Pope Francis is planning a visit to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia next year, when the three Baltic nations celebrate their 100th anniversaries. Janis Siksnis, an adviser to Latvia’s president, confirmed it to The Associated Press on Thursday, saying no other details were yet available. A spokeswoman for Lithuanian President Dalia […]
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North Carolina clerk fired after allegedly beating robber
A North Carolina store clerk said she was fired after she attacked a burglar with a baseball bat on Tuesday, a move her employer said violated company policy. Juwan Harris said a man entered the Circle K convenience store in Raleigh where she works, told her that he had a […]
Northeast facing bitter cold, Southwest record heat this Thanksgiving
The majority of the nation will be enjoying a quiet and tranquil Thanksgiving with sunshine spreading across nearly the entire nation — including the Southwest, the Great Plains, the Midwest, a large portion of the Ohio Valley and the major I-95 corridor cities in the Northeast. This quiet weather pattern […]
UK deploys another aircraft for Argentine submarine search
Britain’s Ministry of Defense has deployed another aircraft in the search for a missing Argentine submarine with 44 sailors on board. The RAF Voyager landed in Argentina on Wednesday, some 35 years after the UK waged a brief war with the country over possession of the Falkland Islands. The helicopter […]
Ships, aircraft search for 3 US sailors missing in crash
U.S. and Japanese ships and aircraft searched in the Philippine Sea on Thursday for three sailors missing since a U.S. Navy aircraft crashed a day earlier. Eight people were rescued about 40 minutes after the crash of the C-2A “Greyhound” transport aircraft Wednesday afternoon, the Navy said. They were taken […]
Murdered Baltimore cop shot with own gun, was to testify in police corruption case
As the investigation into the murder of Baltimore Police Det. Sean Suiter continues, it was revealed during a press conference held by Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis on Wednesday evening that Suiter was shot with his own gun and the detective was set to testify in a police corruption case […]
WATCH: San Francisco hotel unveils giant sugar castle
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Argentina reports new clue in search for missing submarine
Ships and planes hunting for a missing Argentine submarine with 44 crew members will return to a previously search area after officials said Wednesday that a noise made a week ago in the South Atlantic could provide a clue to the vessel’s location. The Argentina navy spokesman, Capt. Enrique Balbi, […]
YouTube to crack down on videos showing child endangerment
YouTube has announced a plan to implement stricter controls on videos that show child endangerment. The move, announced on Wednesday, comes after a BuzzFeed article exposed videos of children in “disturbing and abusive situations,” some of which had racked up millions of views. YouTube says it implemented new guidelines to […]
FCC stonewalling probe of ‘massive’ fake net neutrality comments scheme: NY AG
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman released an open letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, accusing the agency of stonewalling his office’s investigation into what he called a “massive scheme” to inundate the FCC’s public net neutrality review process with fake comments. “The process the FCC has employed […]