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Attorney Michael Avenatti has issued a stark warning to those attempting to

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 3:38 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday dismissed Iran's threats of revenge against those behind Saturday's deadly attack on a military parade in southwestern Iran and said it was "ludicrous" for Tehran to allege U.S. involvement. Asked whether Iran's threat gave him any concern, Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon: "No, it does not. We've been very clear that they shouldn't take us on like that. And I am hopeful that cooler, wiser heads will prevail. ...

POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 3:54 PM

Shareholders of Smith & Wesson, the largest U.S. firearm manufacturer, voted

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 4:52 PM

Germany's Catholic Church on Tuesday apologised to thousands of victims of sexual assault by clergy, with the institution's top cardinal saying perpetrators must be brought to justice. The dismay expressed by the head of the German Bishops' Conference came as the institution published a damning report showing that in Germany, almost 3,700 minors -- mainly boys -- were assaulted between 1946 and 2014. "Sexual abuse is a persistent problem and not a historical problem" in the Catholic Church, said Harald Dressing, a professor at the Mannheim Institute of Psychology, who coordinated the research commissioned by the Bishops' Conference.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 6:29 PM

A US judge ordered that grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone be returned to the endangered species list. In a ruling hailed as historic for wildlife conservation in America, a US judge on Monday ordered that the world-famous grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone national park be returned to the endangered species list. The move means that a controversial sport hunt of grizzlies in Wyoming and Idaho – outside the boundaries of the park – will be canceled indefinitely, extending protections against hunting that have lasted 44 years.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 4:00 AM

Michelle Obama said she hoped to get Nevada residents "fired up" to vote.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 7:23 AM

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was snapped on a flight from Texas to Washington

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 10:01 AM

'The spinal cord can relearn to walk again'

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 1:07 PM

These images show eerily beautiful scenes of abandonment captured by British photographer James Kerwin in Abkhazia on the Black Sea.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 5:00 AM

For nearly two decades, British-American scholar Fiona Hill has followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trajectory.

POSTED SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 5:00 AM