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January 18, 2020

Coming around again: Famous ice disk seems to be re-forming

What goes around comes around. An ice disk appears to be forming in the same Maine river where an usually large one formed ...

January 18, 2020

Contenders to lead UK Labour Party stress unity after loss

Politicians vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain's faltering Labour Party pleaded for unity during their first ...

January 18, 2020

Turkey's Erdogan: Europe must back Libyan govt in Tripoli

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the European Union to support the internationally recognized Libyan ...

January 18, 2020

4 SKoreans, 3 Nepal guides missing in avalanche; 30 rescued

An avalanche swept a popular trekking route in Nepal's mountains, leaving at least four South Koreans and three Nepali guides ...

January 18, 2020

SUV on grounds of Beijing's Forbidden City sparks outrage

A Chinese woman sparked social media outrage in her country by posting photos of herself and a friend with a Mercedes-Benz ...

January 18, 2020

How Trump's impeachment differs from a criminal trial

Yes, it's a trial — but the Senate's impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump won't resemble anything Americans ...

January 18, 2020

Trump assembles a made-for-TV impeachment defense team

President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken ...

January 18, 2020

Panama man pulled 2 children from clutches of killer cult

Indigenous farmer Josué González recalled how his pregnant wife and children were taken from their home by cult members in ...

January 18, 2020

Billionaire Bloomberg is granted financial disclosure delay

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg won't have to publicly disclose his finances until late March, well after voters in more than ...

January 18, 2020

Puerto Rico to open schools after 6.4 quake despite concerns

Puerto Rico’s government is opening public schools in late January without knowing if they can withstand a big earthquake as ...

January 17, 2020

Justices to consider faithless electors, ahead of 2020 vote

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide ahead of the 2020 election whether presidential electors are bound to support ...

January 17, 2020

Alaska man ducks into shed to avoid bull moose

An Alaska man taking a sack of garbage to his shed on Saturday found himself briefly trapped by a bull moose. A home security ...

January 17, 2020

Jury of 7 men, 5 women for Weinstein's rape trial

A jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday for Harvey Weinstein's rape trial after an arduous two-week process, ...

January 17, 2020

Guatemala sends troops to fight gangs in 2 high-crime areas

Guatemala’s new president announced a state of alert for two municipalities with high crime rates to combat gang activity ...

January 17, 2020

Haitian president says he wants to reform constitution

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse says he wants to use his new power to rule by executive order to reform the constitution and ...

January 17, 2020

Town on edge in Colombia after 5 killed, 2 vehicles burned

A town in southwest Colombia is again on edge after a skirmish between illegal armed groups left at least five people dead, ...

January 17, 2020

EU border chief says migrant entries from Turkey on the rise

The number of migrants entering Europe from Turkey rose significantly last year as people fleeing strife in Syria and ...

January 17, 2020

Plane slides off taxiway in icy Kansas City

A Delta Airlines plane slid off the taxiway at Kansas City International Airport Friday morning due to icy conditions that ...

January 17, 2020

Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa

The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and posing an unprecedented threat to food ...

January 17, 2020

Libya's rival military commander seeks support in Greece

The commander of forces fighting the U.N.-supported government in Libya visited Athens Friday in a bid to counter Turkey’s ...