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The song is by far the biggest global hit of the year — is it benefitting from an increasingly globalized culture?

LaMotta, the middleweight champion whose story inspired Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro,was famous for his fury both in and out of the ring. Later in life, he became a stand-up comedian.

Ohio public officials offered prayers, condolences and calls for a renewed focus on weapons after a gunman killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Las Vegas. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called such shootings “one of the saddest aspects of our culture now.”

In Spain on Sunday, the autonomous region of Catalonia held an independence referendum. Things turned violent after voters clashed with police.

There are 2,666 emojis for tweeting and texting. A mosquito is not one of them. Global health campaigners are trying to change that.

Voter turnout was up among college students by more than the nation as a whole in the last election, a Tufts University report says. But that turnout varied greatly across different types of colleges.

Police have confirmed that the explosion that hit the Parsons Green station during the morning rush hour is being treated as a terrorist incident.

British police say they are treating an explosion on the London Underground as terror-related.

Over 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in just the past three weeks. Aid agencies and the Bangladesh government are struggling to cope.

Scott Simon talks about Wimbledon with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com. They also talk about the second half of the 2017 Major League Baseball season and the dominance of the Milwaukee Brewers.