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Nonstop violence as Baltimore nears record homicide rate 25 Dec 2019 - 04:52 pm

BALTIMORE: Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record as killings of adults and minors alike for drugs,...

Merrily on high: US astronauts help track Santa's delivery route 25 Dec 2019 - 04:33 pm

Washington: For decades, the Canadian and American defense agency NORAD has provided updates on Santa Claus's international gift delivery route, but this year,...

White-bearded 'Merry Christmas' bank robber throws cash at passers-by 25 Dec 2019 - 04:33 pm

Washington: A white-bearded man robbed a bank two days before Christmas, but threw the stolen cash in the air and wished passers-by a...

6 magnitude earthquake strikes central Colombia 25 Dec 2019 - 09:07 am

Bogota: An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hit central Colombia Tuesday night. The quake was located about 150 km south of the capital of...

Brazil's Bolsonaro grants police officers Christmas pardon 25 Dec 2019 - 12:34 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has granted a Christmas pardon to police officers convicted of involuntary crimes, according to an item...

Trump's Christmas Eve admission: No gift yet for Melania 25 Dec 2019 - 12:33 am

PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had not yet bought a Christmas present for the first lady, just a...

Trump says us will ‘deal with’ a North Korea missile test 24 Dec 2019 - 08:45 pm

President Donald Trump said that if North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles, the U.S. will "deal with it.” "I handle them as they...

Melania Trump silently forges path through impeachment 24 Dec 2019 - 07:33 pm

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton spent the morning of her husband's impeachment visiting Capitol Hill to rally Democrats to his side. Pat Nixon kept assuring...

Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal 23 Dec 2019 - 11:12 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling...

Biden's new endorsement reflects battle for Latino support 23 Dec 2019 - 07:03 pm

Joe Biden’s presidential bid got a boost Monday from one of the leading Latinos in Congress, with the chairman of the Hispanic Caucus'...

Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD pioneer, dies at 88 23 Dec 2019 - 07:03 pm

MAUI, Hawaii: Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to...

Actor Kevin Costner returns to Iowa to support Buttigieg 23 Dec 2019 - 05:20 pm

INDIANOLA: "Field of Dreams” actor Kevin Costner returned to Iowa on Sunday to go to bat for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, pitching...

Texas man to be exonerated after DNA leads to new arrest 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm

HOUSTON: Authorities said they will begin the process to exonerate a Houston man who was convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing that investigators...

Trump has one of best weeks - apart from impeachment 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

Washington: Donald Trump kicked off Christmas vacation on Friday after a series of legislative victories gave him one of his best weeks in...

Trump hits out at evangelical magazine that called for his ouster 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

Washington: US President Donald Trump lashed out on Friday at a leading evangelical Christian publication after it published a scathing editorial that branded...

GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

LINCOLN, Neb.: An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in...

Battles lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm

WASHINGTON: The White House on Sunday signaled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial,...