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The crisis in Lebanon has been worsened by the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut’s port caused by the detonation of thousands of tons of ammonium nitrates.
Many major universities are determined to forge ahead despite warning signs, as evidenced by the expanding slate of college football games occurring Saturday.
The newspaper, which routinely mocks religious figures of all kinds, decided to republish the caricatures the day before the trial into the 2015 attacks opened earlier this month.
While ballots subject to review have historically represented a tiny portion of overall ballots, it’s possible disputes could arise.
The state police said a “massive influx” of troopers would be in Portland by Saturday morning.
Federal officials are warning of salmonella cases in at least 10 states linked to dried mushrooms from a Southern California company.
South Korean officials condemned what they called an “atrocious act” and pressed North Korea to punish those responsible.
Breonna Taylor’s family and their lawyers sharply criticized Kentucky’s attorney general for the failure to bring charges against police officers in her death, calling Friday for him to release the transcripts of the grand jury proceeding while vowing to continue their protests.
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully, blocking him from continuing in the position in the latest pushback against the administration’s practice of filling key positions without U.S. Senate approval.
The spread has created new problems at hospitals, schools and colleges in the Midwest, as well as in parts of the West.
Republicans are expecting President Donald Trump to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic stamp on the high court just weeks before the election.
The ceremony is expected to be a celebration and honoring of her life and work, with musical selections from one of Ginsburg’s favorite opera singers, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves.
This year’s unusual work-from-home General Assembly comes as COVID-19 cases escalate in many regions but especially in Europe, where some of the world’s most advanced hospitals in some of the world’s richest countries are again under strain.
The White House and plaintiffs have “largely agreed on all terms” to resolve the matter, according to the order.
Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, Illinois, a day after prosecutors say he shot and killed two protesters and injured a third on the streets of Kenosha on Aug. 25.
A Chinese-German team reported on the radiation data collected by the lander — named Chang’e 4 for the Chinese moon goddess — in the U.S. journal Science Advances.
Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife plan to isolate for the next 10 days while working remotely.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows chided Christopher Wray over remarks made a day earlier to Congress about voter fraud.
Magawa has cleared more than 141,000 square meters of land, the equivalent of some 20 soccer fields.
Navalny, a longtime foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was discharged from the hospital earlier this week.
Drugmakers are rushing to develop COVID-19 vaccines with the backing of governments desperate to find a way of easing restrictions that have hammered the world economy.
Investigators said Tillison, who lived with his uncle, caused the fire.
Rusesabagina, a Belgian citizen and U.S. permanent resident who has been a prominent critic of President Paul Kagame, is charged with 13 offenses that also include financing terrorism.
Anyone interested must be a licensed attorney at least 30 years old, a state resident for five years and a resident of the Middle Tennessee Grand Division.
The driver of a blue pickup truck got into an argument with demonstrators and struck the protester who was standing in the street as the driver tried to get away, police said in a statement.
South Korean officials condemned North Korea for what they called an “atrocious act” and pressed it punish those responsible.
The Pac-12 has decided to play football in the fall, reversing an August decision to postpone until spring because of concerns about COVID-19.
The Vatican provided no details on why Pope Francis accepted Becciu’s resignation in a statement late Thursday.
Democrats are going back to the drawing board on a huge virus relief bill.
Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex.
The law took effect in July 2019, but left many regulatory specifics up to the lottery.
U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson in Nashville denied the preliminary injunction late Wednesday, determining the law doesn’t restrict First Amendment speech.
The Walt Disney Co., in a statement from corporate spokesman Jeffrey R. Epstein, said it will defend itself vigorously against what it called Knievel’s meritless claims.
Pressed to state what the top priorities should be, Powell said it would be to provide more support through the popular Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, and to boost unemployment benefits.
The new proposal would replace a furloughed worker program that expires next month under which the government pays 80% of the wages of workers who are placed on leave.
The poll finds the percentage of Americans who believe police violence unequally targets Black Americans and that greater consequences for police brutality are necessary have also fallen from June.
The explosion occurred just before 7 a.m. Thursday in northeast Oklahoma City and leveled the home while also damaging at least three nearby houses.
Several postal districts serving urban regions in battleground states have a history of delivering mail at below the national targets and saw sharp drop-offs in performance over the summer.
The dramatic rhetoric has helped raise nearly $2 million to pay for the 17-year-old’s defense against homicide charges in the killing of two protesters.
There was no way it was being canceled, not on what would have been Lennon’s 80th birthday, not on the tribute’s 40th year.
The comments come as scientists scramble to develop a vaccine that would protect the public from a pandemic that has killed nearly 1 million people worldwide.
TikTok’s owner said Thursday it has applied for a Chinese technology export license as it tries to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart to keep the popular video app operating in the United States.
South Korea said Thursday that North Korean troops fatally shot a South Korean government official who may have attempted to defect and set his body on fire after finding him on a floating object near the countries' disputed sea boundary.
Police found Reyes on the ground with his ankles taped and a gunshot wound to the head, prosecutors said. He died at a hospital.
Lee signed the order Wednesday. The new Asian Carp Advisory Commission will provide its first report in October.
A substance found in black licorice and in many other foods and dietary supplements containing licorice root extract can cause dangerously low potassium and electrolyte imbalances.
The report listed the pilot’s inability to attain or maintain airspeed and the descent rate, plus the decision-making of the pilot, as probable causes of the crash.
The tracking tool will allow voters to be “confident” about the absentee ballot process," Hargett said.
Deputies described the injury to the snorkeler's shoulder as severe. No one else was injured by the shark.
Organizations representing obstetricians and gynecologists say the law already provides protections to newborns, whether born during a failed abortion or under other circumstances.