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Cops busted a Rikers Island correction officer accused of repeatedly raping a young child, a police source said.

The Portuguese attacker has been accused of avoiding payments on €150 million of his earnings in a new investigation after revelations by Football Leaks last week

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump seems to have crossed swords with Boeing over the production of Air Force One 747 aircraft. Trump tweeted Tuesday that the plane could cost more than $4 billion, alluding that the airline company may be taking advantage of the United States. Trump also suggested that the Air Force One program should be canceled because of the cost. "Cancel order!" he remarked in one of his tweets.

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DUSSELDORF, Germany, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The installation of the foundations for a wind farm in the Baltic Sea can begin now that the area is clear of the remnants of war, a German company said.

ROME — Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci is clarifying details about the infamous butter rape scene in the “Last Tango in Paris.”

A package of bills on ensuring the security of Russia's critical information infrastructure, drafted by the Federal Security Service (FSB), has been submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, the Russian government said in a statement.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De AEX-index in Amsterdam stond woensdag tegen het einde van de ochtend in de plus. Ook elders in Europa kleurden koersborden groen. PostNL was op het Damrak de kop van jut nadat het postbedrijf het finale overnamebod van het Belgische Bpost afwees. Het aandeel van het postbedrijf ging daarop fors onderuit.

The innovation could lead to the possibility of regrowing larger bones in the rest of the body.

Philadelphia Democrat Chaka Fattah may spend a 17 to 21 years in prison after federal prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III to sentence him for a longer term than most regional politicians in federal corruption cases.

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. — State police say holiday music was blaring from a Pennsylvania woman’s car as she tore up the yard of her ex-boyfriend’s home, nearly running the man and his family over.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — British Prime Minister Theresa May and leaders from six Gulf Arab countries agreed Wednesday to counter Iran’s “destabilizing activities,” a pledge meant to calm nerves following the nuclear deal with world powers.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May has told Gulf leaders meeting in Bahrain that she's "clear-eyed" on the threat posed by Iran.

China has accused Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of seeking to use a planned transit stop in the U.S. to score diplomatic points, amid Chinese rancor over an unprecedented phone call between Tsai and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump

A new study says the Republican plan to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured

DEN HAM - Op de dag dat er is ingebroken gaat Prima Fashion in Den Ham gewoon weer open. Voor het team van Stoffer, Karla en Marc Wessels kan zelfs dit incident een topjaar niet verknallen. 

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday accused Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of seeking to use a planned transit stop in the U.S. to score diplomatic points, amid Chinese rancor over an unprecedented phone call between Tsai and U.S. President-elect Donald…

KIEV, Ukraine — Ten people were injured in fighting between supporters of Dynamo Kiev and Turkish team Besiktas around a Champions League game between the teams, Ukrainian police said on Wednesday.

Russian security forces detained in Moscow and the Moscow region 12 people suspected of being members of a terrorist organization, press service of the Moscow department of the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

Vikings coach Mike Zimmer might have been wearing a patch, but he could still see what the Vikings were doing wrong in practice. “He still can see everything with one patch over his eye,” cornerback Captain Munnerlyn said, via Andrew Krammer of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “If you made a mistake, he still sees it…

TOKYO (AP) — Six decades after "Minamata disease" mercury poisoning was first discovered, victims and their advocates are demanding tests for food toxicity and illnesses be carried out to help identify patients. [...] tests could have greatly reduced the number of victims if done earlier, said Toshihide Tsuda, a doctor whose civil lawsuit demanding such tests was rejected by the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday. Tsuda sued the Japanese government to demand it conduct tests for methyl mercury poisoning. Читать дальше...

Thomas Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors, shares his thoughts on why he is positive on the markets and what's likely driving investors back into stocks. Also Lee weighs in on why it's a good time to own bank stocks.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says there is "a lot more room for humour in City Hall"