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The two sides are currently far apart on many issues.

The NTSB's preliminary report finds that neither the semi-automated system or the driver took evasive action to avoid slamming into a commercial truck.

Teresa Burns Parkhurst's Daily Cartoon goes out with a few friends after work.

Four presidents, 14 governments and eight Seimas have changed in Latvia over the past 20 years. The country joined the European Union and NATO, and then switched to the euro. But have Latvians become... better off? Has their quality of life improved? Statistics shows that the general well-being of population remains very low. Political turbulence only worsens the situation.

An Ohio middle school will shut down indefinitely after authorities discovered it was potentially contaminated with cancer-causing radioactive materials, officials said. Scioto Valley Local District... officials announced Monday that Zahn’s Corner Middle School in Piketon would be shuttered at least for the remainder of the school year. The public school, which enrolls about 350 students,...

Vets Luca, 54, and Heidi, 38, Ferasin volunteered to treat French bulldog Büdu after his surgeon owner helped save their son's life at a London hospital when he was born with the same hole in his... heart.

Thousands of people gathered Wednesday in Colorado to honor the life of Kendrick Castillo -- the courageous high school student who was killed while attempting to stop last week’s STEM school... shooting. A ceremony was held at the Cherry Hill Community Church in Highlands Ranch, where Castillo’s family and friends celebrated him with local community...

President Trump on Wednesday pardoned Pat Nolan, a former Republican lawmaker from California who was convicted in the 1990s as part of an FBI sting operation dubbed "Shrimpscam." Nolan was elected to... the California State Assembly in 1978, and served as the GOP leader from 1984 to 1988. Shrimpscam targeted politicians who used their positions to solicit illegal campaign donations, and Nolan was caught on camera accepting checks from an undercover FBI agent, the Los Angeles Times reports. He pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering, and served time in prison. In a statement, the White House said he made the "difficult choice" to plead guilty. Nolan could have defended himself and risked "decades in prison, or he could plead guilty and accept a 33-month sentence. Determined to help his...

A 2-year-old boy who was apprehended at the US-Mexico border died at an El Paso hospital on Tuesday night, a report said. The unidentified toddler was traveling with his mother when they were taken... into custody at a border crossing, The Washington Post reported, citing the Guatemalan Consulate. The boy appeared to have developed a...

Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was 19 years old.

The exchange comes as tensions between House Democrats and the Trump administration continue to rise over multiple requests for information sought by Capitol Hill.      ...  

Team Trump on Wednesday accused Democrats of being sore losers bent on a partisan witch hunt because the special counsel's Russia probe did not take down President Trump -- and declared that they... would not cooperate with ongoing House investigations. In a 12-page letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, White House Counsel Pat...

Speaking on a visit to Salford in Manchester he said the party's policy was 'win-win' and 'crucial' at a time of global climate change. He said it would mean lower bills and free power for the... poorest.

Attorney General William Barr denied that he is preventing special counsel Robert Mueller from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, according to a report. "It's Bob's call whether he wants... to testify," Barr told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday on his way to El Salvador, where he is expected to work on increasing international...

A newly married couple, a pilot who used family savings to buy his plane, a family man from Australia and a vivacious office manager at an insurance company were among the six victims in a deadly... mid-air collision of two sightseeing planes in Alaska

Officials say a German tourist hiking in Zion National Park has died after collapsing on a popular trail

Lebanon is bidding farewell to the former patriarch of Lebanon's Maronite Christian church at a state funeral attended by the country's top political and spiritual leaders. Cardinal Nasrallah Butros... Sfeir, …

Teenagers these days have separate burner phones to hide their activity from their parents.        

Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix shares with Congress her near death pregnancy experience. Higher Black maternal mortality rates span income, education and geography.

Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach Sunday school this weekend just days after undergoing surgery for a broken hip, a spokeswoman

Hundreds of police and soldiers have retaken control of a prison in western Indonesia following a riot on Thursday, officials said. Angry inmates set fire to Langkat prison in North …

Ahead of important European elections, French President Emmanuel Macron is pleading for a stronger Europe to stand up to U.S. and Chinese dominance. Macron expressed concern Thursday about the rise... …

The woman charged with murder after police said she was caught on video pushing a 74-year-old man face-first off a bus in Las Vegas has been released on bail, court records show. Cadesha Bishop, 25,... of Las Vegas, was free Wednesday after posting $100,000 bond. She's now on high-level electronic monitoring ahead of her preliminary...

Missouri's Republican-led Senate has passed a wide-ranging bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy, acting only hours after Alabama's governor signed a near-total abortion ban into law.

Sri Lanka's army chief says other groups of Islamic extremists could be operating in the country independent of the one that carried out Easter Sunday bomb attacks. Lt. Gen. Mahesh …