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Russian news reports say that a flamingo en route to Saudi Arabia has become separated from its flock and fallen onto a road in Siberia

Chicago's mayor says the fatal shooting of a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer at a hospital on the city's South Side "tears at the soul of the city."

An international rights group says Egypt has committed "shocking violations" against children, including torture and enforced disappearance

Police say a 13-year-old girl was killed when shots were fired into her home in Milwaukee, but it is unclear if her home was targeted

With four years to go before the next World Cup opens in Qatar, the small gulf country's national soccer team is on the rise but still has a long, long way to go

The World Health Organizations says laboratory tests completed after a shocking fish die-off in Iraq's Euphrates River show the water is contaminated with high levels of bacteria, heavy metals, and ammonia

Chicago police have identified the gunman who killed three people at a hospital as 32-year-old Juan Lopez

US home construction increased a modest 1.5 percent in October as ground breakings for single-family houses fell

Pakistan's compensation case against India for failing to fulfil contracted cricket tours between them was dismissed by the ICC

The Netherlands crushed Australia 3-0 to remain perfect in the Women's Champions Trophy in China, and could yet face the Hockeyroos in the final

Prosecutors will consider charging a white man and his 14-year-old son who were caught on camera dumping bloody deer carcasses on the hoods of cars owned by Somali-American men in Minnesota

Target's investments online, stores bring in shoppers but hurt 3Q profits

Kremlin foe Bill Browder has expressed outrage over the potential that a Russian police officer could become president of Interpol _ a move that Moscow's critics say could undermine the law enforcement agency.

South Africa's president says Germany is an important economic partner which he hopes will expand its investment here

German firm Siemens AG has landed a 1.5 billion pound ($1.9 billion) order for new trains for the London Underground's busy Piccadilly line, which brings 700,000 people in and out of central London every day

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ofer Raban, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court has been widely predicted to plunge the court – and American law with it – into a new conservative era. The main areas of concern include reproductive rights, LGBT rights, affirmative action, environmental regulations, criminal punishments, gun rights and voting rights. But these

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Richard Gunderman, Indiana University(THE CONVERSATION) Just last week, I read an X-ray study of an infant who died while sleeping with a parent. I am a pediatric radiologist, and in cases where an infant has died unexpectedly, we often obtain X-ray images to make sure that the infant does not have skeletal fractures or other signs of injury that might suggest that he or she was the

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adam G. Klein, Pace University (THE CONVERSATION) When a U.S. senator asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “Can you define hate speech?” it was arguably the most important question that social networks face: how to identify extremism inside their communities.Hate crimes in the 21st century follow a familiar pattern in which an online tirade escalates into violent actions. Before

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Courtney Schultz, Colorado State University and Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s recent comments blaming forest managers for catastrophic California wildfires have been met with outrage and ridicule from the wildland fire and forestry community. Not only were these remarks insensitive to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Thaisa Way, University of Washington(THE CONVERSATION) In cities, access to parks is strongly linked with better health for both people and neighborhoods.Children suffer higher rates of obesity when they grow up in urban areas without a park in easy reach. Because low-income neighborhoods have fewer green spaces, poorer children are most likely to face other health problems, too,