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Insurers' new business: "active shooter" policies for US schools 21 Mar 2018 - 08:02 am

Insurance broker Paul Marshall can count on his phone ringing in the aftermath of a school shooting. Since the Feb. 14 shooting at...

Michigan mom pleads guilty after second death of a child 20 Mar 2018 - 06:06 pm

PETOSKEY: A northern Michigan woman has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the suffocation of her infant daughter, her second criminal case in...

Two plus attacker hurt in Maryland school shooting: sheriff 20 Mar 2018 - 06:00 pm

Great Mills, United States: Three people, including the assailant, were critically injured in a shooting at a high school in the eastern US...

Fifth parcel blast reported in Texas 20 Mar 2018 - 04:06 pm

Austin: A package exploded early Tuesday at a FedEx distribution facility in Texas, authorities said, following a series of other blasts in Austin...

Package bound for Austin explodes at FedEx facility - fire department 20 Mar 2018 - 01:10 pm

One employee was injured when a package containing nails and shrapnel that was bound for Austin, Texas, exploded at a Texas FedEx facility,...

Supreme Court takes up challenge by crisis pregnancy centers 20 Mar 2018 - 07:58 am

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a free speech fight over California's attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. The case...

Austin on edge: Police fear serial bomber behind Texas blasts 19 Mar 2018 - 11:40 pm

AUSTIN, Texas: Police in Texas fear a serial bomber planted four powerful explosive devices that have killed two people and injured four others...

Brazil police arrest Catholic bishop of Formosa in graft probe 19 Mar 2018 - 08:48 pm

SAO PAULO: Brazilian police on Monday arrested the Bishop of Formosa, Jose Ribeiro, on allegations that he, along with other Catholic clergymen, stole...

Guinean schools reopen after month-long teachers' strike 19 Mar 2018 - 07:49 pm

Conakry: Classes resumed Monday in Guinean schools after a month-long strike by teachers seeking the implementation of a 40-percent pay increase that was...

US college student missing in Bermuda, police issue flyers 19 Mar 2018 - 06:00 pm

An American college student has been reported missing in Bermuda. Bermuda police say 19-year-old Mark Dombroski was on a rugby tour with Saint...

White House says Trump isn't considering firing Mueller 19 Mar 2018 - 02:35 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is not considering firing the special counsel investigating Russian election interference, a top White House lawyer said, after a...

Collateral damage: How Trump threw Canada's refugee system into turmoil 19 Mar 2018 - 12:17 pm

TORONTO: Buffered by three oceans and the United States to the south, Canada has for decades had the luxury of being able to...

Another explosion injures 2 in Texas capital; cause unclear 19 Mar 2018 - 08:15 am

AUSTIN, Texas: Two people were injured in another explosion in Texas' capital Sunday night, and police weren't saying if it was caused by...

Shutdown looming, Congress and White House seek budget deal 19 Mar 2018 - 08:00 am

WASHINGTON: Congressional leaders and the White House are pressing to strike an accord on a $1.3 trillion catchall spending bill, though disputes remain...

Teen, man who often got her out of school located in Mexico 18 Mar 2018 - 07:51 pm

ALLENTOWN, Pa.: The mother of a Pennsylvania teenager says she went from not eating or sleeping to crying tears of relief when her...

Tonnes of garbage cleaned up from Galapagos coast 18 Mar 2018 - 10:59 am

Quito: Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine...

Mueller now has memos McCabe kept on Trump dealings 18 Mar 2018 - 07:47 am

Washington: Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal...