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Feds arrest 8,000 violent fugitives in sweep
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities Wednesday announced the arrests of more than 8,000 violent fugitives, including 559 wanted for murder, in the past six weeks as part of an operation aimed at combating persistent crime in 12 cities. In Baltimore alone, 148 fugitives were swept up, including 23 murder suspects in the effort...
Kim Kardashian has posted a selfie with counterpart. PHOTO
Socialite Kim Kardashian never ceases to amaze. This week Kim conquered all phenomenal weight loss, and now finally decided to finish off by unchecking its counterpart in the new edition of the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (Kardashian Family). 20-year-old Camilla Osman, as two drops of water similar to his idol,...
It’s advantage Trump after Brussels terror attack
More than half the states have voted and the presidential candidates are entering the home stretch of the nominating gantlet. But up to now, they have been ignoring a mighty special interest: events. Events have a vote, as the terrorist attacks that rocked Brussels reminded us. The bloody strike at the heart of Europe, not far...
Pianist’s wife may have suffocated daughters in Texas home: police report
DALLAS (Reuters) – The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko is suspected of having smothered her children with pillows before attempting suicide inside their suburban Fort Worth home, according to a police report. Sofya Tsygankova,31, charged on Monday with two counts of capital murder in the...
March 22 republican primary and caucus results
Arizona ABC News projects that Donald Trump is the winner of the Arizona Republican primary, based on analysis of the vote. Because Arizona is a winner-take-all state for Republican candidates, Donald Trump will get all 58 delegates at stake. Trump's projected win in The Grand Canyon State does not guarantee him the...
Obama visits Argentina on Eve of Coup Anniversary
U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Argentina for a two-day visit that signals warming relations with the economically troubled nation, but also coincides with the 40th anniversary of a coup supported by the United States. President Obama touched down in Buenos Aires just after midnight Wednesday, local time, in his next...
Trump, Clinton win Arizona prize; rivals notch projected victories in Utah, Idaho
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton padded their delegate totals with convincing wins in the valuable Arizona primary Tuesday night – but their respective rivals, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders, kept the race alive with victories in the Utah and Idaho caucuses. The Associated Press projected Vermont Sen. Sanders and Texas Sen....
Brussels attack: what we know about the Americans injured
At least nine Americans — including three Mormon missionaries, as well as a U.S. Air Force and his family — are among the 250 or more injured in today's Brussels attack, according to military and church officials. A French national Mormon was hospitalized as well, church officials said. The U.S. Air Force member...
American teen survives attack in Brussels, his third brush with terrorism
An American injured in the Brussels terror attacks has already been impacted previous terror attacks in Boston and Paris, his family said. Mason Wells, 19, was injured in the bombing at the Brussels airport along with two other American Mormon missionaries who had gone to help check in other missionaries who were traveling to...
Rob Ford, Toronto ex-mayor, dies aged 46 from cancer
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has died at the age of 46 after fighting cancer, his family has said. Mr Ford, who battled drug and alcohol addiction, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2014. He gained international notoriety after admitting smoking crack cocaine in 2013, but he was loved by supporters. "A dedicated...
In Havana, a presidential party like it’s 1928
HAVANA — There hasn't been a party like this in Havana since 1928. President and Mrs. Obama arrived back at Cuba's presidential palace Monday night for a once-in-three-lifetimes event: A state dinner hosted by the Cuban president — a Marxist revolutionary — in honor of the President of the United...
Trump: Israel will have to pay back the military assistance
Prior to AIPAC speech, Republican frontrunner hints he would ask Israel to pay back the military assistance it receives from the States. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hinted on Monday that, if elected president, he would force Israel to pay back the military assistance it has received from the United States....