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A light rain fell on New Orleans on October 15, 1890, as Police Chief David Hennessy left the central police station with his colleague and friend Capt. William O’Connor just after 11 p.m. The young chief turned toward Basin Street, heading for the home he shared with his widowed mother. O’Connor went in the opposite direction, up Girard Street. Hennessy rarely walked home alone; for the past three years, he had done so in the company of bodyguards. That night he was alone.

It is certainly right that such terrible weapons should only be used in extreme circumstances, but the conventional wisdom is wrong in suggesting the United States should under no circumstances be the first to use nuclear arms.

Voters are no longer giving an absolute majority to a single party as they have seen that doing that breeds corruption.

Venezuela's store shelves are bare, drugs are scarce and personal hygiene products - like diapers - are hard to come by. The black market for them is thriving and people like economist Pedro Rosas are stashing them in their houses. He tells Day 6 guest host Marcia Young what diapers say about the country's economy.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lancaster County jury has acquitted a mental health counselor accused of overbilling Lancaster County and his employer.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are expected soon to sign an agreement on protection of the airspace, which, in particular, would allow Slovak or Czech pilots to use force over the territory of the other state, Czech media reported Friday.

The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are finally here. For the next two weeks, sports fans around the world will be glued to the games to watch about 11,000 athletes compete for gold medals and glory. But how much do you know about the event itself? The Olympics are an ancient tradition dating back to 776 BC. Originally intended as a way to honor Zeus, the first modern iteration took place in Athens in 1896 with 241 male athletes from 14 countries, according to olympic.org.

OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Madina Jarbussynova said that Ukraine was witnessing an increased number of traffickers and their victims, as criminals try to sell people not only in Ukraine, but abroad, as well.

Google's parent company Alphabet has an audacious plan to bring super-fast fiber-based internet access to a lot more of the United States.

Google's parent company Alphabet has an audacious plan to bring super-fast fiber-based internet access to a lot more of the United States.

WASHINGTON― Planned Parenthood announced Friday that it will start registering voters at its clinics, on college campuses, online and at other locations, “regardless of their background, beliefs, or political ideology,” in an effort to get disenfranchised populations more involved in the political process.  

Donald Trump admitted today he never saw video of cash being delivered to Iran.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Soccer legend Pelé will not be lighting the Olympic flame at Friday night's opening ceremony, as had been speculated.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former grand mufti survived an attempt on his life in a western Cairo suburb when two masked gunmen opened fire as he was walking toward a mosque to hold Friday prayers, officials said. It was the…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former grand mufti survived an attempt on his life in a western Cairo suburb when two masked gunmen opened fire as he was walking toward a mosque to hold Friday prayers, officials said. It was the…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former grand mufti survived an attempt on his life in a western Cairo suburb when two masked gunmen opened fire as he was walking toward a mosque to hold Friday prayers, officials said. It was the…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Pele will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because of poor health, denying Brazilians a chance to celebrate their greatest sports figure. The 75-year-old soccer great said this week he had been invited to light the cauldron, though that was not confirmed by Rio organizers. “I’m not physically

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames.

Toolz Oniru-Demuren, popularly known as Toolz, is a Nigerian radio personality, talk show host, and presenter.  She presently hosts The Midday Show on The Beat 99.9 FM every weekday and also interviews popularly African entertainers on her talk show The Juice. Toolz is also known for her natural voluptuous curves which are showcased intentionally and […]