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Maduro shows military might in Independence Day celebration 05 Jul 2019 - 10:45 pm

CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro oversaw a grand military parade to mark the country's independence day Friday, reveling in his might as...

Police and residents rescue 6-foot snake from car engine 05 Jul 2019 - 10:45 pm

EAST WINDSOR, Conn.: Police and bystanders teamed up to rescue a 6-foot-long (1.8-meter-long) snake that had wrapped itself around the engine block of...

Both sides in Sudan political crisis hail power-sharing deal 05 Jul 2019 - 09:55 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan's ruling military council and its pro-democracy movement both welcomed a new power-sharing agreement reached Friday, raising hopes that the deal...

Kamala Harris says she raised nearly $12 million in second quarter 05 Jul 2019 - 09:55 pm

Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris raised nearly $12 million in the second quarter, her campaign said on Friday. The figure puts the Californian senator...

2020 Democrats see opportunity on foreign policy 05 Jul 2019 - 09:55 pm

NEW YORK: Some of the leading Democrats in the 2020 presidential contest are working to strengthen their foreign policy bona fides, eager to...

Biden says he was surprised by Harris attack at Democrats' debate 05 Jul 2019 - 09:55 pm

Washington: Former US vice president Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast on Friday that he had not expected Senator Kamala Harris to...

San Francisco: More homeless living in vehicles 05 Jul 2019 - 07:21 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Most homeless people in San Francisco sleep in parks and on sidewalks but a growing number are living out of their...

Californians jolted by strong aftershock following strongest quake in 25 years 05 Jul 2019 - 07:21 pm

RIDGECREST, Calif.: A strong aftershock shook Southern California early on Friday as residents were still assessing the damage from the strongest earthquake in...

Love of country? Or a political stunt? Trump holiday speech divides Americans 05 Jul 2019 - 12:48 am

WASHINGTON: Jan Shairrick and two friends drove more than a thousand miles from southern Arkansas to join President Donald Trump's "Salute to America"...

Southern California earthquake strongest in two decades; damage reported northeast of Los Angeles 05 Jul 2019 - 12:35 am

LOS ANGELES: A powerful earthquake jolted Southern California on Thursday, touching off house fires and damaging buildings in a desert town northeast of...

Reports of unwanted sexual contact up at US Coast Guard Academy 04 Jul 2019 - 11:02 pm

Almost half of female cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said they were sexually harassed, and about one in eight women reported...

UN decries 'shockingly high' number of likely 'executions' in Venezuela 04 Jul 2019 - 08:46 pm

Geneva: Nearly 7,000 people have been killed during security operations in Venezuela in the past year and a half, the UN said Thursday,...

Earthquake rattles Southern California; no injuries reported 04 Jul 2019 - 08:46 pm

LOS ANGELES: A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday morning, making hanging lamps sway...

Washington's Fourth of July to come with a twist of Trump 04 Jul 2019 - 10:47 am

Washington: A reality TV host at heart, President Donald Trump is promising the "show of a lifetime" for the hundreds of thousands of...

US town opposing abortion now scene of pro-choice billboards 03 Jul 2019 - 11:48 pm

NEW YORK: A tiny Texas town that recently declared itself a "sanctuary city for the unborn" now has two giant billboards put up...

NY official asks judge for clarity on citizenship question 03 Jul 2019 - 11:08 pm

NEW YORK: New York state's attorney general asked a judge Wednesday to help resolve conflicting accounts by President Donald Trump and his administration...