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'Unprecedented' Camp Fire's death toll rises again, to 48
USA Today - 14 Nov 2018 05:02Hopper Painting Sells for Record $91.9 Million at Christie's
The New York Times - 14 Nov 2018 04:57
In three auctions, there were some formidable prices, though eyebrows were raised at a number of intimidating estimates. And there were failures.
Custody battle played starring role in 2016 slaying of 8 family members in Ohio, prosecutors say; 6 arrested
USA Today - 14 Nov 2018 04:41
In April 2016 in rural Ohio, eight members of one family were killed. Tuesday, six members of a family with close ties to the Rhodens were arrested.
Families describe terrifying search for loved ones in fire-ravaged California
New York Post - 14 Nov 2018 05:20
Dozens of families are frantically searching for loved ones missing in the massive wildfire in Northern California, including many who lived in the now-decimated town of Paradise. Teresa Moniz pressed her hand against he...
Investigation launched into abuse claims by "Garlic Girls"
Miami Herald - 14 Nov 2018 05:05
The darlings of South Korea's Winter Olympics are back in the headlines eight months after their stirring run to a curling silver medal in Pyeongchang. South Korea's sports ministry on …
School, police investigating photo of students posing in apparent Nazi salute
ABC News - 14 Nov 2018 04:03
A Wisconsin school district and local police are investigating a photo of a group of mostly white high school boys giving what appears to be the Nazi salute.
New York Times reviewer takes back her praise of GOP Sen. Jeff Flake's book
The Week - 14 Nov 2018 04:00
If Jennifer Senior could go back to the summer of 2017, she would have written a very different review of the book Conscience of a Conservative. Senior, now a New York Times opinion columnist, was a book critic when Sen....
President Trump and Melania Trump will skip the Kennedy Center Honors, again
USA Today - 14 Nov 2018 03:52President Trump Tries to Intervene in Florida's Vote Recount and Implies Fraud
Time - 14 Nov 2018 03:43
Trump has again implied without evidence that officials in two pivotal counties are trying to steal the election
Man kills wife, himself days after she files for divorce
New York Post - 14 Nov 2018 17:08
A man in Idaho fatally shot himself after gunning down his wife just days after she filed for divorce, authorities said. Police in Meridian discovered the violence after responding to a report of an attempted murder and ...
Hamas celebrates Lieberman resignation as 'political victory'
Al Jazeera English - 14 Nov 2018 17:07
Lieberman resigned over a truce, which has been called into question by Israel killing a fisherman on Wednesday.
Israel's $72m 'war chest' to fight BDS arrives in Europe
Al Jazeera English - 14 Nov 2018 17:05
But every Israeli attempt to discredit the Palestinian boycott movement is helping it gain more supporters.
American woman on South Pacific cruise dies after fall during tendering operation
USA Today - 14 Nov 2018 17:03
An elderly passenger aboard a Holland America ship sailing in the South Pacific last week died in a fall from a tender platform.
Israeli defense minister quits over Gaza truce in blow to Netanyahu
Reuters - 14 Nov 2018 16:47
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday in protest at a Gaza ceasefire that he called a "capitulation to terror", weakening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conservative coali...
Death of 13-year-old fuels debate over Thai kickboxing
CNN - 14 Nov 2018 16:42
A teenage boy has died after being knocked unconscious during a Thai kickboxing match on Saturday, according to a local police source.
BTS's agency apologizes over band member's A-bomb shirt
Miami Herald - 14 Nov 2018 05:01
The agency for the South Korean band BTS has apologized for a member wearing a T-shirt depicting the explosion of an atomic bomb. Japanese TV broadcasters recently cancelled planned appearances …
Photographer: Nazi salute image at Wisconsin school misinterpreted
USA Today - 14 Nov 2018 04:47
A parent who took a photo that shows about 60 Wisconsin high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute says he simply asked the youths to wave goodbye to their parents and that he takes the blame for the timing...
Two rogue planets that don't orbit stars found roaming our galaxy
USA Today - 14 Nov 2018 04:38
Warsaw University astronomers found two rare, lonely planets drifting aimlessly through space in darkness.
Maz Jobrani: the Iranian making people see 'immigrant' as a good word
CNN - 14 Nov 2018 04:38
It is well after dark but the action is just getting started on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. This famous West Hollywood road, dotted with marquee signs and patrolled by paparazzi, is where entertainment intersects with t...
Calls For a Ban on Child Boxing Grow in Thailand After the Death of a 13-Year-Old Boy
Time - 14 Nov 2018 04:26
Anucha Kochana was fighting to earn money for his own schooling
Passengers carjack Lyft driver, joyride ends in fiery fatal crash
New York Post - 14 Nov 2018 04:06
Two passengers allegedly stole a Lyft driver’s vehicle in Minnesota and took it for fatal, 1 a.m. joyride — clocking in at 112 mph at one point — before crashing into some trees, cops said. The carjackers, describe...
Exclusive: Snap reveals U.S. subpoenas on IPO disclosures
Reuters - 14 Nov 2018 03:53
The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have subpoenaed Snap Inc for information about its March 2017 initial public offering, the social media app maker told Reuters on Tuesday.