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Funerals held for stabbing victims Clay Beathard, Paul Trapeni
CBSNews - 29 Dec 2019 07:15
"Overall, I'm just so beyond blessed for the 22 incredible years that I got to spend with him," C.J. Beathard said at his brother's service.
N Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US
ABC News - 29 Dec 2019 06:56
North Korea holds conference on how to overcome “harsh trials and difficulties,"
Biden Waffles On Potential Senate Subpoena After Saying He'd Defy It
The Huffington Post - 29 Dec 2019 04:59
The Democratic candidate first said he wouldn't testify in Trump's impeachment trial because it would be based on "specious grounds."
Ukraine says Kiev completed prisoner swap with separatists
Reuters - 29 Dec 2019 18:14
Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern regions completed a full prisoner swap on Sunday, exchanging all remaining detainees in the five-year conflict, the Ukrainian presidential office said.
Biden Reverses Course: "I Would Obey Any Subpoena That Was Sent to Me"
Slate - 29 Dec 2019 17:54
The former vice president insisted there was no reason for the Senate to seek his testimony in the president's impeachment trial.
5 stabbed at Hasidic rabbi's house in New York City suburb: Officials
ABC News - 29 Dec 2019 08:42
Five people have been stabbed at an Hasidic rabbi's house in the Rockland Country suburb of New York City, authorities say.
French coastguard rescues 31 migrants in Channel as boats hit trouble
Sky News - 29 Dec 2019 17:00
French officials have revealed that coastguards rescued 31 migrants in the Channel overnight after their small boats hit trouble.
Ex-Rikers inmates use city-funded debit cards to buy booze, juul pods
New York Post - 29 Dec 2019 04:40
The ex-inmates have been flooding area booze shops, ever since the recent launch of a soft-on-crime city initiative that provides them with two $25 gift cards, merchants said Saturday.
Remains of 6 victims found in Hawaiian helicopter crash
CBSNews - 29 Dec 2019 04:54
The remains of six of the seven people on board a helicopter that crashed off the Hawaiian island of Kauai have been recovered. The chopper went missing Thursday after taking off on a sight-seeing tour with the pilot and...
Fiona Maddocks's best classical music of 2019
The Guardian - 29 Dec 2019 16:00
From Martinů to Mazzoli it was a vintage year for opera great and small, and inspired programming everywhere. And in troubled times, a happy ending... Plenty of outstanding music around the UK this year distracted us fr...
Police confirm no survivors in Hawaii helicopter crash
CBSNews - 29 Dec 2019 07:34
Authorities said Friday they had recovered remains of six of the seven people on board the tour helicopter.
Samoa ends measles state of emergency as infection rate slows
The Guardian - 29 Dec 2019 06:53
Six-week state of emergency is lifted after disease killed 81 people and sickened more than 5,600 others Samoa has lifted a six-week state of emergency after the infection rate from a measles outbreak that has swept the ...
Samoa ends measles state of emergency as infection rate slows
Al Jazeera English - 29 Dec 2019 06:35
A mass vaccination drive - now covering 95 percent of the population - has brought the deadly disease under control.
President Trump Retweets Post Naming Alleged Ukraine Whistleblower
Time - 29 Dec 2019 17:54
@Surfermom77, the account Trump retweeted, has displayed hallmarks of a Twitter bot
Fausta, 'world's oldest rhino', dies aged 57
CNN - 29 Dec 2019 17:14
A black rhino, thought to be the oldest in the world, has died in Tanzania at the age of 57.
Egypt competition watchdog approves Uber acquisition of Careem with conditions
Reuters - 29 Dec 2019 16:59
Egyptian regulators have approved Uber's $3.1 billion acquisition of regional rival Careem after agreeing to a set of commitments proposed by the U.S.-based ride-hailing service meant to reduce harm to competitors.
Trump faces criticism after sharing tweet naming alleged whistleblower
BBC - 29 Dec 2019 08:34
The president retweets a post naming the alleged whistleblower whose complaint led to his impeachment.
Costa del Sol deaths: Family lawyer calls for secondary investigation
Sky News - 29 Dec 2019 07:51
Tributes have been paid to a pastor and two of his children who drowned during a holiday in the Costa del Sol, as a family lawyer said a secondary investigation should be opened if their cause of death is not clear.
Arrest made in fatal Colorado mall shooting
ABC News - 29 Dec 2019 06:54
Shooting was inside a J.C. Penney store at the Town Center at Aurora mall.
Five bodies found in 'ghost shipwreck' on Japan island
Sky News - 29 Dec 2019 06:30
Five skeletal bodies and two human heads have been found inside a shipwreck on an island off the Japan coast.
Iranians honor those who died in protests despite government clampdown
CNN - 29 Dec 2019 06:00
The Iranian government has banned the families of protesters killed during anti-government unrest in November from organizing any kind of funeral service or memorial for their children or loved ones.
Homes cleared after weapons found at property near Bristol
Sky News - 29 Dec 2019 05:28
People have been evacuated from homes in a Bristol suburb following the discovery of weapons at a house.