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CAIRO — At least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed in a shootout outside a church and at a nearby store owned by a Christian in a Cairo suburb, Egypt’s Health Ministry said Friday. It was the latest attack targeting the majority Muslim country’s embattled Christian minority. The attack […]

CAIRO — At least 9 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed in a shootout outside a church and at a nearby store owned by a Christian in a Cairo suburb, Egypt’s Health Ministry said Friday. It was the latest attack targeting the majority Muslim country’s embattled Christian minority. The attack […]

MINNEAPOLIS — A photographer who has covered the Minnesota Twins accused Miguel Sano of assault, posting on Twitter that the All-Star third baseman forcibly attempted to kiss her following an autograph session at a mall in 2015. Betsy Bissen tweeted Thursday that she screamed and resisted Sano until he gave […]

TROY — One phone call changed Isaiah Smith’s life forever. The 15-year-old says he was away in Massachusetts when he learned his mother, brother, and sister were three of the four victims in a grisly murder scene in Troy, New York, reports CBS affiliate WRGB. “What happens if that was your […]

If you’re walking through Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport, you might have no idea that you’re passing right by one of the most sought-after restaurants in the New York area. Down a secret hallway, you’ll find a speakeasy that meets fine dining. It’s called Classified. Here your taste […]

As we count down to the New Year 2018, we’ve made some time for Faith Salie: “Time is an illusion,” Albert Einstein told us.  If you don’t believe Einstein, listen to the ultimate Time Lord, Dr. Who:  “People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But […]

Last Updated Dec 29, 2017 11:37 AM EST NEW YORK — A four-alarm fire that claimed the lives of at least 12 people in New York City was caused by a 3-and-a-half-year-old boy who was playing with burners on a kitchen stove located in a first-floor apartment, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office […]

Award-winning actor and writer James Franco is a Hollywood Renaissance man, who’s now earning praise for a film he’s directed about a cult classic movie that won nothing but raspberries. Tony Dokoupil has our Sunday Profile: “The Room” has become the stuff of Hollywood legend, a 2003 film so bad […]

Last Updated Dec 29, 2017 7:18 AM EST MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia’s former Vice President Joseph Boakai conceded the presidential race to Soccer star George Weah Friday, in the first democratic transfer of power in the country in 70 years. “My name will not be used an excuse for one […]

NEW DELHI — A fire broke out early Friday in an upscale rooftop restaurant in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, leaving at least 15 dead and a dozen injured, officials said. The 1 a.m. fire quickly spread from the restaurant through a four-story building, said fire official Balkrishna Kadam. […]