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December 06, 2019

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

Four men accused of raping and killing a woman in India's southern city of Hyderabad were fatally shot by police Friday, a ...

December 06, 2019

Articles of impeachment: Explaining what's next in the House

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, ...

December 06, 2019

India's Muslims split in response to Hindu temple verdict

India’s largest Muslim political groups are divided over how to respond to a Supreme Court ruling that favors Hindus’ right ...

December 06, 2019

Trump on likely impeachment: 'Do it now, fast'

Just get on with it. After months of fighting the House impeachment inquiry, blocking witnesses and ignoring subpoenas, the ...

December 06, 2019

Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly

House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with ...

December 06, 2019

Report: Teen who died in US custody unresponsive for hours

A flu-ridden 16-year-old from Guatemala writhed in agony inside a U.S. Border Patrol cell and collapsed on the floor where ...

December 06, 2019

Blind inmate executed in Tennessee for woman's 1991 killing

A blind prisoner convicted of killing his estranged girlfriend by setting her on fire in her car was put to death Thursday ...

December 06, 2019

Pearl Harbor commemoration to go on after fresh tragedy

Officials will beef up security as usual for the ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago, ...

December 06, 2019

US considers sending several thousand more troops to Mideast

The Pentagon is considering sending several thousand additional troops to the Middle East to help deter Iranian aggression, ...

December 06, 2019

North Korea threatens to resume calling Trump ‘dotard’

North Korea threatened Thursday to resume insults of U.S. President Donald Trump and consider him a “dotard” if he keeps ...

December 06, 2019

GOP senator bows to White House on Armenian genocide measure

Bowing to pressure from the White House, a Republican senator blocked a resolution Thursday that would recognize the mass ...

December 06, 2019

Democrats move toward impeaching Trump, with scant grumbling

House Democrats are charging toward impeaching President Donald Trump but not without pockets of division, as lawmakers who ...

December 06, 2019

Chase with stolen UPS truck ends with shootout, fatalities

A UPS driver was kidnapped by at least two robbery suspects who led police on a two-county chase that ended in gunfire and ...

December 06, 2019

US persuades judge to stop pro-Trump border wall group

The U.S. government persuaded a federal judge to prevent a private fundraising group from building its own wall next to the ...

December 06, 2019

Judge: Turkish bank can't deny knowledge of criminal charges

A judge cited “extraordinary” and “remarkable” meetings two years ago involving top U.S. and Turkey political figures to ...

December 06, 2019

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: 'Don't mess with me'

Finger pointing and voice hoarse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday delivered a broadside to a reporter that might well ...

December 06, 2019

Panel calls for Virginia to purge dozens of old racist laws

The laws are still on the books in Virginia: Blacks and whites must sit in separate rail cars. They cannot use the same ...

December 06, 2019

DHS retreats on possible facial screening of US citizens

The Homeland Security Department is backing away from requiring that U.S. citizens submit to facial-recognition technology ...

December 06, 2019

Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits

Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one ...