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Attorney General Jeff Sessions will face a range of questions about the firing of FBI Director James Comey and his contacts with Russian officials in a public testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 13. (Reuters)
The Senate Intelligence Committee has announced that Attorney General Jeff Sessions ... |
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With Attorney General Jeff Sessions appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 13, there's a lot lawmakers want to straighten out. Here are three of the major questions they'll have. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions could be at the center of two controversies in the ... |
A British scientist has linked supposed hair samples from the legendary Yeti, or "Abominable Snowman," to a breed of ancient Arctic bears that he says could have survived to the modern day—but other experts say the results need to be published before any conclusions can be drawn.
Bryan Sykes, a respected geneticist... |
geograph.org.uk The quest for definitive proof of bigfoot, the towering man-like ape that reportedly walks on two legs and terrorizes loggers and campers in North America, has been well documented for decades. The search for his Russian counterpart is less well known.
A group of Russian enthusiasts says they have n... |
Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday unleashed a barrage of criticism at the far-reaching financial regulatory legislation being debated on the Senate floor, indicating that many of the party’s leaders were prepared to vote against the bill, David M. Herszenhorn reports in The New York Times.
Republicans accused Se... |
Senate Republicans blocked Democrats from voting on three amendments Tuesday that are strongly opposed by Wall Street.
Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top-ranking Republican on the Banking Committee, rose to object to a vote on one of the most talked-about amendments, cosponsored by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) a... |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airport workers at seven of the busiest U.S. hubs plan to strike beginning Wednesday night over what they say are bad wages and threats against unionizing.
Loadmasters work at bringing pallets aboard a 747 aircraft at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport September 20, 2014. REUTERS/... |
Robin Wilson leads chanting as airport workers and supporters from around the world rally for better wages in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last month.. Workers in DC are the latest to join a national campaign for better wages for contracting workers at airports across the world. (Jabin Botsford/The Was... |
WASHINGTON — Voters in the nation’s capital have decided to support becoming the 51st state, though a vote for statehood doesn’t mean another star is getting added to the nation’s flag anytime soon.
On the statehood question, voters on Tuesday endorsed a draft constitution that would have city residents electing a ... |
District voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to make the nation’s capital its 51st state on Tuesday, with pollgoers saying they hope the vote puts pressure on the next Congress and president to address D.C.’s lack of representation in Congress.
Voters in the District’s Ward 7, east of the Anacostia River, a... |
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump visited the editorial board of The Washington Post on Mar. 21. Here is audio of the full, unedited interview. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
FREDERICK RYAN JR., WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHER: Mr. Trump, welcome to the Washington Post. Thank you for making time t... |
In this Feb. 6, 2014, file photo, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray joins the Congressional Black Caucus on the national day of prayer to remember the poor and homeless, at the Capitol in Washington. Whether incumbent Gray or one of his challengers wins the District of Columbia’s Democratic mayoral primary, the winne... |
An unruly passenger prompted a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Las Vegas to divert to Los Angeles Wednesday morning.
The airline confirms HA7 departed Las Vegas at 8:44 a.m. local time and was about an hour into the flight, just past Los Angeles, when the crew was notified of an unruly passenger.
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A Hawaiian Airlines passenger got booted off a flight Wednesday after he threatened to "take someone behind the woodshed" and refused to pay $12 for a blanket, officials said.
The incident began after the plane took off from Las Vegas, and a 66-year-old passenger complained that he was cold, according to Officer Ro... |
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Erik Prince (right) leaves the House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the Blackwater Security firm conduct in Iraq. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post)
Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL and founder of the Blackwater security contractor, is considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming after being en... |
WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, the founder of the security contractor Blackwater, is seriously considering a Republican primary challenge for a Senate seat in Wyoming, potentially adding a high-profile contender to a fledgling drive to oust establishment lawmakers with insurgents in the mold of President Trump.
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A recent report raised questions about how the Charles Koch Foundation structures our grants to universities. Most recently, the publication of old and inactive grant agreements from 2006-2009 wi... |
The newly released documents were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Samantha Parsons of UnKoch My Campus, a group that seeks to expose the influence of the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch over colleges and universities.
