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Plan would return beachfront taken from Black family in '20s

Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for ...

Suit: Virginia police threatened man during stop

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Here are the top stories for Friday, April 9th: Biden orders Supreme Court study; More federal resources going to Mich., but ...

2-minute silence across sports to mark Prince Philip's death

From soccer stadiums to cricket grounds, sports venues in England fell silent for two minutes, black armbands were put on, ...

Biden pushes health initiatives in budget proposal

President Joe Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for his first federal budget, asking for substantial gains for ...

Gaetz vows to fight, tries to stay on offensive amid scandal

The mere whiff of a scandal once unraveled political careers with stunning speed. Not anymore. Embroiled in a federal sex ...

No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge

Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more ...

Italy prosecutors: WHO exec lied about spiked virus report

Italian prosecutors say a top World Health Organization official lied to them about a spiked WHO report into Italy’s ...

Biden: UK's Prince Philip was 'a heck of a guy'

President Joe Biden on Friday paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, as he sent condolences to Queen Elizabeth ...

London mayor wants to host Indian Premier League cricket

The mayor of London wants to bring Indian Premier League cricket matches to the British capital. Mayor Sadiq Khan told The ...

Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a dictator

Turkey demanded an apology Friday from Italy's premier for having called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” a ...

Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast

Police in Northern Ireland deployed water cannons for the first time in six years Thursday as they tried to disperse ...

Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast

Police in Northern Ireland deployed water cannons for the first time in six years Thursday as they tried to disperse ...

Biden orders gun control actions — but they show his limits

President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what ...

Bowing to Trump? GOP brings leaders, donors to his backyard

There will be no reckoning at the Republican National Committee. Three months after former President Donald Trump helped ...

Biden returns prisoner-of-war flag to perch atop White House

President Joe Biden has restored the prisoner-of-war/missing-in-action flag to its former location atop the White House.

Chauvin trial puts Court TV's revival in the public eye

Scott Tufts believes the media world is not complete without Court TV. If he's ever going to prove his point, now is the time

Senegal, Spain leaders seek to encourage legal migration

Senegal and Spain signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to discourage illegal migration that has been increasing ...

Veteran Greek crime reporter shot dead near home in Athens

A veteran Greek crime reporter was gunned down Friday near his home in southern Athens, police said. Giorgos Karaivaz was ...

195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep

Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast ...