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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana woman whose feticide conviction for a self-induced abortion was overturned in July walked out of prison Thursday, a day after a judge resentenced her to less time than she had already served and ordered her immediate release. The state's attorney general decided not to appeal the ruling, and on Wednesday, a St. Joseph County judge resentenced Patel to 18 months of prison time on the child neglect charge. According to prosecutors, she took abortion-inducing drugs she... Читать дальше...

When I first spotted Mickey Mouse, he was wearing his sailor costume and there was a line of 20 people waiting to meet the legend. There was no question: I had to be in that line, too.

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Searching questions about ‘golden era’ of Sino-UK relations expected

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On a recent evening, a dozen or so Vietnamese American seniors gathered in Hung Nguyen’s Garden Grove living room. The long table they hunched over was filled with plates of bánh tráng mè, a sesame-studded rice cracker, and peanuts — usually the kinds of snacks reserved for drinking sessions.

Wrong email address — A Community Event item that appeared in the Aug. 30 edition contained an incorrect email address for Lower Columbia School Gardens. The address is ian@lcschoolgardens.org.

There will be a familiar face missing from the ballroom when “Dancing With the Stars” returns for Season 23. When the 2016 cast was revealed Tuesday on “Good Morning America,” Mark Ballas’ name was missing from the roster.

NEW YORK — Serena Williams turned heads when she made a cameo in Beyonce’s “Sorry” music video — where she twerked heavily — and now the tennis star is releasing her own dancing video. Williams, who released a new video Thursday on YouTube that features the 34-year-old dancing in a variety of styles, says dance

North Melbourne's players will try to draw on their successes in previous finals series when they play Adelaide next week.

– The APC has has reacted to an attack by the PDP regarding the nation’s recession – APC says the PDP is to be blamed for the recession which the nation is currently experiencing – The ruling party has faulted past presidents, Obasanjo, Jonathan and late Yaradua The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to […]

Syrian rebels have come across special prison cells used to torture women in the northern city of Manbij, after ISIS was driven out of the area. The cells are specifically designed to torture and rape women. The Daily Caller reports: Militia fighters belonging to the Manbij Military Council, a Syrian rebel group under the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), found the cells as they were searching a prison abandoned by ISIS fighters in the city of Manbij. The SDF seized the city in mid-August... Читать дальше...

An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk's SpaceX during routine test firing at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, shaking buildings miles (km) away and sending a thick plume of black smoke pouring into the air.

CAIRO — Holding their crying babies in their arms, dozens of Egyptian mothers rallied on Thursday on a major Cairo road, blocking traffic to denounce severe shortages of subsidized baby formula, a protest underscoring how austerity measures aimed at healing the country’s budget deficit are hitting ordinary Egyptians hard. Earlier this month, the International Monetary

Baylee Curran — the woman who said Chris Brown pointed a gun at her — is now being accused of lying about the incident and trying to set the singer up. According to TMZ, a man named Safari said he received a text from Curran, 24, after she and the “Royalty” creator had an argument.

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh took part in a ceremony Sunday in Amman, Jordan, to mark the United States taking in its goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees in a year-old resettlement program.

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh took part in a ceremony Sunday in Amman, Jordan, to mark the United States taking in its goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees in a year-old resettlement program.

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh took part in a ceremony Sunday in Amman, Jordan, to mark the United States taking in its goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees in a year-old resettlement program.

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh took part in a ceremony Sunday in Amman, Jordan, to mark the United States taking in its goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees in a year-old resettlement program.

A family-run hotel that made its name (both good and bad) when urbanised Barra was still a swamp. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games was the incentive for a top-down refresh that has created a modern, inexpensive but still ultimately laid-back and friendly base from which to explore another side of Rio.

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NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Australia managed to capture a massive crocodile which had been feasting on local livestock.

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Global Governance, United States

States don't always comply, but it still shapes their behavior.

Patrick Porter’s essay in The Skeptics, “Sorry Folks. There is No Rules-Based World Order.” (National Interest, August 28, 2016) is a classic strawman argument. Porter asserts that there is no “global set of rules” or “international law above power” requiring states to conduct their affairs within certain prescribed limits. He captures the concern with “legalism”... Читать дальше...

IPC will not allow individual sportsmen to participate as neutral athletes

His stories might seem like a golden ticket, but endless stage and screen versions risk over-exposure