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1. The March 2016 Grant Agreement with an Anonymous Donor Designated a Third-Party Beneficiary Which Has Been Revealed to be the Federalist Society
Emails before the change in the name of the Law School show that there was already a relationship between Scalia Law Dean Henry Butler (who was appointed in April 2015)... |
The statue of George Mason at George Mason University in 2015. (Pete Marovich For The Washington Post)
The president of George Mason University has called for a review of active financial gift agreements that support faculty positions, days after acknowledging that some of arrangements did not meet academic ind... |
JULY 10--For the second time in two years, an Ohio man has been charged with public indecency for allegedly “having sexual relations with a rubber pool float,” police report.
Edwin Tobergta, 34, was indicted today in connection with last month’s incident, which reportedly occurred outside his home in Hamilton, a so... |
A man convicted of public indecency two years ago for having sex with a pool toy is in trouble again.
Man Accused Of Having Sex With Neighbor's Pool Float A man accused of having sex with a neighbor's pool toy has had trouble with the law before. More
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Edwin Tobergta on a charg... |
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Neighbors of a man repeatedly arrested for public indecency said they are alarmed by his behavior and hope he receives mental help.
Edwin Charles Tobergta III, 34, of Harmon Avenue, was arrested June 17 for allegedly stepping out his back door naked at about... |
Not even the queen of England can get an equal slice of the mincemeat pie.
The actress Claire Foy, who charmed critics and fans as a young Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series “The Crown,” was paid less than her co-star Matt Smith, who played the queen’s husband, executive producers acknowledged on Tuesday at t... |
The explosion of demand for high-end TV series and the emergence of deep-pocketed new buyers such as Netflix and Amazon has been an enormous windfall for marquee talent. Just ask Robert De Niro, or David Letterman, or Katy Perry.
Stars with brand names are more in demand than ever as dozens of competing outlets sea... |
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WASHINGTON, April 19, 2013 – Airlines for America (A4A) , the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines , today filed le... |
After months of inside-the-Beltway drama, the impact of sequestration cutbacks moved to center stage America on Monday as the aviation system was slowed by the furlough of 1,500 air traffic controllers.
With about 10 percent of the controllers who direct 23,000 planes a day scheduled to be off daily until October, ... |
HONG KONG—Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said that if the government met student demands and allowed candidates to be nominated by the public, Hong Kong’s poor and working class could dominate the elections.
Speaking in an interview with foreign media, Mr. Leung reiterated that the student demand for direct input ... |
Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says the House will move forward with a contempt of Congress vote against Attorney General Eric Holder over the botched gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious.
The Ohio Republican told reporters Wednesday that last-minute talks with the White House about releasing documents... |
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Washington (CNN) - An offer from the Obama administration to show Congressional investigators some documents related to the failed "Fast and Furious" sting operation was rejected Tuesday, sources from both sides say.
The last-ditch offer was a joint effort between the Justice Department and the Whit... |
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) on Tuesday became one of the first Democrats to publicly declare he will vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, breaking from his party on what is expected to be a mostly party-line vote Thursday.
“Utahns expect and deserve transparency and accountability from ... |
Are Nevada officials actually trying to preserve the state's marijuana black market?
In the first four days that Nevada residents could legally purchase marijuana for recreational uses, state retailers made $3 million in sales—and lined the state government's coffers to the tune of a cool $500,000 in tax revenues, ... |
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In this Saturday, July 1, 2017, photo, people line up at the NuLeaf marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas. Recreational marijuana sales have exceeded the expectations of Las Vegas area store owners, who have... (Associated Press)
In this Saturday, July 1, 2017, photo, people line up at the NuLeaf marijuana dispensary i... |
First days of recreational marijuana sales generate about $500,000 in taxes
The first four days of legal recreational marijuana sales generated $3 million in sales revenue and about $500,000 in tax revenue, putting Nevada on pace to achieve an estimated $30 million in sales revenue over the next six months of recre... |
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AP file photo/gannett illustration: Marijuana growing in Medford, Ore. (Photo: AP file)
Nevada dispensaries licensed to sell recreational marijuana are running out of pot less than a week after the legal market came to life, accordin... |
KABUL A teenaged bomber on Thursday targeted a Kabul auditorium packed with people watching a drama condemning suicide attacks and being staged at a French cultural center, killing a German man and wounding 16 people, officials and a witness said.
