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Man grabs officer's gun, kills someone; cops wound him

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James Anderson topples R Ashwin; reclaims No.1 Test ranking for bowlers

This is the second time in less than six weeks that Anderson has topped the bowling table. Meanwhile, Anderson's team-mate Chris Woakes has jumped into the to...

Forest fire breaks out in Southern California

The 3,000-acre jump could be due to inaccurate first-day figures. More than 5,000 homes are under voluntarily evacuation advisories because of the fire. It ...

11-year-old fatally shot north of Nashville

The child had just returned home from her first day of school when the shooting occurred. 29-year-old Timothy Batts brought 11-year-old Timea Batts to TriStar...

Court Allows New UK Labour Party Members to Vote in Leadership Election

Labour now faces potential legal costs of hundreds of thousands of pounds should its appeal fail. Allies of Mr Corbyn attacked the decision to appeal, with s...

Sukanya and Pimsiri make it 1-2 for Thailand

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Clinton promises steady hand in dangerous world

He is betting that the perils of today's world will blind us to its unlimited promise. Hillary Clinton's formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomin...

Regular use of social networks hitting performance at school

However, while gaming can have beneficial results, social media may have the opposite effect. Is Pokemon Go good for you? It could be however that intellige...

After outage, Delta seeks forgiveness with refunds, vouchers

The computers are now back online, but the airline is still scrambling system-wide to relieve the flight backlog. At 7:25 a.m., that page showed 19 delays and...

World Archery statement on IPC suspension of NPC Russia

This release is issued in response to the International Paralympic Committee's announcement on 7 August 2016 that the Russian NPC's membership will be suspended...

GOP Sen. Collins 'dismayed' by Trump, won't vote for him

She was at one point rumored to be on the short list for Trump's VP pick, but to that she said she wasn't waiting by her phone. Merrill added that after Trum...

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu wins 100m backstroke to claim second gold

NBC's announcers came under attack shortly after. And the US women's gymnastics team - always a favorite for prime-time viewers - had a sparkling performance...

Burnham is Labour's man for Mayor of Greater Manchester

But since the vote, Westminster has reverted to business as usual, showering honours on the political elite. Party members had until Friday August 5 to cast t...

Hurricane Earl drenching Belize, then heading for Mexico

The outer bands of Hurricane Earl were spreading drenching rain over Belize on Wednesday night, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Maximum sustai...

US concerned about extrajudicial killings in Philippines

United States State Department Press Office Director Elizabeth Trudeau said in a press briefing dated August 8 that the State Department has summoned Philippi...

American shooter wins first gold in Rio

Thrasher's score of 208 set a record for a final round in an Olympics. Thrasher. 19, beat silver medalist Du Li in the final round. Defending Olympic champion...

Russian Federation says 7 killed in Syria rebel attack using 'poison' rockets

Washington's decision not to join the recently launched Moscow-Damascus humanitarian operation in Aleppo reveals the USA real goal of supporting insurgency in ...

Panel sends Alabama chief justice's ethics case to trial

Supreme Court ruling. Moore said his order simply explained that a previous state ban on issuing marriage licenses to gay couples remained in effect until the...

Japan's emperor hints at abdication soon

The 10-minute speech marked his second televised address to the nation since ascending the throne in 1989 after the death of his father, Hirohito. Prince Naruhi...

Kansas boy suffered fatal neck injury on waterslide

Police say Caleb Schwab was one of three passengers riding in a boat Sunday on the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn Waterpark. Investigators spent a pa...

Australian, Chinese swim officials tangle amid doping feud

And I haven't seen it conclusively demonstrated that Sun doesn't have heart problems. Horton won with a time of 3:41.55, with Sun taking silver. It was unclea...

Vail Resorts buys operator of 2010 Olympics site for $1.1B

Two years later, Whistler Blackcomb finally accomplished its original dream, took the world stage, and hosted the Winter Olympics. Buying Whistler would give ...

Duterte still seeks peace talks with communist rebels

Duterte said he might call off the unilateral ceasefire after rebels killed a militiaman and injured four others in an ambush on Wednesday. Gen. Ronald "Bat...

Local woman victim of flash flooding in Maryland

Six inches of rain fell in two hours that night, killing two people, sweeping vehicles off roads, damaging businesses, and displacing many residents in the his...

Former Arunachal Pradesh CM found dead at his residence

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A gold medal and a win for clean athletes everywhere

Gold medalist Lilly King of the United States has launched a scathing attack on Olympians caught doping. The U.S. men's basketball team surged after a slow ...

Soberanes Fire Near Big Sur 25 Percent Contained

Just north of Los Angeles, a 65-square-mile wildfire in wilderness just north of Los Angeles was nearly fully contained and only active with isolated pockets of...

Dion sits down for first meeting with Russian foreign minister in years

World News - Secretary of State John Kerry says he raised the email hack of the Democratic National Committee with Russia's top diplomat but stopped short of ...

Putin and Erdogan meet to mend ties after jet downing rift

The meeting between Putin and Erdogan "is a big deal". "For the first time in recent memory, there is serious discussion of Turkey's North Atlantic Treaty O...

Erdogan in Russia today to meet Putin; West will be watching closely

Kurtulmus, citing police figures, said as many as 5 million people had attended the rally, which he described as a strong expression by the Turkish people of ...

Watch Economic Plan Talk By Republican Nominee

Hillary Clinton is promising more support for small businesses as she tours a brewery in Florida. The Maine senator doesn't say whether or not she will vote f...

Turkey Issues Warrant For US-Based Cleric

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan pinned the coup attempt that gripped the country on a self-exiled cleric living in the USA named Fethullah Gulen. "Desp...

South Korea nearly flawless in team archery, beats US

RIO DE JANEIRO Carrying a country's expectations and an Olympic legacy of astonishing over-achievement, South Korea's archers were hardly going to let the wi...

40 killed by mudslides in Mexico; new storm aims for Baja

Hurricane Earl remnants are now moving along the South-western coastline of Mexico and is predicted to increase in strength. Javier was expected to begin weak...

Trump says won't endorse Ryan in the run-up to Wisconsin primary

Trump has also been condemned for backing the Russian annexation of Crimea. While the crowd began to boo this mother (one woman can even be heard shouting ove...