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Posted a video of "five star prison" Saudi princes

Officials from Miteb's office could not immediately be reached for a comment. Saudi information ministry officials could not confirm the development but posts...

Rohani Says Saudi Accusations Against Iran Distract From Riyadh's 'Failures'

Hariri, in an interview with French broadcaster CNews, said he would finalize his resignation if Hizbullah and Iran do not agree to re-balance Lebanon's politic...

The 60th Annual Grammy Nominations Are Black AF

The last person to do so was jazz pianist Herbie Hancock for his tribute album to Joni Mitchell. Hov will also be going head-to-head with Kendrick Lamar in a nu...

Franken Won't Say If Groping Allegations Are Grounds For Resignation

Franken, who said he has posed for "tens of thousands of photos" over the years, says he does not remember any that ended with his hand sliding down to cup wo...

Maine's children are counting on Congress to reauthorize this vital program

More than 75,000 children in Colorado and nearly 800 pregnant women are covered by the program, which is available to low- and middle-income families. While C...

Driver with giant Christmas tree on roof stopped by police

Sudbury police posted a photo to their Facebook page Friday afternoon, saying an officer had to pull over a vehicle on Route 20 that had a tree covering nearl...

I'm LeT's biggest supporter; they like me too, says Pervez Musharraf

The former dictator admitted that LeT is involved in Kashmir and said that the group is the "biggest force" who was "always in favour of action in Kashmir and o...

Masked Gunman Robs Bellagio Poker Cage

There were witnesses to the robbery, including actor James Woods , who tweeted about it shortly after it happened. As poker players traded pots at Bellagio, ...

Victorian Lower House passes Assisted Dying laws

Jen Barnes, who has a tumour on her brain that is growing and inoperable, welcomed the decision as giving people like her a choice. The 18-month delay before ...

Shots Fired in Downtown Reno, Nevada

Las Vegas resident Mike Pavicich, in Reno for business, was walking in downtown when he heard shots - and immediately thought of last month's mass shooting that...

Dead, 2 Trapped After Rock Slide On Popular Blue Mountains Walking Trail

In a statement, a New South Wales Ambulance spokesperson said " one patient is confirmed deceased and two other patients are trapped, at least one of them wit...

Tears as same-sex marriage bill easily clears the Senate

Australia's same-sex marriage Bill has just cleared its first major hurdle and was today passed in the Federal Senate. Now the bill will make its way to the H...

Mom Facing Felony Charges For Helping Daughter With Bully Speaks Out

Sarah Sims of Norfolk, Va., placed a digital audio recorder in her daughter's backpack in late September in hopes of capturing audio from the fourth-grader's ...

Pence says Trump 'actively considering' U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem

Mr. Pence received a standing ovation from the crowd at Queens Museum, site of the original vote in 1947. "While Israel was built by human hands, it's impossibl...

Kirkland's Clement Leads Archdiocese Lawsuit Against DC Transit Over Christmas Ads

And while the Archdiocese of Washington may not be welcome to advertise on public buses, the transit authority is more than happy to promote other enterprises -...

FSU kicker jumped by fraternity members in 2016, report says

The Democrat obtained the Aguayo police report as part of a public-records request related to the fraternity. Aguayo told cops several Pi Kappa Phi members ha...

Massage Envy Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations

She said she spoke up because so many other women began saying that similar things happened to them at Massage Envy locations. Bruinius is now serving a five-ye...

US HIV Diagnoses Improving, But Progress Varies — CDC

A quarter of people diagnosed with HIV in 2015 had lived with the virus for seven or more years without even knowing it, according to the CDC. The CDC estimates...

Threat from Kentucky closes Maranacook middle and high schools

That disrupted school, caused understandable concern, led to a police presence on campus and an investigation. Elementary schools in Readfield will have class...

KBC Group NV Has $32.62 Million Holdings in Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO)

At a certain point in the past four quarters, the shares traded as low as $7.55 but made a 20.86% recovery since then. Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc (NYSE:HRT...

GAO: VA Failed to Report Nearly 90 Percent of Dangerous Medical Providers

Reports to the national database are created to prevent medical providers from jumping from state to state and potentially endangering patients in the locations...

Thousands more US military service members in Iraq and Syria than believed

When pressed with the numbers, the Pentagon downplayed the figures and how official they actually were. Whereas, officially, the USA military only has 503 troop...

Schneiderman making sure hospitals don't charge for rape kits

Schneiderman says the hospital will inform rape survivors that under NY state law the rape kits can be billed to the state's Office of Victim Services . "These...

Bobcat Hitches 50-Mile Ride In The Grille Of A Toyota Prius

Christie Peters was baking chocolate pie for Thanksgiving dinner - her husband's favorite - when she received the call about the injured cat. 'Things we're th...

Penn State's Marcus Allen, Saquon Barkley make first team all-Big Ten

He made first-team as a return specialist, while IN kicker Griffin Oakes and Rutgers punter Ryan Anderson also earned first-team honors. Nine Penn State defen...

Iran to sign preferential tariff deal with Eurasian states

Zarif further noted that holding regular meetings of Iran-Armenia Joint Commission can lead to expansion of economic relations between the two sides. The fore...

Winter session of Assembly likely to be stormy

Ahead of the session, principal opposition Congress has already mounted its attack on BJP and ruling BJD, making it clear that issues pertaining to farmers will...

Texas church shooting victim's family files first claim against US Air Force

The issue of the military passing information on service members' criminal activity to law enforcement agencies was highlighted this month when the Air Force sa...

Top US general in Afghanistan says Taliban fight has 'turned the corner'

Army Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of American and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces in Afghanistan. "They did displace many of those terrorists wh...

Police interviewing someone about killings in Seminole Heights, officials say

Police have a red vehicle cornered off with crime scene tape in the parking lot. They are now interviewing the individual at police headquarters, but Dugan remi...