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Southern Illinois Death Reported from Tuesday Evening Tornadoes

According to the the National Weather Service, 22 twisters touched down in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee and Iowa. A nursing home in La Salle Count...

What's at Stake When Trump Discredits the Press

Buzzfeed was the first outlet to publish the leaked Federal Bureau of Investigation documents, the ones that revealed the Russia-Trump controversy and the infa...

Senate confirms former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to serve as energy secretary

Hanford cleanup "requires a deep understanding of a very large and complex cleanup project and a great deal of respect for the workers who show up each day to m...

Gold price has minor setback from Fed news, China expanding production

The policy sensitive 2-year yield rose to 1.20% yesterday (February 27), based on daily data via Treasury.gov, but that's a middling rate relative to this month...

Convicted rapist attacks woman on his own wedding day

McCann raped a stranger hours before marrying the cousin of Tottenham striker Harry Kane - after being freed early from prison for a similar attack. McCann w...

Ford recalls 3 vehicles on Takata airbag safety concern

The 2016-17 Ford Edge SUVs were built October 8, 2015, to February 15, 2017, the 2016-17 Lincoln MKX SUVs were built November 11, 2014, to February 15, 2017, an...

Senators Issue Bipartisan Call For Hearing On Jewish Community Center Threats

Kelly said in a statement released on Wednesday evening that the Department of Homeland Security is "working closely with Jewish communities to advise and sup...

'Nashville': Connie Britton Coming Back As Rayna's Evil Twin? 'Anything Could Happen'

HollywoodLifers , do you think that Connie will ever return to Nashville in some way? The March 2 episode of " Nashville " will have Deacon, Maddie and Daphne...

Migrants: Merkel in Cairo for talks with Sisi

Merkel's last visit to Cairo was in 2009, when she met with then President Hosni Mubarak in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh and attended an worldwide confere...

Pakistan urges United Nations to send fact finding mission on held-Kashmir

In a strong statement at the 34th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, India said the fundamental reason for disturbances in parts of Jammu and Kashmi...

Kansas shooting: Kuchibhotla Srinivas's wife faces United States visa problem

He always had a smile for every one, respected all especially his elders". Telugu associations and Garmin, the company her husband worked for, are trying to h...

2 inmates killed in Nebraska prison riot

Spokeswoman Dawn-Renee Smith said about 40 of the 128 inmates in a housing unit were involved in the disturbance. State leaders in recent years have sought to...

The full statements from PwC and the academy on Oscars flub

PwC , which has audited the awards since 1934, has apologized for a mix-up at the end of Sunday night's awards ceremony that caused presenter Faye Dunaway to na...

Era's first drone strike kills 2 in Kurram

The two were identified as Afghan Taliban commander Qari Abdullah Sabrai and Commander Affan. It was not clear who was being targeted, the official said. The ...

May Slams SNP in Bid to Keep Scotland in UK After Brexit

But she said: "I would be confident of victory". May, who insists there should be no second independence referendum, will criticise the SNP, which governs Sco...

Trump to sign measure to bolster US's historically black colleges

See story here for more details : "President Donald Trump has signed an executive order in support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In respo...

Trump administration reverses protections for transgender students in public schools

The states, led by Texas, sued in May, arguing that the Obama administration had overstepped its authority when it directed the nation's public schools to allow...

Europe Accepts Just 8% of the Refugees It Pledged to Take

The European Commission determined that of the promised number, only 13,546 have been relocated - 3,936 of them from Italy and 9,610 from Greece. The Commissi...

Sudanese First Vice-President takes oath as PM

Saleh will hold onto his current post of Sudan's first vice president, Mahmoud said. The naming of a prime minister and delegation of some of the president's ...

'House of Cards' star helps Maryland battle opioid crisis

Stamp, a former director of the state emergency management agency and the Talbot County Department of Emergency Services, agreed that details were "squishy" at ...

Muslim teen found hanged in woods near Seattle; family seeks answers

Keita was a student at Running Start, a college-level program for high school students at Everett Community College and worked at a McDonald's restaurant, polic...

Fugitive charged with second Mississippi murder

Bond was set at $5 million and a first appearance was scheduled for March 6th in Pratt County district court. Edward Gimpel said Deaton was being chased in a st...

Crashed plane hoisted from roof of condo building

Forget yesterday's news. Get what you need today in this early-morning email. "We are looking at the man, the machine, and the environment", McCarter told rep...

Texas Rangers to investigate Baylor handling of sex assaults

Gutierrez, who held a press conference Monday during which he said "there's no way in hell" he'd send his two daughters to Baylor, reiterated that stance Wednes...

Obama aides left a trail of intelligence about possible Russian election hack

After Donald Trump won the election in November, the USA intelligence community issued an assessment that Russian Federation sought to sway the election in his ...

Gamer Girl: Hyped for the new 'Legend of Zelda'

However, the story told in Breath of the Wild takes a unique risk that pays off within the context of the most open-ended Zelda game yet. Sure, we still h...

Suspect detained in Brussels alert as gas canisters found in vehicle

The driver was arrested after the police forced him to stop the vehicle. Prosecutor's spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch said authorities did not want to take any c...

Search continues at Moama for missing boy in Murray River

After that conversation he drove her to Echuca police station around 10pm where the woman surrendered herself to police. UPDATE 9.14am: Deniliquin Police last...

Student with peanut allergy hazed at CMU

Dr. Partha Nandi, the 7 Action News chief health editor, weighed in on the serious nature of peanut allergies. A woman named Teresa Seely posted several p...

Federal cabinet approves FATA's merger with KP, repeal of FCR

While the federal government could no longer intervene in matters pertaining to Fata after implementation of the reforms. He also lauded the patriotism of the t...

Whoa! Truck flies Dukes of Hazzard style after north Louisiana police chase

The truck sustained heavy damage, causing some damage to a local restaurant in the process, and landed on a woman sitting in her auto. Webster Sheriff Gary Se...

Iowa lawmaker's college actually just a company that operates a Sizzler

Chelgren plans to ask the Senate Republican staff to restore the reference to his completion of that business management course. An Iowa GOP official quoted...

Trump would've handled hunt for leaks 'differently' than Spicer

CNN's Jake Tapper retweeted Spicer , writing "Just a small example of how dishonest the "fake news" charge from the WH is". White House officials said the ...

Turkey summons German ambassador over minister's cancelled meeting

He was expected to meet with Turkish community members in a rally and address about the upcoming referendum on April 16 for the proposed constitutional amendmen...

Senate confirms Trump pick Perry as energy secretary

During his time in politics, Duncan served in the Texas House of Representatives and in the Texas Senate for more than 20 years, and most of that time while Per...