The suicide blast was the second to strike the Afghan capital in a d... |
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on Thursday, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said.
Afghanistan's security forces walk in front of the main gate of the French Cultural Center whi... |
Story highlights A German national has been killed in the attack, a Kabul police spokesman says
A suicide bomber detonates explosives during a play called "Silence after the Explosion"
The attack occurred inside a French-funded high school in central Kabul
The Taliban claim responsibility for the attack, a ... |
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Local family's video of infant girl trying on her new glasses hits over 15 million views
BRIDGETOWN, Ohio (WKRC/Zachary Rogers) -- A local family’s Facebook video has recently hit over 15 million views after going viral across the country.
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Alexander Graham Bell, the man widely credited with inventing the telephone as we know it (though there is a longstanding debate over who actually was first), can be heard again today, some 128 years after he recorded himself counting and speaking in his laboratory in Washington, DC, saying: "In witness whereof, hear m... |
An Iranian pro-reform newspaper says the country's OPEC governor has warned the country's Arab neighbors that Tehran will view any increase in crude production to counterbalance a potential embargo on Iranian oil as an unfriendly act.
A Sunday report by Shargh daily quotes Mohammad Ali Khatibi as saying that Arab n... |
Saudi Arabia's oil minister says the OPEC powerhouse's readiness to boost oil output is not linked to sanctions that could affect Iran's oil exports.
Ali Al-Naimi was quoted by the Saudi daily Al-Ektisadiya on Sunday as saying the oil-rich kingdom was ready to use its spare production capacity to fill any market ne... |
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Ted Cruz went on a blistering ramble against Donald Trump on Tuesday, delivering a list of stinging personal attacks that included calling the GOP frontrunner a “seri... |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump's march to the Republican nomination.
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Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, during a press conference about the Tucson shootings, called Arizona “the Tombstone of the United States.”
Some journalists gave the word a lowercase “t,” but the sheriff was clearly referring to the infamous silver-mining town 70 miles from Tucson — site of the shootout at the ... |
Chip Somodevilla / Getty A Glock 19 handgun, like the one Jared Lee Loughner allegedly used in a Jan. 8, 2011, shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz.
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the handgun ban in the nation's capital in 2008, Representative Gabrielle Giffords applauded the ruling, calling gun ownership "an Ar... |
By By Kim I. Hartman Jul 6, 2010 in Environment Cranbrook - As man continues to encroach on the forest that has been both home and refuge to countless numbers of wildlife, vicious attacks are becoming common. In this extremely graphic video a female deer pummels a dog while defending her fawn on a city street. In this ... |
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A cute YouTube video of a cat sniffing and cuddling up to a newborn fawn quickly turns frightening when a protective mother deer begins trampling a dog nearby in a Cranbrook, B.C., neighbourhood.
Racking up nearly one and a half million views in three weeks, the video serves as a shocking reminder ... |
A highly anticipated clinical trial has shown that treating patients with epilepsy with a compound derived from marijuana can significantly reduce and, in some cases, eliminate seizures in children and young adults.
In the study, children and young adults with a rare and debilitating form of epilepsy called Dravet ... |
Medical researchers have confirmed what some desperate parents have been claiming for years—that a nonpsychoactive component of marijuana known as cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce epileptic seizures in some children.
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the findings stem from a double-blind, placebo-contro... |
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says he's considering skipping his speaking engagement at Republican National Convention because of Tropical Storm Isaac.
Jindal said at a news conference Sunday afternoon that he wouldn't leave his state while it's threatened by the storm. Around the time he spoke, a hurricane warning w... |
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(CNN) – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is staying in his home state for now as Tropical Storm Isaac heads towards New Orleans.
