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Lena Hammerling and her daughters Melissa, 6, left, and Maci, 3, right, look at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., is seen Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Girl at center is a friend's child whose name she did not want to provide. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Boy Killed In California School Shooting Had Survived Heart Surgery

An 8-year-old boy shot and killed along with his teacher in a San Bernardino special-education classroom was born with a genetic condition and had survived heart surgery, a school official said Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. Jonathan Martinez had Williams syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by learning delays, mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities and heart

Sean Spicer, Republican National Committee communications director and chief strategist, waits for an elevator as he arrives at Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in New York.

Sean Spicer Apologizes After Comparing Assad To Hitler On Passover

White House spokesman Sean Spicer apologized after many objected to his statements on Tuesday that said Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, with many on social media quickly calling out the fact that millions of Jews were killed in Nazi gas chambers, according to Rueters. "You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons," Spicer

Carter Page, Former Trump Adviser, Monitored Last Summer By FBI Over Russian Contacts

The FBI obtained a secret court order last July to monitor Carter Page's communications after a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge ruled there was probable cause that Page was acting as an agent of Russia, according to The Washington Post. It is the clearest evidence so far that the FBI believed Russia agents were in contact with the Trump presidential campaign

Border Field State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California in San Diego County, adjacent to the United States–Mexico border and the suburb of Playas de Tijuana. Its southwesternmost point is also the southernmost point in the state of California.

U.S. Pulls Judges From Mexican Border As Crossings By Women And Children Drop

Two U.S. immigration judges recently sent to the Mexico border to process asylum requests from migrant women and children are being recalledas they have so few cases to hear, according to two people familiar with the matter, Reuters reports. The dearth of cases at two Texas facilities where the judges are based can be traced to a sharp drop in illegal border crossings by women

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Childhood Cancer Rates Rise 13 Percent Worldwide In 20 Years, Study Finds

Childhood cancers have risen across the globe by 13 percent over the past 20 years, according to data from the World Health Organization’s cancer section, The Guardian reports. Cancer in children is comparatively rare, but when it does occur it is more likely to have been triggered by something in the child’s genetic makeup than by anything to do with lifestyle or the

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Florida Prosecutor Fires Back With Lawsuits After Governor Removes Cases Over Death Penalty Views

State Attorney Aramis Ayala filed lawsuits on Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott after he took her off dozens of criminal cases when she spoke out against seeking the death penalty, according to ABC News. The lawsuits challenge Scott's ability to remove her from the cases in her district, covering Orlando and its suburbs, and asks the Florida Supreme Court to agree that Scott

File - In this photo taken Saturday Aug. 27, 2016, a woman and her child walk past the laundry at a camp for people displaced by Islamist Extremist group Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

UNICEF Reports Boko Haram Forces Children To Carry Out Bombings

The Radical Islamic militants from Boko Haram are increasingly using children as tools to carry out their suicide bomb attacks with the number since January already nearing the total for 2016, according to The Associated Press. At least 117 attacks have been carried out in the Lake Chade basin region since 2014, with almost 80 percent of the bombs being strapped to girls who

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Bill O'Reilly Announces Vacation After Losing Half Of His Advertisers

Bill O'Reilly announced on Tuesday that he's going to take a vacation at the end of his Fox News show the "O'Reilly Factor" even as the controversy of sexual assault allegations grew and advertisers jumped ship, according to Variety. “The arrangements, including airline and hotel reservations, for this vacation were made last October. The vacation involves a group of people,

A South Korean man watches North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering his New Year's speech on a TV news program shown at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.

North Korea warns of nuclear strike if provoked; Trump 'armada' steams on

Pyongyang: North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression, as a US Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific - a force US President Donald Trump described as an "armada". Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished ally and neighbor, said in a tweet that North

Kansas Election Win Lets Republicans Keep Control For Now

Republican state Treasurer Ron Estes won the special election on Tuesday to represent the Kansas 4th congressional district to replace newly named CIA director Mike Pompeo, according to CNBC. The election became a hot ticket as the Democratic contender aimed to reach those affected by the slumping farm economy and loss of manufacturing jobs with Republicans answering with

Iraqi citizens fleeing the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, carry their belongings as they arrive to a gathering point where the Iraqi army transfers people from the the front line villages to refugee camps, in the Al-Samah neighborhood, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016.

