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Trump says Koch brothers are 'a total joke' in GOP 31 Jul 2018 - 02:49 pm

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the Koch brothers, tweeting that the billionaire industrialists are a "total joke in real...

Nicaragua's Ortega defends parapolice violence as US steps up warning 31 Jul 2018 - 07:09 am

Managua: Nicaragua's veteran leader Daniel Ortega defended brutal action by his forces against anti-government protesters Monday, as the United States warned he and...

Northern California wildfire 9th most destructive in history 31 Jul 2018 - 06:22 am

LAKEPORT: A pair of wildfires that prompted evacuation orders for nearly 20,000 people barreled Monday toward small lake towns in Northern California, and...

What does Mueller have? Manafort trial offers glimpse 30 Jul 2018 - 10:47 pm

WASHINGTON: The trial of President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and...

Canada's Trudeau pressed on gun control after Toronto shooting 30 Jul 2018 - 10:47 pm

TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, asked on Monday if he would support a ban on handguns, said he was looking at a...

Manafort is first ex-Trump aide to go on trial in Russia probe 30 Jul 2018 - 08:28 pm

Paul Manafort on Tuesday will become the first of President Donald Trump's former aides to go on trial, accused of bank and tax...

Nazis, racists, bigots: Extremism on US ballot in 2018 29 Jul 2018 - 10:40 pm

Washington: Arthur Jones is an avowed Nazi. John Fitzgerald says the Holocaust is a myth. Rick Tyler wants to "make America white again."...

Trump says met with New York Times Publisher Sulzberger on `fake news' 29 Jul 2018 - 10:40 pm

A recent meeting between Donald Trump and the publisher of the New York Times became a public spat Sunday when the president characterized...

Deadly Northern California wildfire rages largely unchecked 29 Jul 2018 - 09:05 pm

REDDING: Fire crews facing several weather uncertainties Sunday struggled to corral a deadly blaze in Northern California that has left thousands of dazed...

Children, great-grandmother among 5 dead in California wildfire 29 Jul 2018 - 09:05 pm

Redding: Two children and their great-grandmother were among the five killed in a Northern California wildfire as fire crews battled on to quell...

Giuliani says Trump could soon decide on Mueller interview 29 Jul 2018 - 09:05 pm

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday the president may be open to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller even if...

New York Times publisher, Trump meet to discuss anti-media rhetoric 29 Jul 2018 - 07:00 pm

BRIDGEWATER: President Donald Trump met with the publisher of The New York Times to discuss media coverage of his administration, including his oft-repeated...

Trump golf course damaged sand dunes in Scotland 29 Jul 2018 - 07:00 pm

LONDON: U.S. President Donald Trump's family business partially destroyed legally protected sand dunes in Scotland when it built a golf course north of...

3 dead, 7 wounded after gunmen in New Orleans fire on crowd 29 Jul 2018 - 05:14 pm

NEW ORLEANS: Two armed individuals walked up to a crowd gathered Saturday evening outside a strip mall in New Orleans and opened fire,...

8 buses torched in northeastern Brazil 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

SAO PAULO: Police in Brazil say eight public buses have been firebombed with Molotov cocktails in the northeastern state of Ceara. The buses...

Mother and 5 of her children die in Michigan motel fire 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

SODUS TOWNSHIP: A fire that swept through a southwestern Michigan motel early Saturday killed five children and their mother, authorities said. The Cosmo...

Ex-pastor sentenced to 18 years in child sexual abuse case 28 Jul 2018 - 10:12 pm

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J: A former pastor who co-founded a Christian music festival before admitting he had sexual contact with children and being branded...

Deadly Northern California wildfire grows by two-thirds overnight 28 Jul 2018 - 08:26 pm

REDDING, California: Nine people were reportedly missing as a monster wildfire in Northern California grew by two-thirds overnight after killing two firefighters, destroying...