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GOP congressman determined to get Adam Schiff to testify in impeachment hearings

House lawmakers are expected to able to review House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's report on Monday evening. Since the announcement of the inq...

Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests United States blockchain expert for helping North Korea evade sanctions

Griffith is a United States citizen and an Ethereum researcher, who allegedly provided the North Korean government with what was described as 'highly technical ...

Moving Cross Country, Winter Storm Takes Aim at Northeast

That eastward movement means snow, ice and powerful winds will impact post-Thanksgiving travel on Sunday and Monday , the National Weather Service warned . ...

Nine people killed in South Dakota plane crash

Media reports say Chamberlain and central south-central South Dakota were under a winter storm warning at the time of the plane crash. The Pilatus PC-12 can b...

Fourteen killed in gun battle between Mexican authorities and drugs gang

Four police officers, two civilians and 13 suspected cartel members were among the dead, Gov. Miguel Angel Riquelme Solis said Sunday. Speaking outside the bu...

Merkel’s partners choose left-leaning leadership

The humiliating defeat for Olaf Scholz marks another sign of discontent within the Social Democrats over their partnership with Merkel's centre-right party. The...

Three giraffes among 10 animals die in safari park fire

Fire officials say three bongos , three giraffes, three red river hogs and a springbok housed in the barn and were thought to be dead. The park was close...

People in parts of London woken by early morning 'sonic boom'

Metropolitan Police rapidly tried to calm the general public, declaring there was " no cause for concern" and explaining the sound' s innocent origins. "The air...

POFMA Office issues correction notice to Facebook over States Times Review post

Shanmugam and gave a wrong impression of what he said about religion and politics in Parliament. A few days after the NUSSU post started to gain traction onli...

Ohio House introduces restrictive abortion bill, requiring medically unsound practices

As successfully as to ordering clinical doctors to attain something no longer doable or face "abortion execute" charges, the bill bans abortion outright and def...

Boris Johnson To Trump: Stay Out Of Our Elections

Johnson has already warned Trump not to get involved in the general election campaign, after the president previously urged him to form a pact with Nigel Farage...

Jack Merritt: Suffolk tributes to London Bridge terror attack victim

Merritt, 25, has not been officially named by police but his father has posted a tribute to him on social media confirming his death in the attack. Dave's Mer...

Mexico Warns It Won't Allow US Invasion Over Drug Cartels

He refused to rule out the use of drone strikes in a recent interview, however. That said, the consequences could be enormous, and also easily exploited as an...

Malta PM, under fire for response to journo's murder, to quit

He replied that he was pleading innocent, and he was remanded in custody. Yorgen Fenech, one of Malta's richest men, was brought in under police guard. She neve...

Cold & breezy with more rain possible Sunday

Temperatures in the chilly upper 30s to low 40s. We aren't done with the active weather just yet. MONDAY: Mostly sunny and cold. Despite highs in the low to...

11 wounded in New Orleans shooting

One person was initially detained, but police don't believe that person was involved. Officials were not confirming whether all of the victims were adults or ...

Facebook Places Label on User’s Post Under Singapore ‘Fake News’ Law

It allows the government to order online platforms to remove and correct what it deems to be false statements that are "against the public interest". The item...

Wintry weather wreaks holiday weekend havoc across much of the U.S.

Snow levels are projected to start out at around 2000' but will rise to around 3000' on Saturday evening. Windy conditions are expected in the Valley, mainly ...

Lisa Smith and daughter returning to Ireland

It began deporting foreign citizens linked to ISIS earlier this month and Ireland confirmed shortly afterwards that Lisa Smith and her daughter were the two...

Hillsborough match commander Duckenfield found not guilty of manslaughter

Duckenfield was the match manager on April 15, 1989, when Liverpool played Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday . The 96 Live...

Reward up to US$30K for stepdaughter of missing UFC fighter

Her remains were figured out Monday in a rural space of Shorter, Alabama, as investigators sought for the youngster, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The case...

France to summon Turkish envoy after Erdogan's 'insults' - Elysee

The comments drew a swift rebuke from the French global ministry, which summoned Turkey's ambassador to Paris to negate over what a French presidential adviser ...

Boris Johnson skips climate change debate, replaced by melting ice sculpture

A BBC Question Time Leaders' Special was then held on November 22, featuring Mr Johnson, Mr Corbyn, Ms Swinson and Ms Sturgeon. The occasion mentioned its sup...

Environment Canada continues special weather statement warning of freezing rain

Light snow is then expected to continue through Sunday night before tapering off Monday morning. Environment Canada severe weather meteorologist Mitch Mered...

9 dead after plane crashes shortly after takeoff in South Dakota

Among the dead were the pilot and two children, Sioux Fall's KELO-TV reported . Brule County State's Attorney Theresa Maule told KELO-TV that emergency respo...

Dems ask Trump if he wants lawyers at impeachment hearings

The White House responded to the complaint's framing by releasing a transcript of the conversation showing neither President Trump nor Zelensky tied the potenti...

India GDP growth sinks to 4.5% in September quarter

China's economic growth was 6 per cent in July-September 2019, which was the weakest expansion in over 27 years. Singh, calling the decline 5% to 4.5% worryin...

Storm Systems Set To Snarl Holiday Travel

Should the storm strengthen a bit more, heavy snow may fall right in New York City and a few inches might occur in Philadelphia on Monday. The patchwork of co...

Australia fire survivors join global climate protests

The Dutch branch of " Fridays for Future " said demos were taking place in around 15 cities, culminating in an evening march in Amsterdam where protesters would...

Man arrested in Nazi party probe - English

Italian police say they have uncovered a plot to form a new Nazi party and seized weapons including rifles and swords in searches across the country. The membe...

2 killed, 3 injured in London Bridge stabbing

He was released from prison on licence in December 2018, Met Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said. Khan was convicted as part of a group of al-Qaida-l...

TikTok apologises for removing viral Xinjiang clip

And if ever the latter would do so, TikTok said they'd not follow. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. - have asked U.S. intelligence officials to begin another review of Tik...

Coroner's office says post-mortem for plane crash victims could take days

He said the plane belonged to 37-year-old Otabek Oblakulov who was flying it with his wife, three children, brother and sister-in-law on board. "He was very f...

Leonardo DiCaprio blamed for Amazon fires by Brazil President

Bolsonaro and Environment Minister Ricardo Salles are promoting development in some protected natural areas, even as intentional fires and deforestation in the ...

Meet Dogor, the 18,000-year-old puppy found in Siberia

A 2017 study published in the journal Nature Communications suggested that modern dogs were domesticated from a single wolf population 20,000 to 40,000 year...