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Student Charged With Smearing Body Fluids on Roommate's Belongings Isn't Racist, Lawyer Says
Time - 23 Nov 2017 05:02
Brochu, who is white, wrote on Instagram about rubbing used tampons on her black roommate's backpack, police said
Zimbabwe's New President Mnangagwa Makes A Triumphant Return
Time - 23 Nov 2017 03:47
"Today we are witnessing the beginning of a new, unfolding democracy," said Mnangagwa, formerly the vice president and confidant of ousted leader Robert Mugabe
Conyers refuses to resign amid sex harassment claims
New York Post - 23 Nov 2017 04:35
Defiant Congressman John Conyers said Wednesday he wouldn't be stepping down, despite allegations he used taxpayer money to pay off a sexual harassment complaint. The longest serving member of the House is under fire for...
Papua New Guinea's Police Storm Refugee Camp in Effort to End Stalemate
The New York Times - 23 Nov 2017 03:42
The authorities on Manus Island confronted hundreds of asylum seekers, destroying their possessions and demanding they leave for alternate facilities.
UN urges Iraq to probe troop violations during fight with IS
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 13:43
A top U.N. official has called on the Iraqi government to speed up investigations into allegations of human rights violations committed by security forces during the fight against the Islamic …
Man Wrongfully Convicted of 1978 Murder Is Freed From Prison After Nearly 40 Years
Time - 23 Nov 2017 04:31
Coley has maintained his innocence since he was arrested
An idyllic Swiss village will pay you $25K to live there
New York Post - 23 Nov 2017 04:20
Things are getting so lonely in an idyllic Swiss mountain village, officials wants to pay people $25,000 to move there for good. The initiative aims to repopulate the community of Albinen– which has dwindled to just 24...
Argentina says sound detected in search for missing submarine is consistent with non-nuclear explosion
Fox News - 23 Nov 2017 16:57
A sound detected in the search for a missing submarine with 44 crew members aboard is consistent with a non-nuclear explosion, officials in Argentina said Thursday.
NYPD boosts presence at Thanksgiving Day Parade
New York Post - 23 Nov 2017 16:52
The 91st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade got under way Thursday morning to the cheers of bundled up but smiling revelers on the sidelines. Skies were blue and the sun was shining amid 35-degree temperatures as the annual ...
Islamic State beheads 15 of its own fighters: Afghan official
New York Post - 23 Nov 2017 16:45
JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Islamic State beheaded 15 of its own fighters due to infighting in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said, while a separate suicide attack on Thursday tore into a crowd in th...
Trump to meet with key lawmakers on how to avoid shutdown
CBSNews - 23 Nov 2017 16:42
The president and Congress face a number of tough decisions ahead
Some Rohingya refugees will soon be allowed to return home
The Week - 23 Nov 2017 16:37
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement on Thursday to allow an unspecified number of Rohingya Muslims, who fled across the border to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, to return home. More than 620,000 Rohin...
The art of Italian home-cooking brought to Syrian refugees
Fox News - 23 Nov 2017 16:36
Italian chefs taught Syrian refugee women to cook the Italian staple of gnocchi, or dumplings, helping to break the routine in perhaps the most restrictive of Jordan's three camps for displaced Syrians.
Sudan's president visits Russia, asks for protection from US
Fox News - 23 Nov 2017 16:17
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said on a visit to Russia that his country needs protection from the U.S. Al-Bashir, speaking Thursday at the start of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black ...
How Black Friday Sales Madness Came to the U.K.
Time - 23 Nov 2017 15:58
Blame Amazon
More help arrives in search for Argentine submarine
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:51
More help was arriving in a multinational search Thursday for a missing Argentine submarine with 44 crew members as concern grew that the vessel's oxygen supply could soon start to …
Iraqi minister: Romania sent experts to train local police
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:51
Iraq's foreign minister has thanked Romania for sending dozens of advisers to train Iraqi police and invited the eastern European country to take part in his nation's reconstruction. Ibrahim al-Jaafari …
Afghan official: Suicide attack kills 8 people in the east
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:35
An Afghan official says a suicide attack has killed eight people and wounded 17 in the country's eastern Nangarhar province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the suicide …
The Latest: Hezbollah says Lebanon PM's remarks 'promising'
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:19
The Latest on developments in Lebanon (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Lebanon's Hezbollah bloc in parliament says Prime Minister Saad Hariri's return to the country and "positive remarks" are "promising," …
Romania's left-wing government survives no-confidence vote
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:10
Romania's left-wing government has easily survived a vote of no confidence brought by the opposition Liberal Party over its "populist and chaotic" economic measures. Some 159 lawmakers voted for the …
German women's clinic's incense therapy triggers fire alarm
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:06
A reported fire in a Hamburg basement turned out to be a false alarm after firefighters determined that the smell of burning came from an alternative therapy being used at …
French, Polish leaders meet to mend strained ties
Miami Herald - 23 Nov 2017 15:00
French president Emmanuel Macron is hosting Poland's prime minister for talks ranging from Europe's security to workers posted by their employer in another country, a contentious issue between the two …