Mark Allen, soldier injured in 2009 search for Bowe Bergdahl, dies
A soldier shot in the head a decade ago while searching for Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan died on Saturday. Master Sgt. Mark Allen, 46, of Loganville,…
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At least 14 Mexican police officers killed in ambush by suspected drug cartel gunmen
At least 14 police officers were killed and several others wounded Monday in an ambush by gunmen in the Mexican state of Michoacan, a western region…
Continue Reading Virginia law requiring couples to disclose race is unconstitutional, judge says
A federal judge ruled that a Virginia law requiring couples to reveal their race in applying for a marriage license is unconstitutional. The lawsuit…
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U.S. calls for immediate ceasefire in Turkey’s strikes against Kurds in Syria
The U.S. is now calling for an immediate ceasefire in Turkey’s strikes against Kurds in Syria, and is sending Vice President Mike Pence to lead…
Continue Reading The war against ISIS was all a waste
Earlier this year I spent almost two months in northeast Syria covering what we thought was the final battle against ISIS. The so-called caliphate…
Continue Reading Amber Alert expanded for 3-year-old girl last seen at birthday party in Alabama
An Amber Alert has been expanded to surrounding states as authorities search for a 3-year-old girl last seen at a birthday party in Birmingham,…
Continue Reading Pope Francis’ chief bodyguard resigns over leak of document
Pope Francis’ chief bodyguard resigned Monday over a leak related to an ongoing financial investigation, the Vatican said. Domenico Giani, 57,…
Continue Reading Georgia college students burned the books of a Latina author
Students at Georgia Southern University burned the books of a Cuban-American author on a grill following a lecture in which she argued with…
Continue Reading A third of US Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, medicine and physics are immigrants
They live in different places, work at different universities and dedicate their careers to studying different topics. But there’s one thing at…
Continue Reading More than 100 people showed up to celebrate this crossing guard’s birthday
When a crossing guard arrived at his corner last Thursday, some sort of commotion was happening. At first he thought it was an event put on by the…
Continue Reading How two firefighters and a bottle of nail polish cheered up a scared little girl after a car accident
Two firefighters in Utah are melting hearts after they let a child give them purple manicures to help keep her calm after a car accident. Battalion…
Continue Reading Former police officer found not guilty of murder in shooting death of unarmed black veteran
A former Georgia police officer was found not guilty of murder Monday more than four years after he killed a naked, unarmed black man who was…
Continue Reading The situation in Syria is rapidly deteriorating. Four things you need to know
The situation in Syria has been rapidly deteriorating. Last week, the Trump administration ordered US troops to step aside from the border in…
Continue Reading Catalan independence leaders given lengthy prison sentences by Spanish court
Nine Catalan independence leaders have received lengthy prison sentences of between nine and 13 years for their part in a failed 2017 attempt to…
Continue Reading Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of one of the key inventors of film
If you like movies, you will appreciate Monday’s Google Doodle celebrating the 218th birthday of Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau.…
Continue Reading Woman busted for marijuana at Moscow airport is at the center of a three-way diplomatic wrangle
An American-Israeli woman arrested at a Moscow airport with nine and a half grams of marijuana has found herself at the center of a diplomatic…
Continue Reading Parents of teen killed in car crash want diplomat’s wife to face justice in the UK
Harry Dunn’s family wants the woman suspected of killing him in a crash to return to the UK. The mother and father of Dunn, the 19-year-old who…
Continue Reading Christopher Columbus statues vandalized in California and Rhode Island
Vandals threw red paint on statues of Christopher Columbus in San Francisco and Providence, Rhode Island, as people around the US prepared to…
Continue Reading Populist parties celebrate in Poland and lick their wounds in Hungary
When Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban congratulated his “Polish friends” on their electoral victory on Sunday, it was at…
Continue Reading Kurdish forces backed by US strike deal with Syria’s Assad, in major shift in 8-year war
Abandoned by the United States and facing a deepening Turkish military offensive, Kurdish forces near the northern Syrian border have struck a deal…
Continue Reading The man accused of shooting inside a New Hampshire church is facing more charges, prosecutors say
More charges have been brought against the gunman who allegedly barged into a wedding at a New Hampshire church and began shooting, wounding the…
Continue Reading Not everything you learned about Christopher Columbus is true
We grow up learning all kinds of history about the founding of America, and one of the explorers taught in every classroom is Christopher Columbus.…
Continue Reading Trump’s language is his tell on Syria — Meanwhile in America
Ever since Donald Trump became president, critics have worried that his rudimentary knowledge of global affairs, erratic decisions and politicized…
Continue Reading He used to be homeless. Now, he’s trying to support the New York homeless community after a crisis
Like many people in New York, Hakki Akdeniz was taken aback when he heard about the brutal killing of four homeless people in the Chinatown…
Continue Reading Japan launches major search operation after deadly typhoon kills dozens
A major search and rescue operation is underway in Japan after deadly Typhoon Hagibis brought widespread flooding and landslides, destroying…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for October 14: Syria, Fort Worth shooting, impeachment
Today is Columbus Day, though an increasing number of cities and states are updating the observance to Indigenous People’s Day. Here’s…
Continue Reading Xi vows attempts to split China will ‘end in crushed bodies and shattered bones’
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned adversaries on Sunday that any attempt to split China will “end in crushed bodies and shattered…
Continue Reading Girl dies after being flung from a ride at a New Jersey festival
A 10-year-old girl died after she was thrown from a ride Saturday at the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival. The girl was ejected from a ride called…
Continue Reading A man walked more than 300 miles to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, prosecutors say
A man walked from an Indianapolis suburb to Wisconsin — a 351-mile journey — to have sex with a person he believed was the 14-year-old…
Continue Reading A Texas mom is going to prison after putting her son through unnecessary medical procedures
A Dallas mother made her son go through unnecessary medical procedures throughout the first years of his life, court documents say. She was sentenced…
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