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China Preens In U.N. Spotlight Over Mideast As U.S. Isolated
U.S. isolation at the United Nations over efforts to end renewed Middle East violence has seen China seize the chance to burnish its multilateral leadership credentials, diplomats say, just months after President Joe Biden declared: "America is back."
T.I., Wife Tiny Investigated After Sexual Abuse Allegation
Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka Tiny Harris are under investigation by police in Los Angeles after a sexual abuse allegation.
Ceasefire Still Elusive In Israel-Gaza Conflict
Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up crossborder rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting.
Man Who Killed Himself In Courtroom Faced Minimum Of 7 Years
A man who killed himself inside a federal courthouse in North Dakota after he was convicted for brandishing a weapon at a minor faced a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison and a maximum term of life, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Judges Send Ohio's Case Against Census Back To Lower Court
An appellate court on Tuesday sent a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's delay in releasing data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts back to a trial court and ordered a judge to come up with a remedy between the statistical...
Israel Shells Lebanon After Failed Launches Toward Israeli Territory -Israeli Military
Six shells were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel on Monday but fell short of crossing the border, the Israeli military said.
EXPLAINER: The Supreme Court Takes A Major Abortion Case
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a major abortion case that could dramatically alter decades of rulings on abortion rights and eventually lead to dramatic restrictions on abortion access.
In Fresh Setback to Pakistan Govt, Imran Khan's Aide Resigns after Corruption Allegations
Zulfi Bukhari was accused of using influence to expand the Rawalpindi Ring Road project to facilitate some real estate developers.
Fiery Train Derailment Prompts Evacuation Of Small Iowa Town
Thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting authorities to evacuate part of a small, nearby town.
Ex-prosecutor Disbarred After Wrongful Convictions In Texas
A former Dallas County prosecutor has surrendered his law license after the State Bar of Texas said he withheld evidence that led to the wrongful convictions of two men who spent 14 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a pastor.
Peru Voter Simulation Shows Castillo And Fujimori Now Neck And Neck
Peruvian socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo and rightwing rival Keiko Fujimori are neck and neck just three weeks before the presidential runoff in the Andean nation, an Ipsos Peru voter simulation suggested on Sunday.
UK Govt Faces Flak for Delaying Travel Ban on India as Covid-19's B1.617.2 Variant Spreads Rapidly
Around 20,000 people travelled between India & the UK before the ban. Around 122 of them arriving from Delhi and Mumbai between late March and April 26 were detected with the VOC.
DIARY: Shouts, A Hurried Evacuation, And Then The Bombs Came
My colleagues' shouts awakened me, and the pounding of my heart drowned out the racing of my mind. What was happening? Had someone been injured on the streets of Gaza City, or worse?
NYC Pride Says No Police Can Attend; Gay Officers
Organizers of New York Citys Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep onduty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ p...
Kid Reporter, Who Asked Obama to be His 'Homeboy' in Interview at White House, Dies at 23
Weaver was 11 when he interviewed Obama for 10 minutes, asking questions that focused primarily on education
Scuba Divers Begin 6-month Effort To Rid Lake Tahoe Of Trash
A team of scuba divers on Friday completed the first dive of a massive, sixmonth effort to rid the popular Lake Tahoe of fishing rods, tires, aluminum cans, beer bottles and other trash accumulating underwater.