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Showdown at hand over Trump's Supreme Court nominee

Filibustering Gorsuch's nomination , the only option Democrats have if they want to even play a role in this drama, will not punish McConnell or other Repub...

Deal doubtful on new GOP health plan; could raise premiums

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan while Vice President Mike Pence (c.) looks on during a Republican meeting on Januar...

Trump pivots to tax reform after Obamacare shipwreck

In this light, pulling the bill seems like both common sense and responsible governance, not to mention good politics. Moving on from repealing Obamacare woul...

Russell Westbrook Notches Historic Triple-Double

The game pretty much became the backdrop for Westbrook's triple-double watch. Cavaliers great LeBron James took his career tally of triple-doubles to 54 on ...

LCC honors women during Equal Pay Day event

The "Connecticut Commission on Women, Children, and Seniors" says nationally, the gender wage gap for white women indicates they make about 80 cents for ever...

Mattis, Egypt's president Sisi express desire to cooperate on counterterrorism

For Egypt, the objective is clear: Help us help you. But Cairo has a history of diplomatic yo-yoing, a foreign policy that doesn't appear to have changed un...

Reuters poll: Sterling's fate hangs on tone of Brexit negotiations

Ms May insisted it will be possible to reach clarity on the deal within two years. "To see Article 50 finally being triggered is very sad for me because of al...

Michael Flynn initially did not disclose Russian-linked payments

In recent days, officials at the White House asked him to finish the process and advised him to itemize each organization that paid him. CNN has reported ex...

More than 500000 inhalers recalled by GlaxoSmithKline

The recall impacts lot number 6ZP9848 with an expiration date of March 18 and lots 6ZP0003 and 6ZP9944 with an expiration date of April 18. Reuters reports ...

President Trump says Susan Rice committed a crime in 'unmasking' his aides

On Wednesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said the House intelligence committee investigation looking into Russia's role in the 2016 election was back on track afte...

Explosive disarmed in St Petersburg building

No one was hurt in the explosion but a vehicle was damaged by falling masonry, news agency RIA reported, citing a source in Russia's emergencies ministry. The c...

Scotland formally requests independence vote from UK

A spokesman for May said the United Kingdom government would respond in due course but ruled out discussions on a second secession vote. She warned it would...

TMC(M) extends support to OPS faction in R.K. Nagar by-polls

Rajesh Lakhoni and District Electoral Officer Karthikeyan over phone and sought action against those involved in the stabbing of his party men who had tried to ...

Ahead of Delhi civic polls, Ambrish Gautam quits Congress, joins BJP

Expressing confidence over the functioning of Delhi Congress headed by former union minister Ajay Maken, party leader Shakeel Ahmed told ANI that Walia is a sen...

Palestinian government slashes salaries for Gaza employees

The hangings come a day after Hamas offered a week of "clemency" for other collaborators who assisted with the death of Mazen Faqha in the Palestinian territory...

Tornado hits Georgia; rain, hail, high wind around Southeast

Alabama is bracing for a barrage of potentially severe weather on Wednesday, with storms expected to bring gusty winds, large hail, torrential rains and the p...

St Petersburg metro bomber identified as Kyrgyz man

The Russian business daily Kommersant said that security agencies had learned of a terror plot in St. Petersburg from a Russian man affiliated with IS who had c...

Mark Reckless quits Ukip and rejoins Tories

A Ukip source said that if Reckless did sit as an independent, he could lose his post as chair of the environment committee at the assembly, which entitles him ...

Trade, economic ties to figure prominently in Trump-Xi meeting

Trump has repeatedly said he wants China to do more to exert its economic influence over its unpredictable ally in Pyongyang to restrain its nuclear and missi...

South Korea test fires 800km-range missile

President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call that North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch was "a risky provocation and a serious threat". North Kor...

Israel military says Palestinian killed Israeli in West Bank

A wave of violence that broke out in October 2015 has claimed the lives of 259 Palestinians, 41 Israelis, two Americans, one Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudane...

Bernie Sanders Delivers Rousing Speech on Senate Floor Denouncing Neil Gorsuch

McConnell told reporters he was confident there were enough votes to change the rules. During his attention-grabbing speech, Mr Merkley stood next to a blown-...

Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, N. Korea fires a new missile

It uses solid fuel already loaded inside the missile, which would shorten launch preparation times, boost the weapon's mobility and make it harder for outsiders...

Relay for Life to raise money to fight cancer

This is the second consecutive year for Mercy to host an Easter egg hunt, said Tiffany Jones, regional director of Relay for Life field support. The Relay For L...

North Korea fires missile into sea off east coast

The initial US and South Korean assessments indicated it was a KN-15 medium-range missile, whose first publicly known test in February was considered by many fo...

11 dead in terrorist attack in Russian Federation

He was an ethnic Uzbek and naturalised Russian citizen, who had remained in St Petersburg to work in a sushi restaurant after his parents returned to Kyrgyzstan...

Liquor ban: Chandigarh hoteliers protest against Supreme Court order

For civic areas with populations higher than 20,000, and stretches of highways that do not fall within municipal areas, the limit remains 500 metres. Ujjai: A...

Detractors bow to Jacob Zuma's apology

The SACP has joined Cosatu in calling for President Jacob Zuma's removal following the sacking of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. The ANC thanked Jonas on Tw...

Richards exits with biceps cramping, Angels blank A's 5-0

Richards said he explained he felt just a cramping, "like someone punched me in the arm". The Los Angeles Angels are taking no chances after going without him...

New Zealand experiencing floods

Whakatane District Council declared a state of emergency , describing the disaster as an "unprecedented one-in-500-year flood event". Cyclone Debbie, a Categ...

Astronaut John Glenn to be interred at Arlington Cemetery

Senator from Ohio. His flight on Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, showed the world that America was a serious contender in the space race with the Soviet Unio...

Woman falls off California's tallest bridge while trying to take a SELFIE

The pursuit of the flawless selfie nearly claimed another life, this time at the top of California's tallest man made structure, the Foresthill Bridge after...

Cavs' Thompson injures thumb, ending NBA playing streak

Yeah, good luck. The Cavs hate to lose, and they will quickly admit spending the waning days of the season fending off Boston isn't ideal. "It was definitely an...

Georgia braces for severe weather threat of unsafe storms, hail, possible tornadoes

Lawmakers said the bill should save lives by giving residents more time to prepare for hurricanes, tornadoes and other deadly storms. Back then, the National ...

France hosts NYC events marking centennial of US in WWI

There are 45 names etched into the granite memorial, men called from their pursuits as laborers, farmers, engineers and scholars after Congress declared war on ...