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Storm Track Moves North; Forecasters Predict Less Snow And Wind

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Pastor Gets Standing Ovation For Confessing To 'Sexual Incident' With Teenager

In a blog post , Ms Woodson claims Mr Savage was driving her home when he took her to a wooded area and assaulted her. After his confession, the congregation...

Parents, Community Search for Missing College Student

The body of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein was found around 2 p.m. Tuesday in the brush surrounding Borrego Park in Foothill Ranch - the park where he disappeared ...

Justices could uphold Ohio voter purge effort

The 1993 National Voter Registration Act bars states from striking registered voters "by reason of the person's failure to vote". OH is more aggressive than...

Vermont poised to approve recreational marijuana

Vermont's senate on Wednesday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana use, which would make the state the first in the nation to do so through the legi...

Tsunami alert after magnitude 7.6 natural disaster rocks Caribbean Sea north of Honduras

There were no early reports of serious damage on land. The epicenter was located 202 kilometres from the Honduran town of Barra Patuca, and 245 kilometres fro...

WION's Pakistan bureau chief escapes abduction after assault; says he is safe

In his post , Siddiqui further said that he had managed to escape the kidnapping attempt and that he was "safe and with the police now". "I was on my way to ai...

Civilian killing issue rocks house, opposition boycotts CM speech

With the ruling government in Jammu and Kashmir facing the wrath of the opposition over the killing of a civilian in Kulgam, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on ...

Rep. Darrell Issa will not run for another term

Issa was a national figure and a staple on cable talk shows when he chaired the House Oversight House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from from 2011 t...

Fire reported on Trump Tower roof in NY

President Trump was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the fire, The Associated Press reports. One person sustained a serious, possibly life-threatening inju...

Madrasas produce terrorists, should be brought to mainstream education system: Wasim Rizvi

UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi has again ruffled the feathers by seeking ban on madrasas calling them the nerve centres of extremism churni...

Trump rips 'Sneaky Dianne Feinstein' for releasing testimony about Russian Federation dossier

Dianne Feinstein as "sneaky" and slammed her for releasing testimony Tuesday from the August questioning of the co-founder of Fusion GPS, the company that hi...

Robert De Niro slams Donald Trump, kisses Meryl Streep

The actor has assembled quite the arsenal of anti-Trump messaging, which started employing prior to the 2016 election when he urged voters to cast their ballo...

Mediterranean: Over 90 migrants missing

The Libyan Navy said on Wednesday that its Coast Guard had rescued at least 279 migrants off the coast of Libya , but that about 100 more were missing and fear...

Weather Authority: Wintry mix beginning Wednesday night

Monday's wintry mix left some slick and icy spots on some roads early this morning, but sunshine and the above freezing temperatures should help to melt those o...

On Hrithik Roshan's Birthday, A Krrish 4 Announcement For Fans

The anti-hero of Krrish was Naseeruddin Shah while Vivek Oberoi played the antagonist in Krrish 3. Rakesh Roshan chose to make it extra special by ann...

South African Zuma to set up anti-graft probe

News-reading algorithmic traders may have been further confused by reports on the wires of a U.S. congressional aide saying that Zuma was lost. The new leader...

Theatres do not have to play Indian anthem

It was November 30, 2016 had when the Supreme Court had directed all the movie halls and theatres in the country to play the national anthem "Jana Mana Gana" be...

India to tour Ireland for two T20's before England series: BCCI

The two matches will be held on 27th and 29th June 2018, in Dublin. India last toured Ireland in 2007 when they defeated the hosts in a one-off ODI in ...

300 cuts in 'Padmavat'? Untrue, says CBFC chief

Also, speculations rife that Padmavat is set to release on January 25, which is also the release date of Akshay Kumar's Padman . The women's wing of the Bh...

Mike Pence to Lead US Delegation to Olympics in South Korea

Seoul had no plans to ease its unilateral sanctions at present, Moon said . South Korean President Moon Jae-in emphasized on Wednesday that the denucleariza...

Ecuador seeking possible mediation in Assange case

Swedish prosecutors earlier this year unexpectedly dropped their investigation into the allegations, which included a claim of rape . He is still expected to f...

Netanyahu proposes alternative to USA funding of Palestinian refugee agency

Netanyahu's statement came after US President Donald Trump and his United Nations ambassador, Nikky Haley, had also threatened to cut financial aid to the Pales...

Scorched Australia: 2017 third hottest year on record

Dr Braganza said it was the ninth warmest year on record for waters surrounding Australia. It is not the first time that a bleaching event occurred though as th...

New hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 begins, officials say

The report said this analysis complemented work detailed in a 2016 review and identified an area of less than 25,000 square kilometers (9,650 square miles) - ro...

Families of striking Tamil Nadu transport employees stage dharna

The chief minister also rejected the Opposition charge that he had not held talks with the trade unions. General Secretary of the DMK-backed Labour Progressiv...

Body found as tanker fire still rages following sea collision

Chinese authorities dispatched three ships to clean the oil spill. According to China's Ministry of Transport the tanker, named Sanchi , hit the Chinese ship...

Willie Nelson ill: Ends concert after 1 song, cancels shows

Nelson, 84, was performing his opening song, "Whiskey River", in San Diego when he stopped the song and left the stage. An email explaining the cancellation...

Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump over Fire and Fury book

According to the source, Miller was politely asked to leave the set multiple times after the interview was over, but refused. "After refusing to leave, he w...

Israel to approve 1285 settler homes in West Bank: Defense Min

Israel , for its part, argues that the demolitions were carried out because the structures have been built without permits. Israeli authorities were due to ap...

Justices give Georgia death row inmate new round of appeals

Keith Tharpe deserves no sympathy - but he does deserve basic fair treatment by the USA courts. The ruling also orders Georgia's US Court of Appeals for the 1...

Ukrainian passport ranks 44th in Henley Passport Index 2018

Meanwhile, Afghanistan's passport was the least potent, permitting access to just 24 countries, behind Iraq (27), Syria (28) and Pakistan (30). Results from y...

FDNY puts out fire in Trump Tower HVAC system

Aerial views showed firefighters on the roof of the skyscraper, with smoke billowing from one corner of the high-rise at East 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in mi...

Iran, banning English teaching in primary schools

Primary education in Iran lasts six years, while middle and high school lasts another three years each. The Iranian government is cracking down after a week o...

North Korea to hold talks with South this week

However, after Pyongyang conducted hydrogen bomb test and launched several missiles with one of them capable of reaching United States island of Guam, the intel...