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EC Sets Up Panel To Probe Alleged Leak Of Karnataka Poll Schedule

It is a matter of do-or-die for Congress, which has not won a major state election except Punjab since 2014. Rawat said VVPAT machines, apart from EVMs, will be...

Howard University students stage sit-in after misappropriation of financial aid funds

A university investigation discovered that from 2007 to 2016, employees who received tuition benefits to cover the cost of taking classes were also receiving ...

Cummins lead Australia fightback after Markram brilliance

But, with the week Australian cricket has had, just turning up on Friday would have taken effort. Markram played a majestic innings against a bowling attack...

Facebook announces it is making privacy settings easier to find

It put all the settings on one page and made it easier to change and more straightforward to stop apps using data. Facebook is introducing new privacy featu...

Paddy Jackson Issues Statement After Being Found Not Guilty Of Rape

The jury took three hours and 45 minutes to acquit all the men of any wrongdoing. The pair had always denied raping the now 21-year-old woman, who can not be ...

Blow to Stormy Daniels, judge denies her motion to depose Trump, Cohen

Daniels claims that because Trump did not sign the agreement it should be deemed null, allowing her to speak freely about the affair she claims to have had with...

Mega Millions Jackpot Climbs to $502 Million

The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24. The gold Mega Ball was 13. The winners have not claimed the money yet. The $502 million prize is the fourth largest...

DOJ Inspector General to Investigate FBI FISA Practices

He asserted that the department has previously tackled high-profile and resource intensive probes, and revealed he had named US attorney John W. Huber to lead a...

Devonte Hart from viral Ferguson shooting protest photo believed dead in crash

The vehicle was spotted around 3:38 p.m. Monday by others in the scenic spot just south of Juan Creek in Westport, a rugged and remote area of the California co...

Adnan Syed Of 'Serial' Podcast Granted A New Trial

In 2016 , a lower court vacated his conviction on the grounds that his attorney, Cristina Gutierrez , had not cross-examined a witness who was crucial to the c...

Vatican Denies That Pope Doesn't Believe In Hell

Scalfari's interview, published Thursday, quoted the pope as saying during a meeting that while the souls of repentant sinners "receive the forgiveness of God...

Vietnam War 50th anniversary observed at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery

They laid a wreath at the wall during the ceremony, and all observed a moment of silence to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. The keynote speake...

Ben Affleck pokes fun at his garish back tattoo

The New Yorker article highlights Affleck's successes - Oscar wins for writing "Good Will Hunting" in 1998 and best picture for "Argo" in 2013 - before diving...

Former Disney Star Caroline Sunshine Lands White House Job

Sunshine also acted in the 2010 movie " Marmaduke " with Owen Wilson and Emma Stone. A television star has also launched political careers for the Democrats. ...

French court puts former president Sarkozy on trial for corruption, influence peddling

Angela Charlton is an Associated Press writer. Sarkozy, who served as president between 2007 and 2012, is accused of using his influence to secure leaked deta...

Russia to expel 60 US diplomats, close consulate

It added that the expulsion of "undeclared Russian intelligence officers" by the United States and more than two dozen partner nations and North Atlantic Tr...

Theresa May refuses to say that Brexit will be 'worth it'

She said each devolved region of Britain will see an increase in their decision-making powers. She will start at a textile factory in Ayrshire before visiting...

Women To Keep Vigilance, Operate 450 Polling Booths In Karnataka Elections

The election expenses ceiling for candidates has been fixed at Rs 28 lakh per candidate for Karnataka though there is no expenditure ceiling for political parti...

North, South Korea to hold summit in April

The two-day trip by Yang Jiechi, Chinese state councilor, follows talks earlier this week between Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-...

Ousted VA head blames 'disrespectful' DC for losing his job

A White House official told CNN that Jackson will resign his commission and retire from active duty if he's confirmed as VA Secretary . While still in Ir...

SE Cupp: Leave Trump like Clinton should have left her husband

Trump also allegedly had an affair with Playboy Playmate Karen McDaniels , around 2006 while Melania , his third wife, was pregnant. The First Lady seems to...

Windsor 'photographer' charged with sexual assault

Prosecutors in Atlantic County said 53-year-old Brian McSee's plea Monday to endangering the welfare of a child by sexual conduct came as part of an agreement i...

Canadian man pleads guilty to killing 6 in Quebec mosque

In court, Bissonnette - who police say called an emergency line and confessed shortly after the shooting, sobbing over the phone - read aloud from a crumpled pi...

European Union expansion without Turkey 'grave mistake': Erdogan

All eyes are on Varna, the Bulgarian city where the EU-Turkey summit will take place. "If you are asking me if we achieved some solutions or compromises - my ...

Cambridge Analytica boss to face United Kingdom government Facebook probe

The changes - which the website claims were "in the works for some time", - come as the Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal and subsequent fallout saw Facebook's s...

China Includes 128 Items of USA in Tariffs Hike

The U.S. goods, which had an import value of $3 billion in 2017, could see a 15 percent duty, while a 25 percent tariff could be imposed on U.S. pork and recy...

Mueller's Office Asks Judge to Imprison Accused Lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan

Gates remained in touch with "Person A" late in the campaign, Mueller said, communicating with the associate and van der Zwaan in a "series of calls" in Septemb...

Smith, Warner banned for 12 months by Cricket Australia

Though ICC Banned Smith for 1 match and Charged the Bowler Bancroft with 75% match fee, Cricket Australia is going to put a 1-year ban on both Smith and ...

HOLIDAYS: What will Easter weather be like for us?

The story continues on Easter Sunday morning at 9 and 11:00 where we look into the disciple's perspective with the headline, "Suspicions Confirmed, The Tomb I...

Ecuador Has Cut Off Julian Assange's Internet Access At Their London Embassy

Assange's posts have "put at risk" the good relations Ecuador maintains with countries across Europe, Ecuadorian officials said in a statement . Assange ha...

Suu Kyi ally elected president of Myanmar

Myint replaced U. Htin Kyaw, Myanmar's first democratically elected president. He was among a few dozen NLD members, including Suu Kyi, elected to parliamen...

Weekend weather: Warmer temperatures, some rain and wind expected

Wednesday will then be our transition day toward warmer weather. Altogether we're expecting 2-4 inches rain, but pockets of 5 inches are not out of the questio...

Contract on US Supplies of Patriot Missile Systems to Poland Signed

In November previous year, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of the Patriot System to Poland and said that the deal will give Poland "greater flexibil...

Oswego County Woman Accused of Stealing from School Shooting Memorial

Deputies had responded after a 911 caller said a man was "ripping posters down and picking up items from the crosses", according to the incident report. . B...

Deposit return scheme: Government set to tax glass and plastic bottles

The proposal is subject to a public consultation on how the scheme might work and is now confined to England, but could be rolled-out to the entire country. Wel...