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US Congress Rolls Back Family Planning Funding Protections
US Republican lawmakers on Thursday successfully rolled back Obama-era rules protecting funding to clinics that offer...
S.African Finance Minister Sacked In Shock Reshuffle
South African President Jacob Zuma sacked his respected finance minister and made ten new cabinet appointments late...
Trump Predicts ‘very Difficult’ China Summit
US President Donald Trump predicted an upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be "very difficult"...
Fox Serves Up Apes and Aliens At CinemaCon
20th Century Fox opened day four of CinemaCon on Thursday with stunning new footage from "Alien: Covenant," some CGI...
Panthers Star Newton Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton, who led the NFL team into last year's Super Bowl, underwent surgery...
FBI Chief’s Secret Twitter Account Outed?
When Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey teased that he had joined the world of social media with...
Twitter Makes Room For More Characters In Tweets
Twitter on Thursday began rolling out changes to let people pack more into tweets, subtracting from the character count...
Shadab Shines Again As Pakistan Cricket Deny Windies
Shadab Khan gave another match-winning bowling performance and Hasan Ali held his nerve for Pakistan to sneak a...
With New IPhone, Trump Still A Target For Hackers
President Donald Trump has a new phone. An iPhone. That would not ordinarily be news, but given the security concerns...
S.Korea’s Park Goes Behind Bars
Daughter of a dictator and later head of state herself, South Korea's Park Geun-Hye has spent nearly two decades living...
Streaming Now Makes Up Most US Music Industry Revenue
Streaming for the first time accounted for most recorded music revenue in the United States last year, bringing the...
US Stocks Shake Gloom As Oil Tops $50/barrel
Wall Street stocks rallied Thursday, shrugging off uncertainty over President Donald Trump's agenda and advancing as US...
Manatees Are No Longer Endangered
Manatees are no longer an endangered species, US officials said Thursday, declaring success after decades of efforts to...
Syrian Opposition Rejects ‘any Role’ For Assad
The Syrian opposition to the Damascus regime said Thursday it rejected "any role" now or in the future for current...
US Warns China It Is Losing Patience Over North Korea
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday said China can and must do more to force North Korea to halt its...
Chinese Win World Figure Skating Pairs Gold
China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong survived a fall to claim a first pairs gold at the world figure skating championships...
ISIS Is Smuggling Women and Children Into Fighting Positions, US Says
The ISIS fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul have come up with yet another dastardly way to exploit the civilian...
IS Fighters In Mosul Provoking Coalition Strikes On Civilians
Islamic State group fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul are holding civilians hostage in buildings and then...
Removing Assad ‘not Our Priority’
The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Washington is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar...