U.S. launches TV network as alternative to Russian propaganda
But bosses of 24-hour, Russian-language network insist mission is fair, balanced reporting, not "counter-propaganda"
World
More arrests in riots over black man's alleged rape by cops
French police say 26 arrested as violence gripping Paris suburbs continues; 1 officer denies charge of aggravated rape
Al Qaeda operatives killed by U.S. airstrikes in Syria, Pentagon says
A strike on Feb. 4 killed Abu Hani al-Masri, who allegedly oversaw the creation and operation of al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s
The collapsing beauty of Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf
At this rate, scientists expect the remnants of the ice shelf to vanish entirely as early as 2020
Man builds church of snow for village without chapel
Man spends nearly two months building church entirely out of snow for village in Siberia
Spicer calls U.S. raid in Yemen "absolutely a success"
His comments come after Sen. John McCain described the raid, which killed one U.S. commando, as "a failure"
Dual U.S. citizen wins Somalian presidential election
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, elected president on Wednesday, lived in the United States from 1985 to 2010
Painting stolen by Nazis finds way back into right hands decades later
Jewish art gallery owner Max Stern was forced by Nazis to sell family's roughly 400-piece collection before being exiled from Germany
Letter sent by alleged 9/11 mastermind to Obama surfaces
Khalid Sheik Mohammed wrote a letter to Obama in 2015 that was delivered just days before the former president left office last month
45-year-old goddaughter of Prince Charles found dead at London home
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, known by U.K. tabloids as "T-P-T," was fixture on international social stage throughout 1990s
Another Putin foe sidelined, this time by Russian court
Alexei Navalny re-convicted on same charges he fought off years ago, disqualifying him from taking Putin on in election
CIA chief to visit Turkey amid tension over exiled cleric
Visit between allies was agreed during 45-minute phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Gunmen kill 6 Red Cross staff in northern Afghanistan
Few details, no claim of responsibility in attack on ICRC employees, but ISIS purportedly active in the area
Yemen responds after deadly U.S. Special Ops raid
The rebuke comes after a deadly raid against an al Qaeda compound in Yemen’s al Bayda province
Troops stop pair of teen female suicide bombers
Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has used scores of women and girls as young as 7 as suicide bombers.
Investigation
Weeks before Election Day, the FEC can't enforce the law
Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach U.S. as hurricane this weekend
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Vance appears to soften U.S. demands on Iranian nuclear enrichment
Investigation
The life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent in the U.S.
How Israeli and Palestinian kids are coping 3 years after Oct. 7 attacks
Christa Pike is conscious, speaking after botched execution, attorneys say
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Former Cornell frat members ask university to clear their names
Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed Dec. 3, email states
