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Oregon State Beavers eliminated from College World Series

Saturday's game was similar to Friday's, with the Beavers giving up runs early and LSU pitchers keeping them off balance. Papierski, a switch hitter, homered ...

Rep. Steve Scalise upgraded to 'fair' condition after shooting

U.S. Majority Whip Steve Scalise remains hospitalized in serious condition but he's been tal... Hodgkinson , who authorities said spent the last few months...

Russian military claims it may have killed IS leader al-Baghdadi

A statement by Russia's defence ministry published by the state-funded Sputnik news agency said 30 IS commanders and up to 300 soldiers were at the Raqqa ...

Palestinian terrorists deny ISIS behind Jerusalem policewoman's murder

It was one in two incidents in which three Palestinians armed with semi-automatic weapons and knives attacked Israeli guards in the Old City. The investigatio...

Gay Irish Prime Minister Takes Office

They also discussed the ongoing political discussions in London and in Belfast, agreeing on the need to have the Northern Ireland Executive up and running as qu...

BSP supports Meira Kumar in Presidential poll

The NCP chief is understood to have told the leaders he wanted to wait for a farmers' meeting with the Maharashtra government on Friday. A top source said i...

Conway on healthcare bill: 'These are not cuts to Medicaid'

Analysts say the Senate health care bill could ultimately kill Medicaid for good. Obamacare expanded the pool of Medicaid recipients beyond its original...

Pope calls for prayer as 62 die in wildfires in central Portugal

Prime Minister Antonio Costa called it "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years". Locals in the town of Pedrogao Grande are struggli...

What the Health-Care Vote Means for the Midterm Elections

And just - can you give us just a couple of ways in which it differs from the House bill? " The bill that's before the Senate doesn't meet that test". Sena...

Promotion of Mohammed bin Salman dubbed 'soft coup' by Iran

Currently, there are more than 15,000 descendants of the royal family. The newspaper ad, dubbed "weird" and "surprisingly not a parody" by social media users,...

Fifth Republican Jumps Ship On Healthcare Bill

Only 50 votes are needed to pass this bill in the Senate , and Republicans hold 52 seats. But rather than rushing home to talk to their constituents, every...

Edmonton woman killed following fatal crash in Sylvan Lake

According to RCMP, a southbound pickup truck and a westbound sedan collided at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 12 just before 5:45 p.m. The driver ...

Ex-Milwaukee police officer acquitted in black man's shooting death

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm told jurors Heaggan-Brown didn't need to use deadly force against Smith , who had thrown away the gun he was ...

Meet the World's Ugliest Dog, 3-year-old Martha!

Shirley Zindler , of Sebastopol, Calif, lifts up the jowls of Martha , a Neapolitan mastiff, during the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair ...

Donald Trump calls on Republican senators to muster support for healthcare bill

The GOP-controlled Senate bill introduced Thursday would phase out federal money to states which opted to expand the low-income health insurance program. Louisi...

Iran displays missiles in Quds Day rally

In a speech to marching people who were going to Friday prayers at the Tehran University grounds, Iranian Tasnim News Agency reports Mr Larijani said: "Is...

Saudis foil attack on Grand Mosque in Mecca

The attackers planned to target Muslim worshippers at the mosque, Al Arabiya said. Police said the bomber shot at them when they tried to raid the three-story...

NKorea denies torturing US student Warmbier - KCNA

In North Korea's first public comment on Warmbier's death, a spokesman for North Korea's foreign ministry said claims that Warmbier was beaten and tortured in...

Bernie Sanders Ally Tom Perriello Loses Virginia Gubernatorial Primary to Ralph Northam

Gillespie barely defeated Corey Stewart , who was sacked as Trump's state campaign chairman a year ago and focused his gubernatorial bid on preserving Virginia...

Iran missile attack in IS a public demand

Iran fired six missiles from the western part of the country into eastern Syria targeting what it called "terrorist bases" in Deir ez-Zor. Iran described...

Election Commission disqualifies Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra for three years

The Election Commission in its order dated June 23, 2017 said that Narottam Mihsra had not only knowingly submitted a false account of the expense, but also a...

Mourinho accused of tax fraud in Spain

Angel Di Maria agreed to a deal with Spain's state prosecutor on Wednesday in which the former Real Madrid forward admitted to two counts of tax fraud of...

Israel strikes Syrian military near Golan Heights

No injuries or damage were reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday addressed Israel's concern about Iran's military buildup in Syria and...

Key Republican Collins has 'serious concerns' on healthcare bill

Sen. Chuck Schumer , deeming his fight a matter of "life and death", vowed Friday "to use every single ounce of energy that I have" to defeat the Republican h...

Trump camp plans attack ads against health care bill holdout

You wouldn't understand anything about it expect that liberals hate it and the president sees it as a victory. "This is a historic enterprise, and it expla...

FIFA still investigating McLaren report allegations, cannot give details

The 23 players on the Russia team that lost in the group stages in Brazil three years ago are among at least 34 Russian footballers in the list of over 1,000...

Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 120

Those who rushed out described being confronted by a "horrible scene". "Children and women are among the injured". Victims trapped in the fireball. When I came ...

Donald Trump is 'very supportive' of Senate healthcare bill: White House

And I know that if we're going to improve the health care system to provide quality affordable health care, it's going to take all of us working together. State...

Brussels Central Station attack suspect identified

The Belgian government is determined to "face a terrorist situation in Europe and not only in Belgium head on, and not to let ourselves be intimidated", Belgi...

123 killed in oil tanker fire

The tragedy came less than a day before Pakistan was due to begin Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, with many roa...