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Cinco de Mayo celebrations on tap across Inland area

In 1861, Mexico declared a temporary stop to repayment of foreign debt, leading England, Spain and France to invade. Read: Why Do People Celebrate Cinco D...

Bucs' Doug Martin involved in crash

The driver of the other auto was cited for blowing a stop sign, hitting Martin's vehicle. "He has been evaluated by our medical staff and has headed home". A p...

Customer fatally shoots man who killed sports bar manager

Police in Texas say a concealed carry holder is a "hero" for shooting a crazed attacker and preventing what could have been a slaughter inside a crowded sports ...

Trump signs executive order to expand offshore drilling

Gulf Economic Survival Team Executive Director Lori LeBlanc called the move a "positive first step" for the oil and gas industry toward job creation and boostin...

Fired officer to plead guilty in killing of black motorist

He could get up to life in prison and a 250 thousand dollar fine at sentencing, though prosecutors agreed to ask for more than 20 years behind bars. Slager ha...

Rebels storm out as Syria safe zone pact signed

The safe zones, originally proposed by Russian Federation, would aim to end violence and allow for the return of refugees and the delivery of humanitarian aid. ...

Comey: More russian election hacks ahead

Comey was asked if he was looking into whether FBI agents may have leaked information about the Clinton investigation. "I've lived my entire career by the tra...

Le Pen upstages Macron in battle for blue-collar votes

Needing millions more votes to beat Mr Macron in France's May 7 presidential run-off, she has been hammering hard her claims that more French jobs would be lost...

Wisconsin-based atheist group sues Trump over church order

As he marked the National Day of Prayer on Thursday at the White House, Trump signed the order on religious freedom, which directs the Treasury Department...

UK PM May's Conservatives make gains in local elections

The Conservatives have gained hundreds of seats at the expense of Labour and UKIP in local elections across Britain. There will be no UKIP representatives on ...

10 things we learned from FBI Director James Comey's Senate hearing

FBI Director James Comey say he stands by his decision to go public with concerns about Hillary Clinton's emails just days before the election. FBI Direct...

No US plane allowed to fly

The plan is the latest worldwide attempt to reduce violence in the war-ravaged country, and is the first to envisage armed foreign monitors on the ground in Sy...

Australian Health Care System Better Than US

His comment is attracting attention because Australia offers universal health care, which Republicans oppose. The system is funded in part by taxes, including o...

Comey: Clinton aide Abedin forwarded thousands of emails to former Rep. Weiner

In an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning (AEST), Mr Comey said it made him "nauseous" to think that his announcement on Octobe...

Murder warrant issued for Texas officer accused of fatally shooting teen

Samples added that the "entire district - especially the staff and students of Mesquite High School - are mourning this bad loss". A Texas police officer has ...

One Dead, Three Stabbed in UT Austin Rampage

Carter said White offered no resistance, immediately complying with an officer's order to get on the ground. Harrison Brown was fatally stabbed in a knife att...

USA has many moves left in North Korea strategy, Tillerson says

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (C) poses with ASEAN foreign ministers before a working lunch at the State Department in Washington , U.S., May 4, 2017...

Texas Joins Call for Convention of States to Reign In Washington

The bill's aim is to put a legal ban on " sanctuary cities " in the state, which, though not clearly defined , offer certain protections to undocumented immig...

Krauthammer: US will have single-payer health care within 7 years

The syndicated columnist said Republicans will suffer at the polls in the future just like Democrats did upon passing ObamaCare, which will cause not only a s...

Japan destroyer leaves port reportedly to escort US warships

The White House has said it would reach out to the Vatican to arrange an audience when Trump travels to Sicily at the end of May for a G7 summit. In the CBS ...

Senators to hear from Comey amid FBI's Russia investigation

Apparently in response, President Trump tweeted on Tuesday: "FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a f...

Israel to Cut UN Funding Over UNESCO Vote on Jerusalem 'Occupation'

The resolution, passed Tuesday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), labeled Israel an "occupying Power" and called ...

Federal Bureau of Investigation director defends decision to announce Clinton e-mail probe

The tweets come after Clinton blamed her flawed candidacy, Russia's intervention in the election via WikiLeaks and a letter released by FBI Director James Co...

China vows friendship with Pyongyang, despite attack by North Korea media

With its stone-age economy leaving it little of value to sell, resource-rich North Korea has long looked to metals deals with the South to bring in much-needed ...

Georgia governor signs bill allowing guns on college campuses

Deal reconsidered when lawmakers included his request to ban guns from on-campus child care facilities, faculty and administrative offices, dormitories and disc...

French election rallies on May Day bring insults, unrest

Mr Macron and Ms Le Pen are going after the voters of the nine other candidates knocked out in that vote, in which France's two main parties failed to make it t...

Arkansas executions 'heinous' and 'shameful' says Amnesty

Jones's execution is reminiscent of the botched killing of Clayton Lockett, whose prolonged, mangled death by lethal injection in Oklahoma garnered worldwide he...

Tropical cyclone Donna forms in the South Pacific, threatens Vanuatu

The demise of Donna will come after midweek as it tracks into the cooler open waters south of Vanuatu and New Caledonia and combines with a non-tropical system....

Turkey Will be the Next Syria

With increased Western and Russian support of the Kurdish cantons stretching across Turkey's border, only a small fraction of territory wedged in between them i...

Trump Visit Will Enhance Cooperation in Fighting Terrorism, Saudi Official Says

On his first trip overseas as president later this month, Donald Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican , Politico reported Thursday. From...

Promises on jobs, affordability continue to dominate BC election campaign

Mainstreet President Quito Maggi says while the Greens have now fallen behind the NDP on Vancouver Island, they continue to show strength, and he thinks they'...

Mugabe off to SA for economic forum

Several hundred marchers, led by a wide range of community and environmental organisations, had earlier participated in the People's Economic Forum taking place...

Nation Divided on President's First 100 Days

But it echoes the results of other surveys. A University of Virginia Center of Politics poll finds the president's approval rating among those who supported...

Israel intercepts incoming 'target' from Syria using Patriot missile

Syria's army accused Israel of "launching several missiles from inside the occupied territories at dawn on Thursday", which struck a "military position" near ...

Police have killed almost 200 people in moving vehicles since '15

The Washington Post's officer-involved killings tracker says that Edwards is the youngest of the 333 people killed by officers in 2017. So far, he's one of...