The two-term governor was to arrive in Tampa on Tuesday to address the delegates of Republican National Convention that evening. Instead of preparing for his high-profile speec... |
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There's a new sheriff in town – sort of.Yes, that's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall , and she's pulling a (fake) gun during a visit to the set of the Danish show The Killing Monday in Copenhagen. Camilla , a big fan of the European murder mystery series (wh... |
Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont delivers his opening speech at the parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. Puigdemont says he has a mandate to declare independence for the... (Associated Press)
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Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain, following the disputed referendum.
However, they say the move will not be implemented ... |
Reissue of the lavish compilation of recipes, Les Diners de Gala, features dishes such as conger eel of the rising sun and frog pasties
Stuck for ideas for Christmas dinner this year? Worry no more. Thanks to an unlikely new celebrity chef, fashionable dinners this festive season are likely to feature thousand-year... |
More than 40 years ago, food enthusiast and artist Salvador Dali published a cookbook called Les Diners de Gala. The book mixes Dali’s surrealist imagery and with dozens of recipes, including some that originated from the top restaurants in Paris at that time. The original book is quite rare and valuable now, but Tasch... |
My mother had the original First French Edition of this book which was published in 1973. As a teenager it could usually be found in my room. I was already a big Dalí Fan then. I was delighted when Taschen reissued this book, this time translated into English. This lavishly illustrated cookbook presents all 136 recipes... |
Spaniard Salvador Dalí is better known for his cubism than his cooking, and his iconic melting clock suggests little reason to believe he was conscientious with a kitchen timer. However, Dalí often used food as symbology in his work, or simply to celebrate his favorite cuisine.
“At the age of six I wanted to be a c... |
Salvador Dalí wasn’t just a painter. You might not know this but he would also organise prestigious dinners with his wife Gala. Mountains of food would enter the room on golden trays for their guests – sometimes wearing costumes.
The couple loved to host so much that in 1973, Dalí wrote a book to share his recipes,... |
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CHATHAM — It's not just the fine homes and quaint seaside setting that attracts summer tourists to Chatham, an upscale village located on the elbow of Cape Cod. The great white sharks that patrol the town's beaches are becoming another big draw, and this past weekend one of the large fish was spotted about 100 yards fr... |
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With the new year here and the 2013 tagging season behind us, the Shark Hunters would like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2014. This year was full of challenges and set backs, but due to the help and support of the people of the Cape, w... |
George Breen / CapeCodSharkHunters.com This photo shows what Cape Cod Shark Hunters says is a 16-foot great white shark in the foreground swimming near a group of seals. The shark was spotted last week north of the Chatham, Mass., harbor inlet in close proximity to popular swimming beaches.
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File photo of a man riding a windsurfer on a lake located on the outskirts of Hobart, in Tasmania December 21, 2012.
SYDNEY The Australian government ended its push to log World Heritage-listed forests on the southern island state of Tasmania on Sunday, after the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO issued a repor... |
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The Australian and Tasmanian authorities are abandoning their bid to have logging permitted in the Tasmanian Wilderness, a World Heritage site.
The decision comes after a report by the UN cultural agency Unesco said the area "should be off-limits to c... |
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In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over 1 million ha, constitute one of the last expanses of temperate rainforest in the world. Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the ar... |
TROY – Police Chief James Tedesco called it an act of "savagery": two adult women and two children found murdered in their Second Avenue basement apartment the day after Christmas. On Wednesday, it was a crime shrouded in secrecy.
Tedesco assured the public that while officials aren’t releasing details on any suspe... |
Troy police investigate multiple deaths at 158 Second Ave. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Troy, N.Y. Police say four people have been found dead and may have been killed in an apartment in New York's capital... (Associated Press)
Troy police investigate multiple deaths at 158 Second Ave. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, i... |
Turkey has restricted access to Twitter hours after the prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, threatened to shut down the social media platform after users published claims of corruption against him.
Users reported on Friday that they were forwarded from twitter.com a statement from Turkey's telecoms regulator, TIB, whic... |
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Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country.
