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It was Joe Scarborough’s 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child, an 8-year-old boy named Jack, was trying to tell him something. "Dad, look at the birthday cake," he said. The cake was in the shape of a small mammal, resting on a bed of artificially green coconut shavings, its body frosted vanilla white and its floppy ears studded with Smarties. Fourteen candles stuck out of its back, with another stabbed into the center of its head like some kind of sugary acupuncture experiment. Scarborough’s girlfriend, Mika Brzezinski, had baked it from a boxed Duncan...

John Kundla, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Minneapolis Lakers to five NBA championships, died Sunday. He was 101.Son Jim Kundla said his father died at an assisted living facility in Northeast Minneapolis that he has called home for years.Kundla coached George Mikan...

Police have received reports that two of the Burundi teenagers who went missing after an international robotics competition in Washington, D.C., have been seen crossing the border into Canada, The Associated Press reports. The search for all the teens is ongoing, but police have no indication of foul play in their disappearance, Washington Metropolitan Police spokeswoman Aquita Brown said. The teens seen crossing into Canada were 16-year-old Don Ingabire and 17-year-old Audrey Mwamikazi, Brown said. There was no official indication Thursday that any of the teens were trying to avoid returning to their homes in Africa, but a leader in the Burundian community in the U.S. suggested that they...

"Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski (bruh-ZHIN-skee) has a three-book deal.Weinstein Books told The Associated Press on Thursday that the first release would be a new and expanded edition of the 2011 best-seller "Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're...

The Mikaelsons are ready to say goodbye. The Originals is set to end after season five, creator and showrunner Julie Plec announced on Twitter on Thursday, just ahead of the CW hit's...

Two of the teens — 16-year-old Don Ingabire and 17-year-old Audrey Mwamikazi — have been seen leaving the U.S. and heading into Canada, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Inter suffered defeat in their second game of pre-season, going down 2-1 to 2.Bundesliga side Nurnberg in a tentative display in Bruneck. A youthful Inter line-up narrowly beat Austrian club Wattens on Sunday and Rurik Gislason and Mikael Ishak struck in the second half for Nurnberg, who raised their game significantly against Luciano Spalletti's men. Eder ...]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Manchester United exit will give Anthony Martial a chance to take a step up, according to Mikael Silvestre. Martial, 21, scored just four Premier League goals last season after starting 18 games as Ibrahimovic took centre stage at Old Trafford. Ibrahimovic netted 28 times in all competitions for United, but a knee injury ...]