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Sen. John McCain updates: McCain dies at 81; people gather to watch motorcade
USA Today - 26 Aug 2018 05:52
LIVE UPDATES: U.S. Sen. John McCain died Saturday afternoon. We follow what's happening across Arizona.
'Beats Watching Netflix': Graft Scandal Engrosses Argentina and Heralds Change
The New York Times - 26 Aug 2018 03:50
On an unprecedented scale, powerful politicians and executives are cooperating with the largest corruption probe in the country's history. Argentines are both riveted and optimistic.
Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward suggests John McCain statement on ending treatment timed to hurt her campaign
USA Today - 26 Aug 2018 05:17
Kelli Ward, a Republican Senate candidate, wrote on Facebook that the McCain's "wanted to have a particular narrative that they hope is negative to me."
Chinese police detain owner of hotel where fire killed 19
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2018 06:11
Police in northeastern China have detained the owner of a resort hotel where a fire killed 19 people and injured 23 others. The public security bureau of the city of …
3 earthquakes strike western Iran; 1 killed, 100 injured
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2018 05:39
A series of three earthquakes, included one at magnitude 6, have struck western Iran, with state media reporting one person has been killed and some 100 others injured. The U.S. …
Trump lowers White House flags to half-staff to honor Sen. John McCain
USA Today - 26 Aug 2018 05:00Dems reform superdelegates in olive branch to Sanders supporters
New York Post - 26 Aug 2018 04:04
The Democratic National Committee passed new rules Saturday that will sideline superdelegates in the presidential selection process -- a radical shift that was pushed by the party's left-leaning Bernie Sanders wing. The ...
Iran says U.S. is waging 'psychological war'
The Week - 26 Aug 2018 16:54
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday accused the United States of being focused "on a psychological war against Iran and its business partners." In his comments to an Iranian state news agency, Zarif s...
Eight die in Chicago fire, including six children
Reuters - 26 Aug 2018 16:50
A fire on Chicago's West Side early Sunday morning killed eight people, including six children, and critically injured two others, a fire official said.
Turkey's Erdogan says will bring safety and peace to Syria, Iraq
Reuters - 26 Aug 2018 16:48
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to bring peace and safety to Iraq and areas in Syria not under Turkish control and said terrorist organizations in those areas would be eliminated.
When she reported being abused by a priest, the church investigated her
USA Today - 26 Aug 2018 16:40
Attempts to discredit victims priests had molested were part of a pattern the Pennsylvania attorney general called 'weaponizing' the Catholic faith.
Ex-Vatican diplomat calls on 'sinful' Pope Francis to resign over abuse scandal
USA Today - 26 Aug 2018 16:34
Pope Francis should resign for 'sinfulconduct' in covering up sexual abuse allegations against Theodore McCarrick, a retired Vatican diplomat says.
ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike
CNN - 26 Aug 2018 16:24
The head of ISIS in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed Orakzai, also known as Sad Arhabi, and 10 other ISIS fighters were killed Saturday night in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, according to provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogy...
Kenyan president to meet with Trump on security, trade
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2018 16:11
Kenya's president will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday as East Africa's commercial hub emerges from electoral turmoil. President Uhuru Kenyatta is the second African leader to meet with …
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigns from Cabinet
Reuters - 26 Aug 2018 06:41
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday she has resigned from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Cabinet, two days after a bruising leadership battle that toppled former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Protesters to greet Pope in Dublin amid sex abuse scandal
CNN - 26 Aug 2018 06:08
As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate Mass with half a million faithful in Dublin on Sunday afternoon, thousands are expected to take to the streets in protest over clerical sexual abuse amid an intensifying outcry over ...
Colombians vote on anti-corruption referendum
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2018 06:08
Colombians are voting Sunday in a first-of-a-kind referendum that aims to curb corruption in a country where white-collar criminals are fast replacing drug gangs and paramilitary groups in penetrating the …
Impromptu opera regales Mexico City market-goers
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2018 06:05
The tenor breaks into song next to bunches of bananas strung high above ripe papaya. Wearing a red market apron, he approaches a woman wrapped in a purple shawl and …
Fear, uncertain future for Nicaragua's student protesters
Miami Herald - 26 Aug 2018 06:03
Jairo Bonilla was inside a Managua seminary last spring during a break in Catholic Church-mediated talks to try to end Nicaragua's bloody political crisis when two fellow students approached him …
Sen. John McCain's death draws condolences from across political spectrum
ABC News - 26 Aug 2018 05:35
Everyone from President to Trump to former President Obama offered condolences.