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Massive storms, high-winds threaten Thanksgiving travel across US

To make matters worse, Thanksgiving travel this year is expected to be the second busiest since 2000. Airport staff handed out blankets, baby formula and diap...

Hospital admits transplanting kidney into the wrong patient

Virtua Health says the error was reported to state health officials and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network , and the patient who should have r...

Owners of horse pulled behind truck charged with animal cruelty

John Saldate, 59 and Amber Saldate, 33 have both been charged with one count of animal cruelty , a class one misdemeanor under Colorado law. "Today we fortifie...

Seismologists say Greek, Albanian quakes not linked

Greek seismologists offered reassurances after a strong, 6.1-Richter quake struck between the islands of Crete and Kythira on Wednesday morning, saying it was n...

Judge Puts A Brief Hold On Her Ruling In McGahn Subpoena Case

The pause ordered by the judge is only a seven-day administrative stay, and the House of Representatives, which brought the original lawsuit to enforce its subp...

United Kingdom truck deaths: First Vietnamese bodies sent home as investigations continue

Sixteen of the 39 bodies landed in Hanoi today and ambulances returned them to their families in provinces south of the Vietnamese capital. "We have been wait...

TikTok bans viral ‘makeup tutorial’ video about China's Muslims

In the viral video, Aziz started with instructions on using an eyelash curler, before asking viewers to use their phone to search about what is happening to Uyg...

Fox's Emily Compagno Backs Trump's Unfounded War on Thanksgiving Claims

Trump also tied the made-up Turkey Day controversy to the so-called "War on Christmas", saying, "They don't want to use the term Thanksgiving". "But everybody...

China says developed countries lack 'political will' on climate goals

China is the world's 2nd-ideal economic system and the ideal emitter of carbon dioxide, but has over and over argued that developed countries could well well a...

Trump denies telling Giuliani to get Ukraine to investigate political foes

A former president of Ukraine has weighed in on the ongoing American impeachment inquiry by confirming he met with President Donald Trump's prominent adviser ...

Donald Trump ordered Pentagon to let convicted Navy SEAL keep elite status

Gallagher was acquitted of murder in the death of an ISIS prisoner in Iraq but convicted of posing with the corpse in 2017. But he was found guilty of posing wi...

TikTok 'makeup tutorial' conceals call to action on China's treatment of Uighurs

A ByteDance spokesman, Josh Gartner, said Aziz had been blocked from her TikTok account because she used a previous account to post a video that contained a...

Over 700 banks burned in Iran unrest, says interior minister

The disturbances began on November 15 after the announcement of gasoline price hikes, but quickly turned political, with protesters demanding top leaders step d...

Ajit Pawar back in NCP fold, hugs cousin Sule

Pawar said joining hands with the BJP could not be termed a revolt as he has always been a member of the NCP. "There was some confusion being a family member,...

Iraqi protesters killed amid night of violence in south

The blasts were caused by two explosives-laden motorcycles and a roadside bomb and hit three Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, according to medical and securi...

Pompeo - Turkey's test of Russian weapons system 'concerning'

After the delivery of S-400 parts to Turkey began in July, Erdogan said the system would be fully deployed by April 2020. Russia hopes to seal a deal to sup...

Pakistan's Supreme Court may stop army chief from serving 3 more years

A petition by the Jurists Foundation through Riaz Hanif Rahi had been filed challenging the extension. The ruling comes as a blow to Prime Minister Imran Kha...

Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Cartels As ‘Terror’ Groups

The victims were dual US-Mexican citizens. In the interview , with former Fox News has Bill O'Reilly, Trump said his administration has been working on the d...

Two Leading Republicans Praise God For Bringing Us Trump

Perry told FOX News in an interview , "I happen to believe that God's used, you know, individuals who aren't flawless all through history". Further, Perry to...

Fireball erupts over Port Neches in Texas after explosion at chemical plant

Local media reports damage to homes in the area and neighboring Orange County. Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick told Beaumont TV station KBMT the blast a...

Global temperature rises could bring 'destructive' effects, UN says

Olhoff insists that the 1.5°C goal isn't dead yet. "We are talking about transformational change now - incremental change simply will not make it". Still, U...

Melania Trump booed by Baltimore students

But her remarks drew a mix of boos and cheers, and the audience remained noisy throughout her five-minute address. "Addiction and drug abuse are universal iss...

Bangladesh sentences 7 militants to death over cafe terror attack

At least two suspected militants tied to the attack are at large, according to Monirul Islam, chief of the police's counterterrorism unit. Advocate Delwar Hos...

Annual Emissions Gap Report to be released

Meanwhile, China's greenhouse emissions have continued to grow, although they appear to be on track to peak before 2030, which is the target date that Beijing...

A year on, once-jailed Ukraine filmmaker accepts EU award

A Russian military court sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a maximum security prison in 2015 after finding him guilty of setting fire to two offices in Crimea, i...

Fired Navy Secretary: Trump's Intervention Sends Wrong Message

Spencer's ousting was not a effect of standing up for military justice - but rather was for taking the matter into his own hands and not going through the prope...

Two Maltese politicians resign amid murder probe

Muscat refused to say what prompted Schembri's decision, telling reporters it was premature to speculate on "whether he is being questioned or what he is being ...

California wildfire forces thousands to flee their homes

This also includes the count's Emergency Operations Center and SBC Fire headquarters. The Cave Fire is also threatening Southern California Edison's main tr...

Three Baltimore men exonerated after 36 years in prison for teen’s murder

At least two have never driven a auto before. Chestnut filed an information request earlier this year, CNN reported , which led to the discovery that evide...

Third man charged in connection to Aniah Blanchard's disappearance

She was last seen October 23 in Auburn. Harris was scheduled to fight Alistair Overeem on December 7 in Washington, D.C., but decided not to fight after the d...