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Clockwise from top left: Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz. (Getty, AP, Reuters)
Brazilian police said they did not believe Ryan Lochte’s story of being held up at gunpoint after speaking to other swimmers, who were blocked from leaving Brazil. “The stories did not match.”
Several media outlets reported the existence of a surveillance video from the Rio de Janeiro gas station early Sunday showing Ryan Lochte and his teammates damaging property.
The Justice Department’s Inspector General last week released a critical report concluding that privately operated facilities incurred more safety and security incidents than those run by the federal Bureau of Prisons.
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The Post tracked all the “personal” gifts that Trump promised on the show — during 82 episodes and seven seasons — but could not confirm a single case in which Trump actually sent a donation from his own pocket.
The GOP nominee suggests racial profiling and says of Orlando shooter’s father, "I’d throw him out."
Union members may be turning red, drawn by Trump’s free-trade bashing and resentful of Clinton’s past support for certain international trade agreements.
The recommendation comes nearly two years after an officer fatally shot the black teenager.
In Obama's world, perception doesn't equal reality — there's really no such thing as a vacation for a president of the United States.
Americans at the top have seen their wealth bounce back at a much faster rate than those in the middle, a new report shows. The story at the very bottom is far worse.
Univision is buying the site's parent company, Gawker Media, for $135 million in the aftermath of a $140 million judgment against it in the Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case.
Suspicions had long fallen on a contingent of U.N. peacekeeping troops from Nepal who arrived after the January 2010 earthquake, but U.N. officials had refused to acknowledge it.
A study in mice suggests that the Zika virus could damage brain areas responsible for learning and memory.
Beginning this month, the ride-sharing company will begin deploying self-driving cars to pick up passengers in downtown Pittsburgh.
Is the contest a grim exercise in retrograde domesticity, or just some harmless fun?
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