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UN Security Council Steps Up Pressure On North Korea

The UN security council imposed a ban on North Korea textile exports and a ceiling on the country's imports of crude oil on Monday, ratcheting up sanctions...

After US Compromise, Security Council Strengthens North Korea Sanctions

As expected, and continuing the merry-go-round, North Korea has responded by saying that "if the U.S. adheres to sanctions and pressure it will face unprecede...

More lovely weather in today's forecast

Tuesday will have moderating temperatures, with highs generally in the 80s. An area of low pressure is spinning off the coast of central California, drawing ...

Hospital In Lockdown After Reported Shooting

New Hampshire authorities say an incident at an intensive care unit at its largest hospital prompted an active shooter alert, and a person was taken into custod...

ICJ to resume Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence hearing

India will reportedly hand over its written arguments, known as memorial, to the ICJ on its plea to declare Pakistan as violator of global law for sentencing Ja...

Freshman LB Vaughn arrested on felony drug charge

As of now, Vaughn is still on the OSU roster. They were greeted by three men, two of which lived there and said their roommate, Vaughn, was in his room. In tota...

Second Irma-related death reported in Georgia

Because there is so much damage and so many power outages to much of the area, state leaders are urging evacuees to remain where they are for at least another...

Trump embraces Democrats again on debt ceiling and immigration

Rep. Peter King of NY said the president asked him at a White House meeting Thursday how the bipartisan outreach was going. The president, however, was ener...

India regrets criticism by UN Human Rights body on Rohingya issue

The UNHRC Chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein recently criticised India's move to deport around 40,000 Rohingya refugees who are now living illegally in various parts o...

LA County to file Amicus Briefs in support of DACA

Maryland has joined three other states in suing the Trump administration over its termination of a program created to shield young undocumented immigrants f...

Getting up to speed on the Equifax data breach scandal

Many have chose to take precautions and put their credit on ice: a credit freeze. You can request a copy of your credit report online at www.annualcreditreport...

Chainsaw-wielding nun among those helping get south Florida cleaned up

The Miami-Dade Police Department left a comment with the video of Facebook . In an interview with CNN , Sister Margaret Ann told host Erin Burnett why she m...

If children are not safe, India isn't either: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi

Because my children are being raped. "But if the children in India are in danger, India is in danger; if our children are not safe, India is not safe", Satyarth...

Mamata Banerjee assures probe in police firing

Meanwhile, ousted GJM leader Binay Tamang presented a 17-point demand to the state government. In the second round of talks over the contentious Gorkhaland ...

UN Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea

The International community condemned North Korea for testing the hydrogen bomb on August 27, marking the sixth time the isolated state has tested a nuclear wea...

How the wider world enables Myanmar's ethnic cleansing

People attend a protest rally against what they say are killings of Rohingya people in Myanmar, in Kolkata, India September 11, 2017. . Burma's government ha...

New Zealand MP admits teaching English to Chinese spies

Mr Yang was asked if he was aware while working as a lecturer he was teaching English to people training to be intelligence officers, so they could monitor comm...

Republicans: US tax reform complicated by Trump deal

Mr. Trump has urged Republicans to "hurry" and reach a deal on taxes as soon as possible. The president's bipartisan push was already on display last week...

Budget for body probing Duterte drugs war slashed to just $25

Thirty-two minority lawmakers opposed the measure, said Congressman Edcel Lagman, adding that the president's supporters were "virtually imposing the death pena...

For starters: Rays vs. Yankees, playing as "home" team at Mets stadium

Reminders of the unusual arrangement - some amusing and some poignantly underscoring the intersection between baseball and real life - were present. Tampa Bay...

State Authorities Assisting in Investigation of Alleged Race-Based Attack in Claremont

In a statement, Sununu said he's asked for regular updates on how the investigation is proceeding. Gov. Chris Sununu dispatched a team of state prosecutors to...

Supreme Court blocks lower court rulings on redrawing Texas districts

Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissented from the majority opinion. The court's intervention was a victory for Texas Republicans, who had dra...

Schumer blasts Trump's proposal to eliminate the estate tax

McConnell, an avid college football fan, said Democrats "spiked the ball in the end zone a little too early". Hume also mocked the notion that there would b...

North Korean hackers could be stealing bitcoin to fund regime

It said the US would pay a heavy price if the sanctions proposed by Washington are adopted. The previous Security Council resolution was adopted on August 5...

Trump says North Korea sanctions just the beginning

Instead, the resolution includes a cap on how much oil North Korea can import annually, watered down to get China's support. Recent months have seen an alar...

McCain to North Korea: Aggression will lead to 'extinction'

Nikki Haley put it this week, "there is no more road left". But Mr. Kim could give Mr. Trump the middle finger all because the hermit kingdom possesses nuc...

There are now 3 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin

Category 5 is the strongest. Katia is the 11th named storm this Atlantic hurricane season, and follows both Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose - both of ...

NHC: Hurricane Jose not a concern to the US

The latest track from the National Hurricane Center has Jose circling in a complete 360 and eventually tracking toward the Bahamas and East Coast. Hurricane ...

Sheriff: Ex-husband confesses to killing Texas realtor who vanished before Harvey

Steven McDowell on Saturday was arrested and charged with strangling Crystal Seratte McDowell. Crystal has passed. However Crystal's spirit will continue to g...

Kansas Uninsured Rate Inches Down While Those In Medicaid Expansion States Plummet

This means that a total of 28.1 million Americans did not have insurance, down 900,000 from the previous year. The uninsured rate has decreased ever year since ...