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Spanish elections: Socialists 'lead amid right-wing surge'

The conservative Popular Party follows in second place, while the far-right Vox party appears to have doubled its vote share, said the poll by public broadcaste...

Winter weather advisory issued for Monday

If you're not in the lake effect zone, you are done with snow by late Monday afternoon. With snow under foot and steam above, it'll be the kind of day for a h...

Trump Sycophant Lindsey Graham Says ‘Whistleblower’ Is From the ‘Deep State’

It would be unfair if the person who started the impeachment inquiry didn't testify, Graham said . House Republicans are on the offensive demanding Hunter ...

Nikki Haley says John Kelly and Rex Tillerson tried to recruit her

Haley called Tillerson and Kelly's attempt to subvert the President "offensive" in an interview that aired Sunday on " CBS Sunday Morning ". Haley told the P...

Maharashtra Governor invites BJP to indicate willingness to form government in state

On Friday, with no end in sight to the standoff, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis submitted his resignation to the governor. "The Governor has...

Megan James' Forecast | A wicked cold front brings winter weather

It looks like Boston has a chance at breaking the record for the coldest high in the afternoon. We will see if any records break. While we have the cold we will...

Pence aide testifies in Trump impeachment inquiry, John Bolton a no-show

Republicans have also accused Democratic House leaders of holding the inquiry in secret because they are closed-door, although Republican committee members have...

Australian bushfires: Thousands have been forced to leave their homes

About 350 koalas living on the reserve in the north coast town of Port Macquarie have died in the bushfires, the group Koala Conservation Australia estimates....

Petersburg Professor Murders Former Student, Attempts to Dump Remains in River

According to Russian-based media reports, investigators discovered human female arms and a gun in the backpack belonging to the man, who was later identified ...

Facebook is deleting the name of the potential whistleblower

But the whistleblower's attorneys have said that such disclosure poses a threat to their client, and they have urged news outlets to refrain from doing so. Th...

House Republicans push for Biden's son to testify in Trump impeachment probe

But Adam Schiff , the Democrat committee chairman, refused to call them, and accused Republicans of trying to turn impeachment into a " sham investigation of ...

Iran oil: New field with 53bn barrels found - Rouhani

The oil field has a depth of 80 meters and extends over 2400 square kilometers between Bostan District in Dasht-e Azadegan County and Omidiyeh County in the oil...

Japan's emperor greets public in parade marking enthronement

From 3 p.m local time the imperial couple will set out in a luxury convertible sedan along a 4.6-kilometer route from the Imperial Palace. Empress Masako appear...

Trump "would love to" accept Putin's invitation to military parade

Putin signed a law last month allowing the authorities to designate foreign media outlets as "foreign agents" in response to what Moscow said was unacceptable U...

Convicted Murder Claims He Served His Life Sentence After Briefly Dying

Adding a nail to Schreiber's legal coffin, the court said the sentence he is serving in the Iowa State Penitentiary will not end until a medical examiner decl...

Germans re-enact fall of Berlin Wall with car parade

But in a swipe at Trump's America First policy and his insistence on building a wall on the southern border with Mexico, Steinmeier voiced a yearning for a re...

Kem Sokha: Cambodian opposition leader freed from house arrest

Prior to the Supreme Court-ordered dissolution in November 2017, it was the sole opposition party in the National Assembly, with 55 seats compared with 68 held ...

Queen Elizabeth II Tearful During Emotional Remembrance Day Ceremony

Leaders from the main political parties took a break from the United Kingdom general election campaign to join members of the royal family in honouring the co...

Murderer 'Dies,' Is Resuscitated, Then Says He Completed His Life Sentence

The judges concluded: "Schreiber is either still alive, in which case he must remain in prison, or he is actually dead, in which case this appeal is moot". But ...

China-New York Jail Suspects In A Fentanyl Trafficking Case

Yu Haibin, a senior official with China's National Narcotics Control Commission, told reporters in the northern city of Xingtai, where the court case was heard...

Remembrance 2019 parade and service timings

Wreaths will be laid at the Memorial Roll of Honour within the Parish Church. It will then head down High Street South to Priory House, where the Town Mayor w...

Donald Trump opposes public hearings during impeachment probe

House Republicans submitted a list of witnesses they want to interview, including the anonymous whistleblower , Hunter Biden, former USA special envoy to Uk...

Mormon families fleeing Mexico violence arrive in Arizona

They sang and they wept as they laid to rest a mother and her four children. As bullets began to pummel the first auto, a white Chevrolet Suburban, Christina ...

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry expecting second baby?

Opting for a boat neck navy dress with three poppies, Kate cut an elegant figure as she arrived in West London for the Royal British Legion Festival of Rememb...

Grounding of 737 Max to cost dearly to American, South West Airlines

Depending on how long it takes to satisfy FAA and EASA, it could push back a certification flight test and regulators' final decision on lifting the flight ban ...

Accused killer 'cleaned up blood' on floor where backpacker died

A week after the fatal date, however, her body was found crammed into a suitcase and dumped in a shallow grave in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges. Grace Millane...

Trump says Bloomberg wouldn't do well in 2020

While Bloomberg has yet to make a final decision, Axios reports that one is coming "soon" and added that he will "quickly ramp up in other states with deadlin...

Pompeo slams Iran 'intimidation' of IAEA inspector as 'outrageous'

Last year, the United States pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal Tehran signed with six world powers, in which Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchan...

Texas Gender Reveal Celebration Resulted in a Plane Crash

The plane slammed into the ground and flipped over, the report said . In October, 56-year-old Iowa woman Pamela Kreimeyer died during a party staged to r...

Women barred from wearing glasses at work

In the latest protest against rigid rules over women's appearance, the hashtag "glasses are forbidden" was trending on Twitter in reaction to a Japanese telev...

LI company busted for illegally selling Chinese-made products to USA military

The U.S. attorney's office for eastern NY says seven current or former employees of the company are also charged . Seven current and former Aventura employee...

Leaders Reach Deal to End Rallies, Forces Clear Protest Sites

At least four protesters were killed and scores injured in clashes with security forces in the capital as demonstrations over government corruption and failure ...

23 killed in protests during past days in Iraq

In the southern city of Basra , two people were killed as security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators outside the local government headquarters, police...

Turkey Captures al-Baghdadi's Wife, Sister, Brother-in-Law in Syria - Erdogan

Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in Ankara on Wednesday but gave no other details. On 27 October, US President Donald Trump announ...

Cyclone Bulbul: IndiGo cancels flights, offers alternate arrangements to passengers

Villagers holding umbrellas carry their belongings on their way to enter a relief centre as Cyclone Bulbul is approaching, in Bakkhali near Namkhana in Indian...