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Florida's Riles out for season with knee injury

On Monday, Jim McElwain announced redshirt-junior Antonio Riles "went down today with a leg". Tests revealed the extent of damage, according to multiple repo...

First Zika Case Confirmed In The Bahamas

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South Africa's ANC loses control of Pretoria in yet another election setback

But the results mark a watershed for the DA which past year elected its first black leader, Mmusi Maimane, as it tries to shake off an image of a party mainly s...

Kuwait's al-Deehani wins men's double trap

Gold medalist Fehaid Aldeehani, center, an independent athlete from Kuwait competing on the Refugee Olympic Team, is flanked by silver medalist Marco Innocenti,...

Man Convicted in Indiana University Student's Slaying

These are major pieces of evidence in the case against Daniel Messel, the man accused of brutally murdering 22-year-old IU student Hannah Wilson then throwing h...

US Responds Coolly to Turkish Accusation That West Supports Terror

Turkish officials also met in Ankara with the top USA military commander in the first direct talks since the failed coup, with Washington under pressure to extr...

US says more military transparency needed in South China Sea

China is building three types of hangars on Fiery Cross Reef, Subi Reef, and Mischief Reef. The photographs indicating further militarisation of the already t...

Couple arrested carrying body of child in duffle bag

Hartley was detained and Mexican officials discovered the child's body when they examined the duffle bag with an X-ray machine. Officials say a California cou...

Delta says 90 more flight cancellations; others predict more

Delta is based in Atlanta. At San Francisco's airport, the line for limited Delta flights Tuesday stretched from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2. Delta previously sa...

DOJ Finds Baltimore Police Dept. Has History Of Violating Civil Rights

Seven people-all of them black-were stopped more than 30 times. The Department of Justice monitored the department's policing methods, including use of force,...

Clinton Campaign: "Dangerous" For Trump To Be Talking 2nd Amendment Threats

While many interpreted his remark as threatening - perhaps in a joking manner - Trump's campaign later insisted he was trying to rally Second Amendment supporte...

Indian activist ends 16-year fast over military powers

Irom Sharmila, dubbed the " Iron Lady of Manipur " for her protest against alleged rights abuses by security forces in the northeast Indian state, wept as she r...

Three dead including elderly woman as wildfire hits island of Madeira

Albuquerque said that most of those needing treatment had inhaled smoke and only two were severely hurt, with burns. About 30 houses and a five-star hotel have ...

Obama has his own Facebook Messenger bot

To be clear, this new White House bot won't allow you to have a conversation with the Commander in Chief, and there's no guarantee that he'll even see it direct...

Safety deficiencies remain despite Metro track work

Metro officials failed to follow their own rules for track inspections before the derailment. - Metro's general manager announced there may be possible change...

Pakistan is in a state of war: Nawaz Sharif

The premier said this war will be taken to its logical conclusion at all costs and such incidents can not deter the resolve of the nation in the fight against t...

Israel arrests United Nations aid worker for alleged Hamas links

There's another problem. When World Vision has made statements about the conflicts between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and their impact on children, it typically...

Dubai plane crash-landing survivor scoops million-dollar prize in airport sweepstake

Mr Khadar is a vehicle dealer working in Dubai , and is four months away from retirement. He bought the ticket ar Dubai airport on his way to Thiruvanantha...

U.S. judge upholds 14-year prison sentence of former IL governor

He squirmed, studied his cuticles and wiped away tears. "I nearly don't want to grow up because I want to wait for him to come home", Amy told the court. "Ple...

Libya pro-govt forces seize Islamic State headquarters in Sirte

The strikes have reportedly come from jets launched from a us amphibious assault ship in the Mediterranean and from armed drones flown from a base in Jordan-t...

Russia says 2 die in clashes with Ukrainian agents in Crimea

Russian Federation annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014 after intervening militarily in the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukrain...

Australia online census shut down after cyber attacks

Australia's privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim said he was investigating the cyber-attack "to ensure that no personal information has been compromised". DDOS...

Paul Ryan easily turns back GOP primary challenge

Ryan said he had been busy on primary day and had not heard the comment but knew about it. "Speaker Ryan's commitment to faithfully representing the people of...

Auto bomb wounds many police in southeast Turkey: Turkish official

Initial assessments indicate Kurdish militants were behind both attacks, the official said. The mine was installed by militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party ...

Major GOP Donor: Clinton Reached Out Personally To Secure My Endorsement

Romney also has declined to endorse Trump, though he has not gone so far as to endorse Clinton. Ms Whitman, who has likened Mr Trump to Hitler and Mussolini...

Private inspectors in charge of Tennessee fair ride safety

Asked about reports that the auto was rocking before it flipped, Davis said police have not been able to confirm that but they are still interviewing people . ...

German police detain alleged IS member

Police officials confirmed that searches had been carried out in the cities of Dortmund, Duisburg and Hildesheim. Earlier, Germany's Bild newspaper said the...

Rain, humidity returns this week

Heat index values as high as 102. Still a lot of summer left, so expect those widespread 90s to return for much of Central Alabama next week. Similar to last we...

Appeals Court Blocks Remedy To Weaken Wisconsin Voter ID Law

The State of Wisconsin has been granted a stay on a court ruling that would have allowed Wisconsin voters to provide an affidavit instead of photo identificatio...

Pop stars, diplomacy victims of cooling China-S. Korea ties

The US had circulated a draft statement strongly condemning Pyongyang's launch but the 15-member council is said to have remained divided on statement. "China o...

Caleb Schwab, 10, decapitated in water slide accident

An administrative assistant with the Wyandotte County, Kansas, coroner's office says the post-mortem examination of Caleb Thomas Schwab began Monday morning. Wh...

Woman killed by Florida police officer in academy exercise

The bullet fatally injured a woman in the class. The younger Knowlton said in an interview Wednesday at his parent's home that, on his mother's behalf, he was...

Beijing Welcomes Philippines' Ex-President as Special Envoy to China

The photographs show development undertaken on the Spratly Islands, a strategically vital area where China has built its own artificial islands on reefs. "But t...

5.1 quake rattles Northern California, no damage reported

The earthquakes were registered to be in an area located south-southwest of the city. That quake hit at around 8:08 p.m. about 5.6 miles northeast of Upper Lake...

Turkish lawyer files complaint accusing U.S. generals of aiding coup attempt

Turkey slammed a German court decision that prevented President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing a demonstration in Germany denouncing Turkey's failed July ...