Women can now shut down male-only debates in Germany’s Green Party
Germany’s Green Party has placed the power to debate directly into the hands of women. A new ruling, adopted at the party’s conference in…
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Neptune’s moons perform a strange orbit dance around each other
Two of Neptune’s innermost moons perform a strange dance to avoid each other that is weird and completely unique compared to all known orbits,…
Continue Reading American and Australian hostages freed in Taliban prisoner swap
The Taliban has released two Western professors who had been held hostage for the past three years in exchange for three high-ranking militants, in a…
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A prison fight involving Jayme Closs’ kidnapper was caught on video surveillance
Video of a prison fight involving Jake Patterson, the Wisconsin man who kidnapped Jayme Closs after killing her parents, has been released by the New…
Continue Reading A woman wounded in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting has died
A Southern California woman who was wounded in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting has died, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Coroner…
Continue Reading Officials are investigating who or what’s behind a series of violent attacks on horses in South Carolina
Officials are investigating a string of violent horse attacks in upstate South Carolina that left some animals dead and others with severe injuries.…
Continue Reading A bizarre-looking shark resurfaced on camera after an extraordinary trans-Atlantic adventure
It was an aquatic case of serendipity. Nearly three years after a female basking shark was tagged with a satellite transmitter at Malin Head, the…
Continue Reading Better late than never — Trump’s latest gift to Netanyahu
The Trump administration’s reversal of decades of US foreign policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been in the works for a year,…
Continue Reading Gunman kills 2 people, then himself in the parking lot of an Oklahoma Walmart, police say
A gunman killed two people in the parking lot of a Walmart in Duncan, Oklahoma, on Monday morning before turning the gun on himself, police Chief…
Continue Reading Hong Kong campus siege almost over, but the violence and anger is here to stay
Attention in Hong Kong continues to be focused on the city’s Polytechnic University, where an ever-shrinking number of protesters remain holed…
Continue Reading A new Uno deck promises to keep families away from politics at Thanksgiving dinner
Please pass the turkey but hold the politics. Mattel’s limited-edition Nonpartisan Uno deck is out just in time to keep Thanksgiving dinner…
Continue Reading PG&E may shut off power to more than 300,000 customers in California due to wind starting Wednesday
PG&E is warning customers that they may have to shut off power in 25 counties due to a strong offshore wind this week. More than 300,000…
Continue Reading China just hinted it may upend Hong Kong’s legal system over the mask ban
In a surprise decision Monday, a Hong Kong court threw out a month-old mask ban the government had introduced in the hopes of stemming the…
Continue Reading Counting AK47s and learning trigonometry for snipers. How children were taught math under ISIS
Two floors beneath the headquarters of Iraqi Military Intelligence, at the end of a red-carpeted corridor, two doors swing open to reveal a museum of…
Continue Reading In 46 weeks this year, there have been 45 school shootings
They have taken place across the country. From Georgia to California. At elementary, middle and high schools. On college and university campuses. In…
Continue Reading Beijing denounces New York Times’ decision to publish leaked Xinjiang documents
The Chinese government has reacted furiously to the publication of more than 400 pages of sensitive Communist Party documents by the New York Times,…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize Saudi Arabian ship in Red Sea
A Saudi Arabian tugboat was seized by Yemen‘s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency SPA. The…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania outlaws solitary confinement for death row inmates
Pennsylvania inmates on death row will no longer face solitary confinement. The ACLU reached a settlement in its class action lawsuit against the…
Continue Reading A man drove his girlfriend across the US, killed her and then impersonated her on social media, police say
A Pennsylvania man admitted to taking his girlfriend from Pennsylvania to Nevada under the guise of a vacation and then killing her, according to an…
Continue Reading Why would Trump reverse US policy on Israeli settlements? Good question.
This was originally published as the November 19 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers.…
Continue Reading Patrick Frazee convicted of killing his fiancée, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole
A Colorado judge Monday sentenced Patrick Frazee to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Kelsey Berreth, his fiancée who…
Continue Reading South Dakota launches a new anti-drug campaign with the tagline, ‘Meth. We’re on it.’
South Dakota launched a new campaign Monday to battle a methamphetamine crisis that Gov. Kristi Noem says is “growing at an alarming…
Continue Reading No charges against Charleston church targeted by white supremacist
An investigation into the handling of funds at Charleston’s historically black Mother Emanuel AME Church found no evidence of wrongdoing,…
Continue Reading Maryland teacher arrested after fighting with student, police say
A Maryland high school teacher is facing assault charges following a fight with a 17-year-old student that was caught on camera, according to court…
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A shooting interrupted a New Jersey high school football playoff game. The teams will get to finish at the Philadelphia Eagles stadium
The last 17 minutes of a New Jersey high school playoff game interrupted by gunfire last week will be made up at Lincoln Financial Field Wednesday,…
Continue Reading North Korea no longer interested in ‘useless’ meetings with US, says senior minister
North Korea has said it is not “interested” in further meetings with the US, a day after President Donald Trump tweeted a message to the…
Continue Reading Protesters try to escape Hong Kong university after violent night
A small number of protesters remain inside a Hong Kong university campus that has been the site of a prolonged battle with police. Hong Kong…
Continue Reading Ben Askren announces he’s retiring from MMA
UFC fighter Ben Askren, 35, announced his retirement Monday while on the ESPN podcast “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.” “I’m…
Continue Reading Massachusetts man charged after 5-year-old son brings cocaine to school
A Massachusetts man pleaded not guilty Friday to drug possession and reckless child endangerment charges after his 5-year-old son brought cocaine to…
Continue Reading Mayor of Muncie, Indiana, indicted for allegedly accepting $5,000 bribe
Dennis Tyler, the Democratic mayor of Muncie, Indiana, was indicted Monday on a charge of accepting a $5,000 bribe, according to the US…
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