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Trump enters courtroom for landmark New York criminal trial 15 Apr 2024 - 05:00 pm
Former US President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court as he attends the first day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City on April 15, 2024. Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP.
FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse 15 Apr 2024 - 03:27 pm
Part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP
They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more 14 Apr 2024 - 09:58 pm
Terrance relaxes in her den two months after her eggs began hatching in February. Photo courtesy of Cameron Clifford.
Chicago shooting kills 8-year-old girl and wounds 10 people including small children, police say 14 Apr 2024 - 07:32 pm
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20 suspected Haitian migrants found dead on boat in Brazil: police 13 Apr 2024 - 11:07 pm
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'Face justice': New Yorkers ready for Trump criminal trial 13 Apr 2024 - 03:22 pm
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Sheila Isham, artist whose work spanned continents, dies at 96 13 Apr 2024 - 10:59 am
Sheila Isham at her studio in Sagaponack, N.Y., in 1982. Photo by Diana Walker.
Powerful storm causes damage from Texas to Pennsylvania 13 Apr 2024 - 09:35 am
A strip mall is damaged by tornado in Katy, a suburb city near Houston, Texas, the United States, April 10, 2024. Photo by Chen Chen/Xinhua.
Delta eclipse flight from Dallas veered off path of totality 13 Apr 2024 - 08:57 am
Dark skies can be seen out of the window of Delta flight 1010 on Monday. Pic: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
Not keen on Biden or Trump? Vote for 'Literally Anybody Else' 13 Apr 2024 - 08:45 am
Picture shared on Literally Anybody Else presidential campaign website
Transitional ruling council finally forms in anarchic Haiti 12 Apr 2024 - 11:30 pm
(FILES) A Haitian woman pushes her son through the window of a bus leaving for the countryside from Port-au-Prince on September 16, 1994. (Photo by Thony BELIZAIRE / AFP)
El Nino: Fewer showers, less laundry in Bogota 12 Apr 2024 - 06:36 pm
A  woman collects drinking water from a water truck in La Calera, near Bogota, April 10, 2014. (Photo by AFP)
US opens investigation into Ford gasoline leak, saying automaker's remedy doesn't fix the problem 12 Apr 2024 - 02:24 pm
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'HELP' written in palm fronds lands rescue for Pacific castaways 12 Apr 2024 - 01:10 pm
This image obtained from the US Coast Guard on April 11, 2024 shows a
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76 12 Apr 2024 - 12:59 am
Double murder defendent OJ Simpson, looks at a new pair of Aris extra-large gloves which the prosecutors had him put on for the jury on June 21, 1995 during the OJ Simpson double murder trial in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci / AFP)
Biden vows 'ironclad' defense of Philippines, Japan 12 Apr 2024 - 12:37 am
US President Joe Biden speaks to the press with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (L) at the White House in Washington, DC, April 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynold / AFP)
Mexico takes Ecuador to international court over embassy raid 11 Apr 2024 - 11:25 pm
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a press conference in Mexico City on April 11, 2024. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella / AFP)
UN warns Haiti food stocks could be drained within weeks 11 Apr 2024 - 09:06 pm
The charred remains of vehicles that were burned near a garage are seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)