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MANASSAS, Va. - Danica Roem made history when she became the first transgender woman elected to a state legislature. In the process, she made a northern Virginia highway famous by relentlessly touting...
News Dec 17, 2017
BREST, France - French sailor Francois Gabart broken the record Sunday for sailing around the world alone, circumnavigating the planet in just 42 days and 16 hours. That is more than six days faster t...
News Dec 17, 2017
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Clad in traditional Chinese, Western and Sri Lankan costumes, 50 Chinese couples were married at a mass ceremony in Sri Lanka’s capital on Sunday to mark the 60th anniversar...
News Dec 17, 2017
JERUSALEM - Israel’s national trade union on Sunday held a half-day nationwide strike to protest generic drugmaker Teva’s decision to lay off a quarter of its workforce, snarling traffic a...
News Dec 17, 2017
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A capsule carrying three astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States has blasted off for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. The Soyuz capsule with Anton ...
News Dec 17, 2017
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Muslim clerics called for a boycott of American products Sunday in Indonesia’s largest protest against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel̵...
News Dec 17, 2017
SANTIAGO, Chile - A mudslide fueled by heavy rains swept over a village in southern Chile on Saturday, leaving at least three people dead and 15 missing, officials said. Rain caused a river to overflo...
News Dec 16, 2017
For two months now, as accusations of sexual misconduct have piled up against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced mogul has responded over and over again: “Any allegations of nonconsensual sex are u...
News Dec 16, 2017
NEW YORK - “A Prairie Home Companion” has been given a new name - “Live from Here” - in the wake of creator Garrison Keillor’s acrimonious split with Minnesota Public Rad...
News Dec 16, 2017
MIAMI - Police say a 2-year-old boy sitting with his mother in the courtyard of a Florida apartment complex was fatally shot. The Miami Herald reports that the shooting occurred Friday night at the Ar...
News Dec 16, 2017