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FBI confirms El Chapo seen in video grilling man chained to pole
New York Post - 9 Jan 2019 16:09
The FBI revealed that viral online footage purporting to be Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is indeed the cartel boss– and helps solidify the case against him. The clip, first uploaded to Liveleak.com in 2015, shows a ma...
Disappeared Saudi couple highlights crackdown on activists
Al Jazeera English - 9 Jan 2019 14:23
Story of married Saudis' disappearance last year resurfaces debate on kingdom's crackdown on dissidents.
Taiwan announces new drill tactics to counter China
Al Jazeera English - 9 Jan 2019 10:11
Military chiefs say new manoeuvres aimed at defending island against possible 'Chinese invasion'.
Tiffani Faison is opening a new Italian restaurant in the Fenway this summer
Boston - 9 Jan 2019 16:47
Orfano will be the chef's fourth restaurant.
Daughter jailed for splitting dad's skull with fire poker
New York Post - 9 Jan 2019 16:27
A hot-tempered Maine woman will spend 150 days in the slammer for splitting her pop’s skull with a fire poker and piece of wood, authorities said. Briana Rideout, 21, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge afte...
California's Deadly Camp Fire Was the Costliest Natural Disaster of 2018, Says Insurer
Time - 9 Jan 2019 05:19
An insurance giant says the deadly Camp Fire caused losses of $16.5 billion
Read the Full Transcript of Democrats' Response to President Trump's Oval Office Address
Time - 9 Jan 2019 04:57
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered a sharp rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address on the border wall Tuesday night. Both Democratic leaders accused Trump of �...
Teacher caught dragging autistic boy down hall is fired, charged with assault
New York Post - 9 Jan 2019 03:49
A teacher was fired after being caught on video dragging a 9-year-old boy with autism up and down a hall at a Kentucky school — and now she’s facing fourth-degree assault charges on a victim under 12. Trina Abrams, a...
Jeff Bezos announces he and his wife are divorcing
CBSNews - 9 Jan 2019 16:48
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces he and his wife MacKenzie Bezos are divorcing
Kremlin rejects suggestion it arrested American as a diplomatic pawn
ABC News - 9 Jan 2019 17:05
The Kremlin commented for the first time on the former Marine's arrest as a spy.
Kurdish party: 162 inmates on hunger strike in Turkey
Miami Herald - 9 Jan 2019 16:59
Scores of prisoners across Turkey have joined a hunger strike in a show of solidarity with an imprisoned opposition legislator who has been refusing food since November, a pro-Kurdish party …
Mirage fighter jet disappears over eastern France
Miami Herald - 9 Jan 2019 16:56
A French fighter jet carrying two pilots has disappeared from radar screens near the Swiss border. A French air force spokeswoman said the Mirage 2000D was last detected Wednesday in …
U.S. official Rosenstein, overseeing Russia probe, set to leave
Reuters - 9 Jan 2019 16:53
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has overseen the Russian election meddling probe, is preparing to leave the U.S. Department of Justice in coming weeks as President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the depa...
Man caught trying to smuggle 4 kittens at Malaysia-Singapore border by hiding them in his pants
USA Today - 9 Jan 2019 16:49
The "meowing" apparently gave it away.
President Trump says he's cutting off FEMA money for California fires
USA Today - 9 Jan 2019 16:48Guatemala court blocks president's expulsion of UN team
Miami Herald - 9 Jan 2019 16:48
Guatemala's highest court has blocked President Jimmy Morales' decision to unilaterally end a U.N. anti-corruption commission. The U.N. anti-corruption commission has angered Morales after it helped investigate him, his ...
Crash safety to craft beer: Shutdown impacts US in surprising ways
USA Today - 9 Jan 2019 16:45Britain needs to get real: the EU is in charge of Brexit
CNN - 9 Jan 2019 16:45
On Tuesday evening, members of Parliament voted in favor of preventing the UK exiting the European Union without a deal. On Wednesday morning, MPs secured a vote on forcing the Prime Minister to come up with an alternati...
Daughter attacks dad with fire poker, gets 150 days in prison
USA Today - 9 Jan 2019 16:40
The daughter of a man in Maine is accused of beating her father with a fire poker and a piece of wood.
GOP congressman ominously warns Trump not to declare a national emergency over the wall
The Week - 9 Jan 2019 16:32
As President Trump continues to float the idea of declaring a national emergency to secure wall funding, one member of his party is publicly warning him to steer clear. Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) spoke with CNN's Don Lemon...
Riot police deployed at DRC electoral body before vote result
Al Jazeera English - 9 Jan 2019 16:32
Violence feared as election commission prepares to announce presidential poll results marred by accusations of fraud.
Australia to consider asylum request for Saudi teen who escaped abusive family
New York Post - 9 Jan 2019 14:59
BANGKOK -- Australia’s government said Wednesday that it will assess the resettlement case of a Saudi woman who fled from her family now that the United Nations has deemed her a refugee, taking the woman’s high-profi...