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Kim Jong Nam's family under 24-hour police protection

Because the Kim brothers shared the same exalted and heroic lineage - the "blood of Mount Paektu" - the argument goes, no matter how low profile he was, Kim Jo...

Officials Slow Release Of Water At Oroville Dam

Periods of warm rain and strong winds are expected to rake the area into next week. Last week, the Department of Water Resources discovered a massive crater i...

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Rainfall totals throughout the Bay Area are all running above average for the season, which began on October 1, including Santa Rosa, which has received a stagg...

Immigration checkpoint rumors across Colorado are 'false, risky and irresponsible,' ICE says

However, they still caused alarm among immigrants and advocates who are concerned about the Trump administration's view of the word "criminal". Yet, in spite ...

Kim Jong Nam's murder shows more brutal N. Korean reign of terror

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This Scott Pruitt Insanity Doesn't Get Nearly Enough Attention

Though Pruitt ran unopposed for a second term in 2014, public campaign finance reports show he raised more than $700,000, much of it from people in the energy a...

Thousands remain in shelters after California dam evacuation

According the county DPW, there are 18 "major" dams in and around the Los Angeles Basin - most in the San Gabriel Mountains, the closest to Santa Clarita bei...

Trump promises to treat Dreamers with 'great heart'

Ramirez's attorneys say that both he and his brother thought they were protected from deportation under DACA, created by President Obama to temporarily shield...

Trump considers deploying 100000 troops in U.S. to round up immigrants

President Donald Trump's administration is considering mobilizing as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, according to The...

De Lima expects arrest on Monday next week

President Rodrigo Duterte had repeatedly accused De Lima of benefiting from the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison while serving the administratio...

U.S. 'absolutely' committed to two-state solution, says United Nations ambassador

We will continue to be at the side of the Palestinian people until they reach theirlegitimate aspirations, in particular, the establishment of an independent st...

PSL 2017, 9th Match: Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators on today

United kept the pressure on Quetta Gladiators , but had lost three wickets by the end of the 11th over for a score of 72. The 9th match of the Pakistan Super...

Kremlin aide says no agreement yet on Putin-Trump meeting: Ifax

President Donald Trump and that it would only be possible to assess the outlook for relations once the leaders of both countries had met. "We never wore rose-...

CNN Mocks Trump Press Conference With Epic Tweet

That is, if you're okay with watching content from a network Trump calls "fake news". Limbaugh praised Trump's performance on his nationally syndicated radi...

Putin wants his spies to work closer with US intelligence agencies

But while the Russian commentator doesn't say so in his latest article, the apparent collapse of President Vladimir Putin's calculations that the new USA admini...

Netanyahu Shut Down Suggestions That Trump Is An Anti-Semite

All the proceeds go to supporting our independent journalism at AMERICAblog. "I've known the president and I've known his family and his team for a long time ,...

Supreme Court gets five more judges

They have also reportedly decided not to prolong their confrontation over the memorandum of procedure (MoP), the manual that guides the appointment process. In ...

UN Security Council to hold 'urgent' meeting following North Korea missile launch

President Donald Trump took office on January 20. South Korea's Ambassador Choi Kyong-lim said the test showed "the unreasonable nature of the DPRK and th...

Pet squirrel credited with protecting home from burglar

An Idaho man returned home to discover his pet squirrel had protected his home from would-be burglars while he was away. "I saw scratches that were around the...

Mike Pence to kick off Europe tour to clarify Trump's foreign policy

Pence would attend the Munich Security Conference opening later today, wherein he is expected to meet several world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela ...

Mike Dubke to be named White House communications director

With the anticipated appointment, which a White House official confirmed Friday, President Trump will be reaching outside his circle of trusted campaign aides t...

Christchurch fire halted as residents count losses

A state of emergency has been declared in the city and neighbouring Selwyn District and the military has been deployed to help firefighters. On Tuesday, a he...

Teen Girl From Amber Alert Charged with Her Mother's Murder

A 15-year-old girl from Gary who was the subject of an Amber Alert this week has now been charged with stabbing her mother to death, according to police. An Amb...

Spain's Princess Cristina cleared in tax trial

Her husband Inaki Urdangarin had been charged with the more serious crimes of embezzlement, influence peddling, forgery and money laundering. She could have gon...

Nigerian Air Force repel Boko Haram attack

Three female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a truck station, detonating vehicles at Muna Garage on the city's eastern outskirts, according to police Depu...

Lose Job if You Drink Alcohol even when Outside the Country?

The state cabinet yesterday issued fresh conduct rules for government servants - right from Group A to Group D - and judicial officers in a bid to tighten the e...

'Undermining the rule of law'

Asked whether politicians responded quickly enough to defend the judiciary and rule of law, he said: "I think they could have been quicker and clearer". They we...

Cyclone Dineo visits South Africa

Cyclones are characterised by heavy rains and violent storms that can leave trails of destruction. The storm‚ which was downgraded from a tropical cyclone yes...

Three locals make Dean's List at St. Lawrence University

SUNY Geneseo has named several western Queens students to its Dean's List for the Fall 2016 semester, including Middle Village's Andrew Arcese , Woodside's ...

Abortion bills heard in Texas Senate committee

Schwertner said the motivation behind the bill came from 2015 video footage alleging Planned Parenthood had sold fetal organs. A separate bill, SB 415, author...

United Kingdom retail sales unexpectedly fall in January

Evidence suggested that higher food and fuel prices could be the culprit. "In the three months to January 2017, retail sales saw the first signs of a fall in ...

Trump labor secretary pick Andy Puzder withdrawing his nomination

Puzder withdrew his name on Wednesday in the wake of several problems that developed, suggesting that the Trump White House did not do a very complete vetting. ...

Weather: Temps dropping before warm afternoon

Winds SW at 10 to 20 miles per hour. South wind 9 to 16 miles per hour. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 miles per hour in the morning. Mostly cloudy toni...

Dunford to Meet With Russian Chief of General Staff

The United States and Russian Federation already have a channel for avoiding each other in the crowded airspace over Syria. But on the same day in Brussels, M...

Former [Left-Wing] US Ambassadors To Israel Working To Block Friedman's Confirmation

After guards escorted the hecklers out, Friedman faced tough questioning from members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who are skeptical he can conduct...