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Tour bus rollover on New York state highway leaves 5 dead, dozens injured
A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls, N.Y., with 54 people aboard crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring dozens, authorities said.
Transcripts released from Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview about Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the U.S. Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump, according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from t…
As ‘total victory’ against Hamas eludes Israel, Netanyahu relies on tanks and talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed this week his country’s plans to “take over” parts of Gaza City, with an aim of “defeating Hamas.” But even as he gave the order to send in tanks, Netanyahu also said Israel would begin ceasefire talk…
John Bolton, former Trump official critical of president, has home searched
Law enforcement personnel were spotted Friday outside the Washington-area residence belonging to longtime Republican figure John Bolton, a critic of Donald Trump before and after spending 16 months in his first presidential administration.
Ex-Sri Lankan president arrested for allegedly funding personal trip with state money
Sri Lankan police on Friday arrested the country’s former president and senior opposition politician Ranil Wickremesinghe over allegations of misusing public funds during his tenure as president, police said.
Parole denied for Erik Menendez in parents’ 1989 murders for prison misbehaviour
Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday after serving decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989. A parole hearing for Lyle Menendez, who is being held at the same prison in San Diego, is scheduled for Friday morning.
Male NFL cheerleaders aren’t new. So why are people mad about the Minnesota Vikings squad?
When the Minnesota Vikings announced their cheerleading team roster last week, they also unleashed an online uproar as two male cheerleaders danced and shook their pom-poms with the squad.
Judge Frank Caprio, known online as the ‘nicest judge in the world,’ dead at 88
Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of the courtroom show Caught in Providence, has died. He was 88.
Pakistan defends flood response, says foreign help not needed as death toll tops 270
A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country’s northwest has risen to at least 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses.