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Massive delays as Florida airport reopens

Published:Saturday | January 7, 2017 | 10:24 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE (AP):Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport reopened yesterday morning following the terminal shooting that left five people dead and eight wounded last Friday.Officials said on Twitter the airport reopened for commercial...

Soldiers launch mutinies in three cities over pay

Published:Saturday | January 7, 2017 | 10:32 AM

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP):Heavy gunfire erupted yesterday at a military camp in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's largest city, a sign that a mutiny could be escalating despite government efforts to bring it to a swift end.Shooting also took place for a second...

Suspect in Florida airport shooting had a semi-automatic handgun, to be charged soon

Published:Saturday | January 7, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP): Law enforcement officials say the gunman in a deadly Florida airport shooting had a semi-automatic handgun, and they expect to release charges against him this afternoon. Authorities say Army veteran Esteban Santiago...

Israel halts US$6 million to UN to protest settlements vote

Published:Friday | January 6, 2017 | 5:13 PM

Israel halts US$6 million to UN to protest settlements voteUNITED NATIONS (AP):Israel announced Friday it is cutting approximately US$6 million in its annual dues to the United Nations this year to protest last month's Security Council resolution...

Palestinian president urges Trump not to move US embassy

Published:Friday | January 6, 2017 | 5:27 PM

President urges Trump not to move US EmbassyBETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP):Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is urging Donald Trump not to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.Abbas on Friday invited Trump to visit and said "We call on you not to implement...

Congressman: Obama not creating Grand Canyon monument

Published:Friday | January 6, 2017 | 5:33 PM

PHOENIX (AP):President Barack Obama has decided against creating a national monument covering areas of public land around Grand Canyon National Park, an Arizona congressman said Friday.Democrat Raul Grijalva said White House Council on Environmental...

Friendly ghosts haunt Swedish royal palace, queen says

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

STOCKHOLM (AP):One of the Swedish royal family's palaces is haunted - but the phantoms are "pretty friendly," said Queen Silvia."There are ghosts, many," Silvia said of the Drottningholm Palace in a...

Duck cull in France's foie gras region to contain bird flu

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):French authorities started slaughtering ducks in the main foie gras-producing region on Thursday to try to contain a dangerous form of bird flu.Operations to destroy the birds got under way...

US official says Russia undoubtedly meddled in US election

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2017 | 11:02 AM

WASHINGTON, DC (AP):The nation's top intelligence official said yesterday that Russia undoubtedly interfered in America's 2016 presidential election but stopped short of the explosive description of "an act of war", telling lawmakers such a call is...

Police: Charges coming in Chicago beating aired on Facebook

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP):Chicago police do not believe a man beaten in an assault broadcast live on Facebook was targeted because he was white, despite profanities made by the accused...

As Obama leaves office, goal on homeless veterans goes unmet

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP):Pledges by President Barack Obama and a national non-profit organisation to end homelessness among veterans did not meet their goal, but advocates see bright spots...

28-year-old UK gov't memo highlights Jamaicans drug involvement

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

THE VOICE (UK): A key policy adviser to late prime minister Margaret Thatcher claimed that the black community’s use of cannabis was so widespread that it was given to babies and young children Carolyn Sinclair, who later headed up a...

French farmer faces risk of prison for helping migrants

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NICE (AP):A French activist farmer faces up to five years in prison as he goes on trial accused of helping African migrants cross the border from Italy.The case has called attention to residents of the...

Police detain six for molestations

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI (AP):Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore detained at least six suspects Wednesday after several women said they were groped and molested during New Year's Eve celebrations in the city that is...

Obama calls for seamless transition for US military to Trump

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama is calling during his last meeting with US military leaders for a "seamless passing of the baton" to President-elect Donald Trump.The commander in chief was meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the...

Soldier convicted in death of Palestinian assailant

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

TEL AVIV (AP):An Israeli soldier was convicted of manslaughter yesterday in the deadly shooting of an incapacitated Palestinian attacker, capping a nine-month saga that has deeply divided the...

Police slam misleading reports of New Year's violence

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):Police in the western German city of Dortmund are dismissing reports of arson and large-scale violence by migrants on New Year's Eve.Several websites outside Germany carried articles...

NYC teacher dies after being struck by vehicles in Brooklyn

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Police in New York City said a special-education teacher is dead after she was struck by an SUV and a school bus at an intersection in Brooklyn.Officials said 29-year-old...

Dozens injured in New York train crash

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

A commuter train has derailed during rush hour in New York City, injuring dozens of people. The Long Island Railroad train went off the tracks as it arrived at the busy Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. New York's fire department said 103 people...

Chelsea fans on trial over Paris train racist incident

Published:Tuesday | January 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP): Four Chelsea fans charged with racist violence went on trial yesterday in Paris, almost two years after they allegedly blocked a black man from boarding a Paris metro train. The incident happened in February 2015 before a Champions...

Republicans primed for push to dismantle Obama's policies

Published:Tuesday | January 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Members of the 115th Congress were sworn in yesterday, setting off an aggressive campaign by Republicans who control the House and Senate to dismantle eight years of President Barack Obama's Democratic policies. The first and...

Man in US for grandmother's funeral fatally shot in NYC

Published:Tuesday | January 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Police say a man who traveled from South America to the US for his grandmother's funeral is the victim of New York City's first fatal shooting of 2017. Officials say 31-year-old Rocky Kalisaran was shot and killed early...

Airstrike in Syria kills 8 jihadi militants

Published:Monday | January 2, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):An air raid has struck several cars in north-western Syria, killing at least eight people, including al-Qaida-linked fighters and a senior commander with a Chinese Islamic militant faction, an activist group and a local jihadi commander...

Delaware man wounded in Istanbul attack says he played dead

Published:Monday | January 2, 2017 | 12:00 AM

GREENVILLE, Delaware (AP):A Delaware man wounded in an attack at a New Year's Eve celebration in Istanbul says he survived by playing dead.William Jacob Raak told NBC News he stayed silent...

IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market

Published:Monday | January 2, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BAGHDAD (AP):A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group hours...

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