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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul complained bitterly Tuesday about the government's COVID19 response but did not single out former President Donald Trump for blame, instead accusing Kentucky's governor and Dr. Anthony Fauci of encroaching on personal freedom.

Portland, Oregon, broke its alltime heat record on Saturday. It then broke it again on Sunday, registering a temperature of 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) besting the record set a day earlier by 4 degrees.

The Israelis come trained by war. The Mexicans, by natural disaster.

Greek police said Sunday they have arrested two 56yearold men for trying to sell a rare Romanera statue of the Greek goddess Hecate for 40,000 euros (about $48,000).

Sutha Sivanantham stabbed her daughter Sayagi in the bedroom of their south London flat 15 times before severely injuring herself on June 30 last year.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Friday that his government would do what it can to help secure the release of an American contractor abducted more than a year ago, though he said President Joe Biden didn't press him on the matter during a White House m...

Three Honolulu police officers appeared in court on Friday to face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16yearold Micronesian boy, the first cases of their kind against law enforcement in the city in more than 40 years.

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin offered condolences to George Floyd's family on Friday in a brief statement in court before hearing his sentence for second-degree murder.

The head of Israel's pandemic response taskforce, Nachman Ash said the rise in cases was likely due to the highly contagious Delta variant first seen in India.

Several dozen cases have been reported this week, linked to a limousine driver infected when he transported an international flight crew from Sydney airport to a quarantine hotel.

It hasnt been a good week for Mexicos colonialera architecture. The government said Thursday that a truck driver with an oversized load had bashed through part of an archway of a centuriesold colonial aqueduct south of Mexico City.

A Nigerian information technology worker has been indicted on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, after authorities said he and his coconspirators filed false claims for pandemicrelated unemployment benefits in 17 states.

The United States, Britain and France accused Russian mercenaries on Wednesday of operating alongside Central African Republic forces and committing human rights violations against civilians and obstructing U.N. peacekeeping charges immediately denied by...

A man was shot and killed by at least one deputy in South Carolina on Wednesday as officers were trying to arrest him for serious charges, the Greenville County sheriff said.

Prosecutors in Mexicos most violent state said seven men have been shot to death at a mechanics shop.

The blast went off at a house located about 120 metres from Saeed’s residence in Johar Town, TV news channels reported.