaced by militants in the past six years, according to the Nigeria Union of Teachers.

The new technology will allow pre-existing Chinese military technology to double its strength.

A mob of around 200 people killed Mohammad Akhlaq over rumors that he had consumed beef.

South Korea's Chung Mong-Joon said the organization's ethics committee launched a hearing to suspend him for up to 19 years at Blatter's behest.

The boxes recalled included both regular Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios made during a two-week period.

"I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans," Augustus Sol Invictus said, according to reports. "Yes, I drank the goat's blood."

Alexander and Timothy Vavilov are the sons of Russian spies, Elena Vavilova and Andrey Bezrukov, whom the FBI deported in 2010.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that he'll use a "strong hand" to suppress recent violent Palestinian protests and attacks.

Russian airstrikes leave NATO allies concerned while Syrian rebel groups want to come together against Russia.