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At least 13 people were arrested during the A Day Without a Woman rally outside of Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan Wednesday afternoon, police said, as New Yorkers marked International Women’s Day at events around the city. According to reports, about 1,000 people — many who were women dressed in red — congregated on Fifth Avenue outside Donald ... Read More »

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are calling off their divorce and trying to work on their marriage, People reports. A source told People magazine, “Jen has called off the divorce. She really wants to work things out with Ben. They are giving things another try.” It was reportedly a mutual decision. An insider said, “There is always a chance of ... Read More »

Sen. Lindsey Graham said he and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse would dig into President Trump’s allegation on Twitter that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower during the election. Their letter to FBI Director James B. Comey Jr. and Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana J. Boente begins: “Congress must get to the bottom of President Trump’s recent allegation that ... Read More »

Blind dog rescued after surviving a week alone in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Sage, a blind 12-year-old Labrador retriever, made her way into the woods near Boulder Creek, California, at the end of February, and disappeared into the cold, wet forest. After her family discovered she was missing, they looked everywhere for her, assisted by friends and neighbors, but the ... Read More »

The Constitutional Court will deliver its ruling on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye Friday, a court official said. The ruling on whether to permanently remove Park from office or reinstate her will be made at 11 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) on Friday, the court said on its website. It will be broadcast live as public attention is centered ... Read More »

Nominee for deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein is seen here Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, was grilled about whether he’d support appointing special counsel to probe claims of Russian meddling in the U.S. At a tense Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing that lasted more than 3 1/2 hours, Rosenstein said that he was “not aware” of ... Read More »

A mysterious video has been uploaded online which purports to show Kim Han Sol, the son of the recently assassinated Kim Jong Nam. In the 39-second clip the man says: “My name is Kim Han-sol, from North Korea, part of the Kim family,” while showing what appears to be his passport as evidence of his identity. He claims he is ... Read More »

Residents of Onoway, Alberta woke up Tuesday morning to find bright pink water pouring out of their taps. The residents of Onoway, Alberta, complained to their town office on Monday. The pink water was a side-effect of potassium permanganate, a common water-treatment chemical, the mayor said. The town office said the chemical got into the reservoir when a valve malfunctioned ... Read More »

This may sound like a broken record but Canada has been named the second best country in the world yet again. Switzerland was ranked third in the citizenship category, based on its respect for property rights, gender equality, distribution of political power, and care for the environment, human rights and religious freedom. Germany’s ranking in three categories — openness for ... Read More »

House Judiciary Committee treads lightly on Robert Bentley impeachment probe. An impeachment probe into Gov. Robert Bentley’s relationship with his former top staffer remains stalled in the Alabama House of Representatives, even as some legislators push for its revival. The House Judiciary Committee, charged with investigating Bentley for possible impeachment, voted Tuesday to continue a pause that began in the ... Read More »

Microsoft users are able to access their accounts again after an outage prevented access to email, Xbox and Skype Tuesday morning. According to independent website Down Detector, Outlook.com, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and Office 365 are all experiencing problems of some kind, with users taking to Twitter to vent their frustrations at yet another high-profile outage. Outlook.com appears to have ... Read More »