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After 2016 ruling, battles over juvenile lifer cases persist 20 Jan 2019 - 08:53 pm
Representational image  (AFP/Gianrigo Marletta)
Major winter storm in the US wreaks havoc on travel 20 Jan 2019 - 06:35 pm
Waves crash over homes on Lighthouse Road during a winter storm that brought snow, sleet and rain to the area on January 20, 2019 in Scituate, Massachusetts. Icy conditions are predicted for much of Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes Chile, kills two: Report 20 Jan 2019 - 05:29 pm
People outside their houses are seen along a street after an earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile January 19, 2019. Picture taken January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Alejandro Pizarro
Bon Jovi's restaurant to serve free meals to unpaid US government workers 20 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm
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Who's cooking for the Trumps during the shutdown? 20 Jan 2019 - 10:42 am
U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers stand in front of White House as they continue to work without pay due to the government shutdown, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Boys in Trump hats mock Native American; school condemns students 20 Jan 2019 - 08:23 am
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Trump offers concessions on immigrants in return for wall funds 20 Jan 2019 - 08:17 am
People walk near the entrance to the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry which is a crossing point to enter the United States from Mexico on January 19, 2019, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Death toll reaches 73 in Mexico fuel pipeline fire horror 20 Jan 2019 - 08:12 am
A group of forensic experts work at the site of a massive blaze triggered by a leaky pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state, Mexico on January 19, 2019. AFP / ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Mexico explosion death toll hits 66; 85 missing 19 Jan 2019 - 04:45 pm
Firefighters are working at extinguishing the fire at the scene of a massive blaze trigerred by a leaky pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state, on January 19, 2019.   AFP / FRANCISCO VILLEDA
Special counsel disputes explosive report on Trump lawyer testimony 19 Jan 2019 - 01:06 pm
(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump chairs a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 2, 2019. AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
Mexican pipeline blast during fuel raid kills at least 21 19 Jan 2019 - 09:22 am
People react at the scene where a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded, in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, near the Tula refinery of state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), January 18, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained
Talks over Los Angeles teachers strike to resume Saturday 19 Jan 2019 - 09:17 am
Striking teachers and supporters rally outside City Hall as negotiations resume on January 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images/AFP
Officer who killed teen used racial slurs, excessive force 18 Jan 2019 - 10:06 pm
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke looks as the murder trial of 17-year old Laquan McDonald going on in Chicago, October 5, 2018/ Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Marxist terrorists blamed for worst Bogota bloodbath in 16 years 18 Jan 2019 - 08:31 pm
Security forces work at the site of an apparent car bomb attack on a police cadet training school in Bogota, that left at least four people dead and 10 injured on January 17, 2019.  AFP / Juan Barreto
Trump grounds Democratic speaker's foreign travel 18 Jan 2019 - 07:19 pm
Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference in Washington DC on November 7, 2018. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
21 dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy 18 Jan 2019 - 11:15 am
People wait for news outside the site of an explosion on a police cadet training school in Bogota on January 17, 2019. AFP / Juan Barreto
Juan Guaido: the 'kid' taking on Venezuela's Maduro 18 Jan 2019 - 10:53 am
Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, attends a gathering in Caracas, Venezuela January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
California storm moving out after battering state for 3 days 18 Jan 2019 - 04:15 am
Pedestrian crosses a street in the rain in Montebello, California on January 16, 2019 as southern California is hit by another storm, pushed by an atmospheric river, with rainfall expected to get heavier later into the day.  AFP / Frederic J Brown