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The reason crime stats are high

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Extend your arena beyond Upper House : PM to BJP RS MPs

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the BJP's Rajya Sabha MPs to work for the party's expansion in areas where it needs to strengthen its hold, apar...

RSS Nagpur removes its Goa chief for going against BJP!

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Chris Matthews Fails To Mention AG Kathleen Kane Is A Democrat

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Astros rally after wild pitch on strikeout, beat Athletics

Oakland reliever Liam Hendriks (0-3) got two quick outs in the eighth before George Springer tripled. Rizzo belted a two-run homer off Chad Kuhl (3-2) in the ...

US Sen. John McCain to skip Trump Phoenix visit

John McCain is now facing what he's termed "the toughest re-election fight of (his) career" after winning Tuesday's Republican primary over former state senato...

Ryan Lochte Lands Endorsement Deal for Portable Security Alarm Robocopp

This marks the second sponsorship Lochte has landed since coming under public scrutiny for fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio O...

Catch 31st October Trailer Starring Vir Das & Soha Ali Khan

With such a trailer, the expectations from this movie would obviously be high. It will be worth seeing if the movie stays true to its promise of telling the tro...

Polling in NA-63 Jhelum underway

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is ahead in the by-elections in Vehari and Jhelum as counting is still underway, ARY News reported. In Jhelum NA-63 P...

'Modi raising Balochistan issue not interference in Pakistan's affairs'

Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to Pakistan's Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs said his statements were proof of Pakistan's contention that India is fomenting terrorism i...

FBI to release report on Clinton email investigation

The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity, said documents in the case would be made public as the F...

Mount Airy tried to board flight with shotgun at BWI

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Tulsa gas station back open after fuel recall

The OCC release puts the amount of fuel involved at about 10,700 barrels (or about 449,400 gallons). Crews on Wednesday began draining, cleaning and refilling...

Japan PM pledges to invest $30 bn in Africa by 2018

The Summit, according to the organizers is a milestone of TICAD's process since its twenty-three years of existence and the first to be held in the African Co...

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rouseff has been impeached, the Brazilian press reports

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office, the culmination of a yearlong fight that paralyzed Latin America's largest na...

Pence Says Trump's 'Deportation Force' Was 'A Mechanism, Not a Policy'

On TV bashing Trump. "Through it all, he has continued pushing discredited conspiracy theories with racist undertones", she said . Robert Byrd, a former KKK ...

U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte issues apology after 'gunpoint robbery' claims

One of the U.S. Olympic swimmers caught up in the scandal over a fabricated claim of a robbery during the games in Rio de Janeiro, offered a detailed account of...

Trump in Mexico City

Trump was to immediately fly to Phoenix, Arizona where he will give a highly anticipated speech on his immigration policies. He also added that he was not worth...

Assange: American Media Is 'Erecting A Demon' By Defending Hillary Clinton

He said that Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is also "whipping up a neo-McCarthyist hysteria about Russian Federation", according to an interview ...

Reid asks FBI to probe threat of Russian election tampering

Under a worst-case scenario, Russia's sophisticated hackers could attack financial systems, power grids and other critical infrastructure, the intelligence offi...

Man attempts to ignite gas station over Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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Ex-Atlanta police officer indicted in death of unarmed man

He was indicted Wednesday on charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, making a false statement, and two counts of violating his oath of office. He's char...

NZ second-quarter terms of trade fall

WELLINGTON-New Zealand's terms of trade, a gauge of the country's purchasing power, fell in the second quarter of 2016, after a drop in export prices outweighed...

Brazilian police charge American swimmer Ryan Lochte with false report of robbery

Lochte, who flew home to North Carolina after the incident, will testify in the USA and the information will be transferred to Brazil, according to Civil Police...

Corbyn sat on train floor as a stunt, says railway firm

Last week, Khan threw his support behind Owen Smith, who has been a Parliament member since 2010 and is Corbyn's only challenger for the party leadership. Smith...

Baccarat, more weekend days push Nevada casino win over $1B

Across Nevada , casinos took in over $1 billion in the so-called gaming win, which is up almost 10 percent from July of a year ago. July marked a strong star...

Hawke's Bay man charged with blackmail

Crown prosecutor Steve Manning asked for the "short-term" suppression of the companies' details so they could work with government agencies on a communications ...

Air New Zealand's 'Surfing Safari' safety video condemned for 'extraneous content'

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Fox Poll: 48 Percent of Trump Voters Support Him Softening on Immigration

He is telling thousands of supporters in Phoenix that "you can not obtain legal status by entering the country illegally". "It's going to be fair, it's going to...

Abubakar Shekau Gravely Wounded, Other Boko Haram Commanders Killed, Army Claims

In 2009 Nigerian security forces said they had killed him along with the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, and 1,000 other members of Boko Haram . Nigerian Pr...

Two Men Charged in Fatal Shooting of Dwyane Wade's Cousin

Cmdr. Brendan Deenihan said Sunday that the Sorrells brothers had meant to shoot at a driver who had just dropped off passengers in the neighborhood. The NBA ...

Boston Police Body Camera Program Is Delayed

Attorney John Becker, who represents the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, said the pilot program was supposed to start this Friday, but the start date has...

No Irish golfers included in wildcard picks for Ryder Cup Team

I've never wanted to prove someone wrong so badly in my life I think. Overall, Love's picks will likely end up upsetting some fans, which is why he, and the g...

Is France's PM Trolling The World? Says 'Bare Breasts' Define Freedom

France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls has controversially hailed bare breasts as an example of modern France, as opposed to conservative , Islamic dress codes, ...

Trump heads to Mexico looking to shake up US presidential race

That proposal has been heavily criticized by the Mexican government - including Peña Nieto, who has said his country will never finance Trump's wall. had "bec...