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A screenshot of a video taken by Christian Cooper showing Amy Cooper calling the police. | Twitter

She is just the latest in a long line of white people calling the police on black Americans.

Boris Johnson has said an independent inquiry must take place into the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, as he spoke with the World Health Organisation's director-general.

Weather better for historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts

AEW held a giant brawl in the Jaguars’ stadium and it was glorious.

Professional wrestling is the only sport where you can show up on horseback, throw your opponent into a pool, and dive off an NFL goalpost. This week, James Dator and Hector Diaz look back at AEW’s Stadium Stampede Match, which featured 10 wrestlers facing off in an empty TIAA Bank Field.

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Ukraine’s representative dodged discussion of extra measures of ceasefire control in Donbass, despite all the efforts of the republics and Russian mediators at the talks

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping Republican coronavirus measure that would have limited her power to direct the state’s pandemic response but then ceded to local officials the authority to keep restrictions on businesses. Gov. Laura Kelly not only killed a bill approved by the GOP-controlled Legislature last week but

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• Mark Lua, a former Florida teacher, pleaded guilty last year to charges related to the sexual abuse of students.
• Last week, during his sentencing hearing, Mark Lua asked for chemical castration instead of a prison sentence.
• The judge ignored his request and sentenced him to 12 years in prison, according to the Pensacola News Journal.
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US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell earlier confirmed Washington’s plans to impose new sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 project

According to recent information from the state of California, Disneyland and other theme parks are now part of Stage 3 of its roadmap for reopening the state.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says his state is working with RNC organizers despite Trump's threat to pull the convention from his state.

The magnetic field has weakened 9% over the last 200 years. A weak spot in the southern Atlantic, which has grown bigger every year, has split in two.

CBS’ Criminal Minds may have ended earlier this year, but that’s not stopping California’s Department Of Fair Employment And Housing from taking steps against what it characterizes as an “unchecked” environment of “intimidating, hostile, and offensive” behavior from Gregory St. Johns, the show’s director of…

Police responded to an affluent London neighborhood on a report of a "big cat" with cheetah-like markings and determined the animal was a domesticated Savannah cat.

After President Trump has repeatedly railed on mail-in voting, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill tweeted that his state would not allow mail-in ballots but would provide absentee ballots for those who do not feel safe voting at the poles due to the coronavirus.

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The famed author said she will release chapters of the book online each weekday for children to enjoy during these "strange, unsettling times."

The trailer doesn't give much indication of the adult themes that caused the project to move from Disney+ to Hulu.

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Singapore cuts 2020 GDP forecast for third time on virus outbreak(Update) The Star Online

The Home Office says 65 men and 15 women crossed the English Channel in small boats on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR/WHNT) — The Better Business Bureau says some offices are getting calls from concerned consumers about a prepaid debit card that arrived in an unmarked envelope and stating it was their economic stimulus payment. The BBB says these payments are legitimate. Nearly four million people will receive an Economic Impact Payment card instead of […]

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Uber to move regional headquarters to Hong Kong from Singapore Nikkei Asian Review

The party is still contractually obligated to hold the event in North Carolina, but President Trump has threatened a change of location as the state’s Democratic governor urges caution because of the coronavirus.