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A bedrock principle of our justice system is ensuring a fair day in court, something that is especially important for children who cannot advocate for themselves. It is common sense that in our immigration courts, where children fleeing devastating violence abroad often find themselves, kids need lawyers to advocate on their behalf. After all, lawyers […]

The 1983 NCAA men’s basketball national championship game is one of the most famous games in NCAA tournament history and has arguably the tourney’s greatest ending ever. There was the buzzer-beating dunk by center Lorenzo Charles. There was the indelible image of coach Jim Valvano running around, looking for someone to hug. But it wasn’t […]

You can now see for yourself which politicians, celebrities and business executives allegedly kept secret shell companies that were exposed in the Panama Papers. A Google-like searchable database went live at 2 p.m. ET, detailing ties between 368,000 people and 300,000 offshore entities. It was released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. “You’ll see […]

The Avengers haven’t been able to save Disney’s stock this year. Neither have Mowgil and Baloo or a bunch of animated animals living in the big city. Shares of Disney are flat so far in 2016 — despite the fact that it has ruled the box office thanks to “Captain America: Civil War,” “The Jungle […]

The U.S. government says it has finally put an end to what investigators call one of the longest running mail frauds in history. For more than a decade, the scheme has preyed on sick, elderly and vulnerable Americans. Here’s how it worked: Millions of people received letters promising that psychic guidance and talismans from the […]

The Pentagon said Monday that the “military emir of Anbar” Abu Wahib was targeted in what the Pentagon believes was a “successful” coalition airstrike. The attack took place on May 6 near Rutbah in Western Iraq. Abu Wahib, a key ISIS figure, was traveling with three others in a vehicle at the time of the […]

Rodrigo Duterte, whose outspoken commentary — including joking about the rape of a missionary — drew international attention to the Philippines’ national elections, appeared poised to win his country’s presidency Monday after a top rival conceded. Grace Poe made the concession Monday night, according to CNN Philippines, even though formal results will not be announced […]

Donald Trump dubs himself the “king of debt.” Experts say he doesn’t have a clue — at least when it comes to U.S. government debt. Only a few weeks ago, Trump said he could eliminate federal debt in just eight years, a nearly impossible task. Trump’s own tax plan would add trillions to the debt. […]

Yiru Sun had made all the arrangements for her special wedding day: the food, a DJ, a swanky venue reserved in New York City’s Upper East Side. But when a disagreement in the pre-nup caused her and her fiancé to call off the engagement, she wasn’t about to let that rain on her big day. […]

What would a reality TV show like “Survivor” look like on Netflix? The streaming service’s answer is “Ultimate Beastmaster,” an obstacle course competition series with contestants from six countries. There will be a single competition event, but six versions of the show, featuring local hosts and languages for the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, […]

Now here’s a deal Homer Simpson can get behind: Krispy Kreme is cashing in. The doughnut chain reached a $1.35 billion deal Monday to be acquired by JAB Holding, a private company that just recently agreed to buy Keurig Green Mountain. JAB is gobbling up Krispy Kreme for $21 a share in cash, or roughly […]

From dead in the water to top of the America’s Cup World Series standings, Emirates Team New Zealand overcame a troublesome start to steal victory in front of unprecedented New York crowds. With their port hull punctured and their rudder unwittingly hooked to the starting buoy, crewman Blair Tuke had to jump into the fast-moving […]

Australian walker Jared Tallent experienced a weekend of very mixed emotions. Almost four years after missing out on a 50 kilometer gold medal to convicted Russian doper Sergey Kirdyapkin, Tallent found out he is to be presented with his newly-awarded medal on June 17 in Melbourne. Then he got back to the business of walking […]

You’re never too old for a mortgage. At least in Britain, that is. Two of the U.K. biggest lenders are now offering mortgages to people who will be in their 80s when the loan is due to be repaid. One of them — Nationwide — is even offering people who are 80 the chance to […]

Before I launch into the argument for making all restrooms in the United States gender neutral — that is, removing “men’s” and “women’s” labels — I want to show you a photo. This is James Parker Sheffield. Now a truly ridiculous question: Which restroom do you think he should use? Men’s or women’s? In the […]

Bayan Zehlif is not Isis. Or ISIS. But that’s how the Muslim student discovered she was identified in the latest edition of the yearbook at her Rancho Cucamonga, California, high school. Zehlif posted a photo of her yearbook photo to Twitter, saying only, “I guess I’m Isis in the yearbook …” “I am extremely saddened, […]

Donald Trump said Monday he called Hillary Clinton an “enabler” of her husband’s infidelity as “retribution” for her playing the “woman’s card” against him. “It’s only retribution for what she said. She is playing the woman’s card to the hilt,” Trump told CNN’s Chris Cuomo in a testy exchange on “New Day.” “She is going, […]

Munchkin is recalling about 180,000 of its LatchTM lightweight pacifiers because they pose a choking hazard. The company determined that a little plastic cover that goes over the pacifier’s clip can detach. The Van Nuys, California, company says it has received five reports each from Canada and the United States of the clip detaching. No […]

By now, you’ve probably seen or heard the viral story about the judge in North Carolina who spent a night in jail with his fellow veteran. Last month, that same court — which handles criminal cases involving veterans — held its first graduation. This “veterans’ court” offers people returning from military service who have found […]

Millions of voters in the Philippines braved stifling hot weather to line up and have their say in the national election as polls opened Monday, and in spite of election-related violence that killed five in the southern province of Maguindanao. At least five are dead and 10 others wounded, the Army’s Sixth Infantry Division (6ID) […]

Fourteen bodies have been recovered after a landslide struck southeastern China, according to a local government website. Authorities say another 25 people remain missing. The landslide occurred early Sunday after a heavy weekend downpour in Fujian province, Xinhua news agency reported. Nearly 20 cm (8 inches) of rain fell in the mountainous region in less […]

British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was detained in North Korea and is being expelled for his reporting, authorities have announced at a press conference. He will be joined on the plane by BBC producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard, the British broadcaster added. He was questioned for eight hours by North Korean officials […]

British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes is being expelled from North Korea, authorities have announced at a press conference. North Korean authorities said they took issue with “disrespectful” reports he filed from inside the country last week . He was detained at the airport and questioned but has since be released. CNN’s Will Ripley, who […]

Pioneering Australian media mogul and television producer, Reg Grundy, has died in Bermuda aged 92. Best known for his role as producer of the internationally popular TV soap opera, Neighbours, Grundy’s production company also created many of Australia’s biggest TV shows in the 80s and 90s, including The Young Doctors, Prisoner: Cell Block H and […]

When “The Good Wife” premiered in 2009, it risked seeming like a one-note joke. A series devoted to those political spouses who have to stand behind their husbands, grimly smiling in the midst of a sex scandal. But the CBS drama gradually became one of TV’s best hours, among the few broadcast network series with […]