U.S. Supreme Court blocks House from receiving Trump financial records for now
WASHINGTON, DC — The House of Representatives will not get President Donald Trump’s financial records for now, the Supreme Court said on…
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Remains found in Alabama identified as missing Florida girl Taylor Rose Williams
The remains of Taylor Rose Williams, the 5-year-old Florida girl who was reported missing earlier this month, were positively identified Monday,…
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Family sues Hoover, Alabama, and the officer who killed Emantic Bradford Jr. at a mall on Thanksgiving
A year after a Hoover, Alabama, police officer killed Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. at a mall on Thanksgiving, Bradford’s family is…
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Rick Perry says Trump (and Obama) were ‘ordained by God’ to be president
WASHINGTON, DC — Like a lot of evangelical Christians, Energy Secretary and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry believes in a God who gets involved in…
Continue Reading Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is not dying, scientist says
The Great Red Spot is Jupiter’s most defining feature, and researchers say the storm has been shrinking for the last 150 years. Last year,…
Continue Reading Why slowing down ships could help save the planet
Shipping has long been one of the world’s dirtiest industries. Emissions from ships burn approximately 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide…
Continue Reading Nearly half of this year’s class of US Rhodes Scholars are first-generation Americans
The Rhodes Trust has announced the diverse class of American students who will study at the University of Oxford beginning next year as Rhodes…
Continue Reading Mississippi just began selling its first-ever state lottery tickets
For the first time, Mississippi residents can now play their own state lottery. Instead of going to Louisiana, Tennessee or Arkansas, residents can…
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Marine deserter wanted in killing placed on FBI’s Most Wanted list
A Marine deserter who is facing a murder charge has been placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list of fugitives. Michael Alexander Brown, 22, is…
Continue Reading ‘Better than culling’: Zimbabwe defends elephant exports
Zimbabwe’s Environment Minister has defended the country’s practice of capturing juvenile elephants and selling them to zoos and theme…
Continue Reading Monument to prominent Yiddish playwright Sholem Aleichem found vandalized with red swastikas
Ukrainian police are investigating a case of anti-Semitic vandalism after a monument to a prominent Jewish writer was vandalized with swastikas. A…
Continue Reading The last Mount Rushmore carver has died at 98
The last remaining member of the team that carved the Mount Rushmore National Memorial died on Saturday, according to his wife. Don…
Continue Reading Egypt hails rare find of mummified lion cubs, cats and crocodiles
Egypt has unveiled an unprecedented discovery of dozens of mummified sacred animals, including cats, crocodiles and two lion cubs, found during the…
Continue Reading A Boston doctor sent a friend a desperate text for help. Moments later, he and his fiancée were dead
In the last moments before his death, 49-year-old anesthesiologist Richard Field texted a friend pleading for help. “I was confused for the…
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A baby seal was rescued from a California parking deck and immediately took a much-needed nap
Being rescued, playing with firefighters and posing for photos proved to be an exhausting day for Santos, a baby seal in Redwood City, California. A…
Continue Reading Navy Secretary forced out after Trump’s war crimes intervention causes division and chaos in military
WASHINGTON, DC — In an extraordinary move, the Pentagon chief “fired” the Navy secretary Sunday for going outside his chain of…
Continue Reading Interpol asks for help tracking down men it says are wanted for crimes against women
The international police agency Interpol says it is looking for eight men wanted for alleged violence against women, and it’s enlisting the…
Continue Reading Meet Narwhal, the rescue puppy with a tail growing out of his forehead
There’s a 10-week-old puppy in Missouri with a tail growing out of his forehead. Yes, his forehead. No, it doesn’t wag. And,…
Continue Reading Operating manual for Xinjiang’s massive re-education camps allegedly revealed in leaked Chinese documents
A series of leaked documents threatens to shine a spotlight on the Chinese government’s Xinjiang detention centers, indicating what Beijing…
Continue Reading Thousands of sheep feared drowned after a cargo ship capsized in the Black Sea
Thousands of sheep are feared to have drowned after a cargo ship capsized in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania on Sunday. The Queen Hind ship,…
Continue Reading His father killed his mother and 3 brothers. Now a 9-year-old boy has died of his wounds
A 9-year-old boy who was critically injured when his father fatally shot everyone else in his family on November 16 died Saturday, according to the…
Continue Reading Spain seizes ‘narco sub’ carrying more than 3 tons of cocaine
Authorities in the Spanish region of Galicia seized a semi-submersible submarine carrying more than 3,000 kilograms (6,614 pounds) of cocaine on…
Continue Reading Hong Kongers show not only the depths of their discontent, but also their power
Hong Kong’s protest movement grabbed the world’s attention with million-strong rallies and city-stopping unrest. But it won big on the…
Continue Reading Landslide victory for Hong Kong pro-democracy parties in de facto protest referendum
Pro-democracy candidates appear to have made major gains in Hong Kong’s district council elections, as early results trickled in Monday…
Continue Reading How America turned upside-down
This story was originally published in the November 25 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global…
Continue Reading Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins missed the last play of the game taking a selfie
Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins thought Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions was over when he ran to the sidelines to take a…
Continue Reading Young elephants were taken from their mothers in Zimbabwe. Now they’re in cages in China
The cellphone footage reveals rows of steel cells stretching along a concrete floor. Behind each set of bars, a juvenile African elephant, their…
Continue Reading The pastor of a black church targeted in a foiled attack praises a student for preventing ‘a bloodbath’
On a typical Sunday, about 40 congregants gather at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Georgia. But this was far from a…
Continue Reading Start your Monday smart: Hong Kong, impeachment, Thanksgiving, AMAs, NCAA rivalries
Happy Thanksgiving week! If you truly cannot wait for the big meal, you can pop some turducken-flavored Pringles. Let us know how that goes.…
Continue Reading 6 people on cruise ship docked in Los Angeles treated for flu-like symptoms
Six passengers aboard a cruise ship docked in Los Angeles were treated for flu-like symptoms Sunday, according to the city’s fire department.…
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