Some users trying to open the twitter.com website are apparently being redirected to a statement by Turkey's tel... |
Soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army carry coffins containing remains of soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) dead in the 1950-53 Korean War, during a handover ceremony at the Incheon International Airport of South Korea, March 28, 2014. South Korea on Friday handed over to China the remains of... |
BEIJING (AP) — The remains of 437 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War returned home Friday, more than 60 years after an armistice ended the fighting.
Chinese honor guards lift caskets containing the remains of Chinese soldiers after caskets were covered with Chinese national flags during the handing over cere... |
The refusal meant that the remains of the other 437 Chinese soldiers were caught in the long and sometimes violent standoff between the two Koreas.
A breakthrough came last June during a visit by President Park Geun-hye of South Korea to China. As part her efforts to cultivate closer ties between the countries, she... |
In Perry County, people like being left alone. But when tragedy visits, no one here is on their own. So when fire swept the Clouse family farmhouse just outside of Blain, taking seven of the family's eight children, all of Perry County rallied like never before.
There were so many fundraisers being held for the Clo... |
The 7 Clouse children that were killed in a house fire on March 8, 2011. They ranged in age from 9 months to 11 years old.
The cruel tricks of time sneak up on the busy mother. It matters not that her hands are now full with five young children, another one on the way. When Janelle Clouse least expects it, the memo... |
Life continues for a Perry County family after the loss of seven of their children.
It has been one year ago since since a fire killed seven of the Clouse family's eight children.
News 8's Matt Barcaro visited the family in Perry County, to find out what got them through the year.
The family has had many hi... |
It’s been a long, lonely year of marking milestones without the children.
The first day of school. Thanksgiving. Christmas. And all seven birthdays, the last two coming in February.
Each occasion opens a new cavity of emptiness for the Clouse family. And now comes March and the final, most painful anniv... |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha hospital says an American video journalist is free of Ebola and will be released soon.
The Nebraska Medical Center said Tuesday afternoon that Ashoka Mukpo's blood tested negative for the virus. He will be allowed to leave a biocontainment unit on Wednesday.
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Mom, daughter arrested for Naples house party Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:12 PM EDT
Police investigating complaints of a loud party arrested an 18-year-old woman and her 56-year-old mother - who said she was out of town, but was found hiding in a bedroom at the home.
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A Naples mom is facing more than two dozen criminal charges after police say she hosted an underage drinking party at her home and then lied to them over the phone about her whereabouts.
Carolyn Weinand, 56, of the 500 block of Starboard Drive, faces one misdemeanor charge of having an open house party and 26 count... |
A pro-Gadhafi supporter holds a poster of the Libyan Leader as he and others stage a small rally, during a government-provided tour for foreign media to see trucks carrying food aid which according to... (Associated Press)
Witnesses say government opponents are fighting forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi for co... |
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The UN has called for a mass humanitarian evacuation of people fleeing Libya for Tunisia, saying the border situation is at "crisis point".
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Egyptian officials say two U.S. warships have entered the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean, moving closer to the Libyan coast after orders from Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
An Egyptian woman stands as the US amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge sails in the Suez canal in Ismailia, Egypt, Wednesday, ... |
The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the Earth, straining ecosystems and causing more sea ice to melt each year. Without its cooling effect, much of our world would look and feel very different. In short our fate is tied to this frozen world. |
Ships should be able to sail directly over the north pole by the middle of this century, considerably reducing the costs of trade between Europe and China but posing new economic, strategic and environmental challenges for governments, according to scientists.
The dramatic reduction in the thickness and extent of l... |
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The murder of British hostage David Haines was an "act of pure evil", David Cameron has said after the release of a video of his beheading.
The 44-year-old aid worker was... |
The following statement was issued Saturday by the White House’s press secretary:
The United States strongly condemns the barbaric murder of UK citizen David Haines by the terrorist group ISIL. Our hearts go out to the family of Mr. Haines and to the people of the United Kingdom. The United States stands shoulder t... |
Militants from the Islamic State released a video which purports to show the beheading of British aid worker, David Haines. Photo: AP
BAGHDAD—The Islamic State militant group released a video late Saturday that it said showed the beheading of David Haines, a British aid worker.
Islamic State militants had previ... |
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