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Jury awards Senator Rand Paul $582,000+ in damages over attack

Officially, Paul was awarded $7,834.82 for medical costs, $200,000 for pain and suffering and $375,000 in punitive damages. Sen. Rand Paul , R-Ky, in Septemb...

Warnings upgraded as heavy snow forecast

Snow is lying at least 12cm deep on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, and 5cm has been recorded in Sennybridge, Powys, according to the Met Office. Braemar in Aberdeen...

See the Chicago River Freeze and 'Smoke' Amid Frigid Winter Weather

As of Thursday morning, the Weather Service still thought the record could be possible. "Past record-cold waves have not dissipated this quickly". Around 4 ...

Pelosi takes hard line against wall money in funding bill

In the Oval Office Thursday afternoon Trump said Pelosi was "playing games", emphasizing, "if they don't give us a wall it doesn't work". She'd be saying: '...

USA starts returning asylum seekers to Mexico to await court dates

The approach breaks with longstanding U.S. policy that allows people who claim asylum to wait inside the U.S. The law requires that the administration give a...

Twin bombings at Philippines cathedral leaves at least 27 dead

At least 20 were killed and a further 81 people were injured in the double bomb attack which wrecked a Catholic church on majority-Muslim Jolo island and then...

Fox News Responds to President Trump's Criticism

The second part of Trump's message references a poll ( pdf ) released this month showing that 50 percent of Latinos approve of his performance as a president. "...

Flash Tornado Tears through Havana, Killing 3 and Injuring 172

Emergency services tape off a building after it suffered serious damage when a tornado hit Cuba . Carlos Pazos Alberdi, general director of the Institute o...

Chris Christie Rips Jared Kushner’s Father for ‘Loathsome, Disgusting Crimes’

But let me say this: There is simply no one more influential in the White House on the president than Jared Kushner . "Mr. President, it's unfortunate that I...

Here’s how Russian Federation apparently tried to join Trump’s attacks against Robert Mueller

The tweet was posted in October past year by the account @HackingRedstone, according to the filing. A tweet from the account @HackingRedstone included a link ...

Ocasio-Cortez tries to deplatform libertarian students by shaming their funders

However, given the magnitude and urgency of the climate crisis that we are now facing, we find it imperative to ensure that the climate-related views espoused a...

Met office extends yellow warning for snow and ice

Winter has firmly got its grip on the United Kingdom with the coldest temperatures of the season expected this week, bringing with it widespread snow and ice ....

Weather forecast for tomorrow from Met Eireann

The forecaster has warned of "frequent" showers of hail, sleet and snow in the southwest, west and north-west, with a build-up of snowfall possible this evening...

Pakistani Christian woman freed over blasphemy

Radical Islamists had demanded the court reverse its October 31 acquittal and execute Bibi. Salaam, who lives in a village near Nankana Sahib, had filed a case ...

Woman with baby dies after falling down NYC subway stairs

Only 24% of New York's 472 subway stations are ranked as accessible, according to a report by New York City comptroller Scott Stringer - the lowest rate in th...

United States confirms China trade talks to begin this week in Washington

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected in a new report last week that any further increase in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing could tak...

School and bus cancellations for Tuesday, Jan. 29

School officials are closely monitoring the weather for changes in the forecast. The district joins Red Lake School District and Cass Lake-Bena Schools, where...

US Intel Heads List North Korea, Not Border, as Threat to US

That assessment threw cold water on the White House's more optimistic view that the United States and North Korea will achieve a lasting peace and that the r...

$IN dispatcher helps boy who called 911 with fractions homework$

IN dispatcher helps boy who called 911 with fractions homework

Antonia: 'What subject do you have homework in?' In the audio recording posted to the department's official Twitter account on Friday, Bundy is heard calm...

Pakistan sees slight improvement in global corruption index

TI executive director Samuel Kimeu blamed the executive for protecting corruption suspects. A survey published by Transparency International in 2017 showe...

Heckler to Howard Schultz: 'Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire'

The former coffee-chain CEO has reportedly hired ex-Obama aide Bill Burton as his communications adviser, adding to a PR team that includes Steve Schmidt, who m...

Kamala Harris: 'Foreign powers infecting the White House like malware'

She wrapped her campaign opener around two broad themes: truth and civility. The senator from California is speaking at a rally in her hometown of Oakland , ...

Stacey Abrams to Deliver Dem Response to State of the Union

Since the election, which she attempted to challenge in court, she has attracted a major following among liberals, fuelling speculation that she may run against...

President Trump dismisses tell-all book as 'made up stories'

ABC News host and ex-Bill Clinton staffer George Stephanopoulos said Sims' book was "the most explosive yet from an insider in the [Trump] White House ". "Th...

Year-Old Landscaper Pleads Guilty To Eight Murders

Members of the LGBTQ community were long voicing concerns about a potential serial killer and pushing for answers in light of the disappearances, which were dee...

Snow forecast for North Somerset

Cyclists are also being told to look out for thick sheets of ice left untreated on roads, pavements and paths. 'Many places further north will see temperature...

Duke University professor removed over ‘Speak English’ email

Neely and Duke representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday. Megan Neely emailed her first- and second-year students in the...

There will be no change to Brexit backstop, says Tanaiste

The pound's movements have become a barometer of how investors are viewing Brexit talks, and how the United Kingdom economy is faring in light of the impending ...

Jolo church attack: Many killed in Philippines

It is one of the deadliest bomb attacks to strike the southern Philippines in years . Francis said the "terrorist attack" was just the latest to hit the Chri...

May to meet her Conservatives to seek Brexit support

Another amendment from Dr Murrison seeks the backstop is "replaced with alternative arrangements to avoid a hard border". He told the Press Association: "Peac...

Houston police say five officers struck in shooting, taken to hospital

A suspect was dead at the scene and SWAT officers were working to make sure no one else was inside the building where the shooting took place, police said . Pol...

John McCallum out as ambassador to China following controversial comments

Mr Trudeau said he had asked for and accepted John McCallum's resignation on Friday night (local time). On Friday, speaking at a charity lunch in downtown Va...

Man clings to hood at 70 miles per hour in latest road rage incident

The situation last week started with a minor auto accident and quickly escalated, with Richard Kamrowski, 65, allegedly smashing Mark Fitzgerald's vehicle winds...

Trump Delays State of Union Address Until US Govt Shutdown Ends

But a joint address in the House chamber, in front of lawmakers from both parties, the supreme court justices and invited guests, provides the kind of grand bac...

Steve Martin still a wild and insane 'SNL' guy - as Roger Stone

The real Stone made headlines this week when he was arrested by the FBI at his home in Florida on Friday morning and charged with seven counts in federal co...