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Infants Starving to Death in Mosul; 33 Killed in Iraq

The Iraqi government has resisted releasing casualty figures throughout the ongoing operations in Mosul. Among them are the numbers of malnourished civilians, particularly infants. Although Islamic State militants still hold Hawija, Tal Afar, Qaim, and parts

In this photo taken on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, Russian SU-24M jet fighter armed with laser guided bombs takes off from a runaway at Hmeimim airbase in Syria. The skies over Syria are increasingly crowded, and increasingly dangerous. The air forces of multiple countries are on the attack, often at cross purposes in Syria’s civil war, sometimes without coordination and now, it seems, at risk of unintended conflict. The latest entry in the air war is Russia. It says it is bombing the Islamic State in line with U.S. priorities, but the U.S. says Russia is mainly striking anti-government rebels in support of its ally, President Bashar Assad. The Russians, who are not coordinating with the Americans, reportedly also have hit U.S.-supported rebel groups.

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Russia ready to grant access to Syria airbase for ‘gas attack’ probe: Defense official

Russia has said it is ready to provide access to inspectors to a Syrian airbase that the opponents of the Syrian government say was used to carry out a “chemical attack.” At least 86 people died in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria last week in what was claimed to be a chemical attack conducted by the Syrian government. Damascus has denied the accusation, saying

File - Paramilitary police escort defendants as a trial opened in Mugla, southern Turkey, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. The trial is for 47 people charged with attempting to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the failed coup, while he was vacationing with his family.

Moment of reckoning in Turkey as alleged coup plotters go on trial

Trials of hundreds of people will force country to come to terms with scale of upheaval after last year’s failed putsch

Police officers stand in front of Dortmund's damaged team bus after an explosion before the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in Dortmund, western Germany, Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Dortmund bus explosion: Police investigate Islamist connection

Authorities are investigating an Islamist background to the attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus on Tuesday. A letter claiming responsibility reportedly begins with the words "In the name of Allah the merciful." ...

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors conduct flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) flight deck in April 8, 2017.

US show of force to North Korea also could show US weakness

WASHINGTON Upping the stakes in its slow-burning confrontation with North Korea, the Trump administration deployed an aircraft carrier to the region this week in a show of force that also could expose American weakness. If the North proceeds with a ballistic missile or nuclear test and the U.S. does nothing in response, America's deterrence will appear diminished. The USS Carl

Alabama Governor Resigns, Pleads Guilty To Attempted Affair Cover Up

Alabama's governor Robert Bentley has stepped down while lawmakers begin impeachment proceedings against him on Monday, along with pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges for failing to file a major contribution report and using campaign contributions for personal use, according to The Washington Post. The two-term Republican Bentley was determined to have committed four

A police officer stands guard at North Park School after a shooting, Monday, April 10, 2017, in San Bernardino, Calif.. An apparent murder-suicide inside an elementary school classroom in San Bernardino left two adults dead, including a teacher, and two students wounded, police and school officials said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

San Bernardino School Shooting Leaves Three Dead, One Critically Injured

A teacher and a student were shot to death on Monday while another remains in critical condition after a murder-suicide at an elementary school in San Bernardino, according to The Associated Press. The student died after being flown to the hospital after the shooting took place. A school official said that the attack stemmed from a domestic violence case and that the teacher

Rainforest foliage was stripped by cyclone Larry's force. Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia.

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Cyclone warning issued for Australia's Northern Territory

Residents in Australia's Northern Territory have been warned to prepare for an expected cyclone. A

File - A French police officer, right, chases migrants on the motorway leading to the ferry port to cross the English Channel, in Calais, northern France, Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

Fire Rips Through Migrant Camp in France After Fight Breaks Out

On Monday evening a fire destroyed portions of the Grande-Synthe migrant camp close to Dunkirk in France after a knife fight broke out and chaos ensued, according to Reuters. At least six were injured after a knife fight let to widespread scuffles around the camp with security forces bringing in police to subdue 100 to 150 migrants.The fire broke out and tore through the wooden

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Amnesty International: Death Penalty Declines Globally But Grows in China

Amnesty International released a report on Monday detailing that China's use of the death penalty remains in the shadows but still outpaces the rest of the world, according to The Associated Press. "Pushing for the Chinese government to release the number is perhaps the most effective way to drive it down," John Kamm, director of the human rights group Dui Hua said. There were

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