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Iowa Man Serving Murder Sentence Says He Died, Should Be Released

Benjamin Schreiber was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1997 after being convicted of first-degree murder. According to a report from USA Today,...

Thousands gather to celebrate Japan's Naruhito enthronement

Naruhito and Empress Masako greeted well-wishers from the Nijubashi bridge overlooking the crowd who shouted cheers of Banzai, or long live, for the emperor in ...

Iran's president: New oil field found with over 50B barrels

The field covers 2,400 square kilometres and is located in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan, Rouhani said in a speech aired on state TV. Rouhani trav...

Brace Yourselves: Trump's Releasing Another Call Transcript

House committees are trying to determine whether President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Bid...

Queen Elizabeth II joins Britons at Remembrance Day event in London

Prime Minister Boris Johnson , opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and other politicians paused campaigning for Britain's December 12 election to joi...

On Wall anniversary, German president urges ‘respect’ from U.S., not egoism

She paid tribute to those who were killed or imprisoned for trying to flee from East to West Germany and insisted that the fight for freedom worldwide was not...

Air from Siberia to send temperatures plunging from Texas to New England

It doesn't look like there will be much time for roads to dry, so there could be slick spots on the roads for the Tuesday evening commute. Much colder air moves...

Russia's Napoleon expert confesses to chopping up lover

Police discovered the decapitated body of 24-year-old Anastasia Yeshchenko at Sokolov's house. Late on Friday night, Sokolov went to the river to sink parts o...

Australian firefighters battle widespread blazes, brace for worse conditions

He said efforts would now be put towards containing fires ahead of worsening conditions on Tuesday, with temperatures set to hit the mid-30s. "There are signi...

Like January in November: Much of US braces for record lows

On Sunday , expect cloud cover to have the upper hand throughout the day, meaning very little in the way of sunshine will be seen. The weather forecast for I...

Boeing CEO will forgo 'tens of millions of dollars' in compensation

Depending on how long it takes to satisfy FAA and EASA, it could push back a certification flight test and regulators' final decision on lifting the flight ban ...

Cambodia's exiled opposition leader makes it part way home

Because of the crackdown on Cambodia's opposition, the European Union has begun a process to reconsider trade preferences granted under an "Everything But Arm...

Pompeo dodges difference between his comment and former adviser's sworn deposition

While the Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told her she had done nothing wrong, the president had lost confidence in her, according to Sullivan, after ...

Michael Bloomberg files to run in Alabama primary

Bloomberg had apparently made the choice of keeping his options open. "We now need to finish the job and ensure that Trump is defeated-but Mike is increasin...

Texas small plane crash was gender reveal gone wrong, NTSB finds

A crop-dusting plane that apparently dumped hundreds of gallons of pink water 300 miles northwest of Dallas crashed back in September. This incident was the l...

Japanese women fight for right to wear glasses to work

Some of the media reports stated that some companies had banned the eyewear for women for various reasons. The women, however, won't stay silent on this develop...

Cyclone kills two as Bangladesh, India evacuate two million

Under its influence, light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely over North and South 24 Parganas and Nadiya distr...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi`s wife captured: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey had also captured al-Baghdadi's brother-in-law, as well as his sister as announced by a senior official a day ...

Jeff Sessions Praises Trump in Announcing Bid for Old Alabama Senate Seat

President Donald Trump and then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions stand at the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Virginia on December 15, 20...

Police say dad, daughter kidnapped woman, who was found in California desert

In 2015, Stanley Lawton was involved in what the Las Vegas Review-Journal described as a "contentious" child custody case. A father and daughter were arre...

CNN Headline Blames Trump for Kentucky Governor's Loss, but Analysis Excuses Trump

In Virginia, meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, whose party took control of both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly on Tuesday, told Cabinet mem...

Opposing sides in Bolivia's disputed election dig in

But in a worrying sign for the Morales government, the UTOP officers in La Paz who for weeks have closely guarded the central Plaza Murillo - where the presiden...

Turkey Says to Begin Repatriation of ISIS Prisoners on Monday

On October 27, during the press conference when he announced the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Trump said, "I actually said to them, if you don't...

Sens. Johnson, Grassley Ask State Department for Hunter Biden Documents

Hunter Biden's lucrative dealings with foreign companies during the Obama administration have become a source of controversy for Democratic presidential frontru...

Convicted murderer who momentarily died says his life sentence has been served

The judges said Schreiber's bid - while original - was "unpersuasive". After he was rushed unconscious to a hospital, doctors had to revive the "dead" man fiv...

Turkish forces, Syrian rebels launch offensive in northern Syria

Turkey also struck deals with the United States and Russian Federation to keep the Kurdish militia out of the area. Helicopter pilot Dmitry Ivanov said in tele...

23 killed in protests during past days in Iraq

Iraqi security forces opened fire, killing six protesters during the recent clashes. The canisters have pierced protesters' skulls and chests, with the Unit...

Iraqi forces capture major Baghdad bridge from protesters

Tens of thousands of people have protested across the country since Oct 1. with security forces using lethal force to try to quell the unrest. Amid volleys of...

A mural of activist Greta Thunberg is going up in San Francisco

Ms Thunberg herself had spent the day at a climate change rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, and shut down a heckler who tried to disrupt her speech. In Septem...

China-New York Jail Suspects In A Fentanyl Trafficking Case

In August, US President Donald Trump said China was not doing enough to stop the opioid - 50 times more potent than heroin - being shipped to the US. A court ...