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Published:Saturday | October 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

LAS VEGAS (AP): Navigating ongoing rifts on the political left, Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez said party unity is crucial in the fight against President Donald Trump, whom he lambasted as an "existential threat" to the nation."We have the...

Published:Saturday | October 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Spain announced an unprecedented plan yesterday to sack Catalonia's separatist leaders, install its own people in their place and call a new local election, using previously untapped constitutional powers to take control of...

Published:Saturday | October 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SHORT PUMP, Va. (AP): A middle school football team in Virginia has forfeited the remainder of its season after players made a racially insensitive video.WWBT-TV reports that the video shows football players simulating sex acts on their black...

Published:Saturday | October 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM

GENEVA (AP): Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he first thought the appointment of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a "goodwill ambassador" for the World Health Organisation (WHO) was a "bad April Fool's joke."Trudeau told reporters...

Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BARCELONA (AP):The crisis over Catalonia's quest for independence escalated yesterday, as Spain's central government prepared the unprecedented step of stripping the wealthy region of some of its self-governing powers after its leader refused to...

Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):France has reaffirmed its support for the Iran nuclear deal following the decision by US President Donald Trump to no longer back it in its current form.French Foreign Minister...

Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SANTA ROSA, California (AP):Authorities say nearly 7,000 homes and structures were destroyed in Northern California's deadly wildfires, and the number is expected to increase.California Department of...

Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 12:00 AM

THE HAGUE (AP):An international team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine appealed yesterday for information about a photograph which prosecutors believe...

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 4:32 PM

WASHINGTON (AP):Former President Barack Obama is stepping back into the political spotlight. Obama will publicly stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey today in preparation for this fall's elections.Obama will first...

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Some flowers have found a nifty way to get the blues.They create a blue halo, apparently to attract the bees they need for pollination, scientists reported yesterday. Bees are...

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BOSTON, Massechusetts (AP):Hundreds of students at Boston College have walked out of their classes to protest recent instances of racism on campus, including two posters that were defaced to say "...

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS(AP):Venezuela's opposition boycotted a swearing-in ceremony yesterday for governors held by the all-powerful, pro-government constitutional assembly following disputed elections largely won by...

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP):The United States ambassador to the United Nations says the US is circulating a resolution that would extend for another year the work of inspectors trying to determine who...

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SAO PAULO (AP):Some public schools in Brazil's biggest city will begin augmenting meals for children with pellets made of reprocessed food items that were close to expiration.Sao Paulo Mayor...

Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

DOVER, Delaware. (AP)Sixteen inmates have been charged with first-degree murder and assault, and face life in prison if convicted in the death of a corrections officer during February's riot at Delaware's maximum-security lock-up.The indictment...

Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CLEVELAND (AP) A suburban Cleveland man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his daughter while she slept, saying he believed she disrespected his rules by coming home late and not cleaning her room.Jamal Mansour, of Rocky River, pleaded guilty...

Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP):Israel said yesterday that it would not conduct diplomatic negotiations with a Palestinian government that includes a role for the militant Hamas group, laying down a significant...

Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2017 | 12:00 AM

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP):A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration yesterday from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect.US District Judge Derrick...

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 4:01 PM

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP):More than 300 people were killed in the weekend truck bombing in Somalia's capital and scores remained missing, authorities said Monday, as the fragile Horn of Africa nation reeled from one of the world's worst attacks in...

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 4:16 PM

Car bomb kills reporter who covered country's'Panama Papers' linkVALLETTA (AP):A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed yesterday when a bomb exploded...

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 4:28 PM

Trump: Cuba 'is responsible' for attacks on US personnelWASHINGTON, DC (AP):President Donald Trump said yesterday that he believes Cuba is responsible for unexplained, invisible attacks in Cuba that have harmed American government workers.Though...

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):It was a faint signal, but it told of one of the most violent acts in the Universe, and it would soon reveal secrets of the Cosmos, including how gold was created.Astronomers...

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP):The United States and human-rights groups sharply criticised yesterday's UN election for 15 new members of the Human Rights Council, singling out conflict-torn Congo's victory...

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