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Jan Mohammed Khan, a senior aide to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated on Sunday night by the Taliban.

Borders Group Inc inched closer to liquidation on Sunday after a bidding deadline passed without offers, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Japan equalized twice before taking charge of a shootout to triumph in their Fifa Women's World Cup campaign against traditional superpowers - the United States - in the final.

In honor on the tenth anniversary of Carroll O‘Connor’s death (in June 2001), and the upcoming 89th birthday of show-creator Norman Lear, kindly allow me to list some of my (mild) grievances about “All in the Family.”

Treasury bonds could soon lose the privilege of being the only debt securities in the world whose value actually rises on the threat of a ratings downgrade.

Sunday's Day 8 of the debt deal talks saw both sides express confidence that a grand bargain deficit reduction package would be reached, even as a parallel camp of lawmakers worked on a last-chance option containing a more-modest reduction; however, there was little new evidence Sunday that a deal was at hand.

Japan won the Women's World Cup in stunning fashion on Sunday, outshooting the US Women 3-1 on penalty kicks, after a two surprising comebacks.

The Senate will likely begin consideration this week of a bipartisan fallback plan to avert an unprecedented U.S. default of its debt, senior Democratic aides said on Sunday.

Ivanka Trump gave birth this morning to a baby girl. Ivanka married Jared Kushner in October of 2009 and the little girl is their first child.

The Women's World Cup Final score is 2-2 in the match and 3-1 in penalty shootout, in favor of Japan, which won its first ever Women's World Cup.

It was a thrilling World Cup Final

Women's World Cup Final: Japan takes the prize.

Japan beat the US in the 2011 Women's World Cup finals during a penalty kick shootout on Sunday in Frankfurt, marking its first victory over the US during the same year as a devastating earthquake hit the nation.

A look at the highlights of the match.

In an intense overtime match, Japan beat the US in the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Frankfurt on Sunday, marking its first victory over the US ever, the same year the country faced a devastating earthquake.

Soccer fans from all of the world will focus on Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday July 17 to watch the final match of the women’s World Cup fought between U.S. and Japan.

People are using Twitter to express racist thoughts on the Japanese.

The Women's World Cup between the US and Japan is still scoreless at the end of the first half. The US was the more aggressive team and had more shots at the goal.

Bath salts, laced with a dangerous chemical, are becoming the latest drug threat according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Halfway through the FIFA Women's World Cup final, U.S. and Japan are tied 0-0, with the U.S. dominating the play.

A new breed of bath salts is still legal in 22 US states, according to New York Times. They've only been banned recently in some of the 28 states that deem it illegal.