National & World Headlines
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A sickly snake that slithered into a classroom at a New Jersey elementary school has been turned over to a rescue center
April 27, 2017 -
India has banned 22 social media sites in Kashmir in an attempt to quell unrest, but the local telecom is struggling to shut them down
April 27, 2017 -
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says the U.K. will probably join the United States in further military action against Syria if asked to do so, whether or not Parliament gets a vote on it
April 27, 2017 -
Alabama officials say they're forming a task force to address concerns about private information about victims and others being posted to a state website for court records
April 27, 2017 -
Israel says it was informed that the Palestinian self-rule government in the West Bank will stop paying for electricity Israel sells to the Gaza Strip
April 27, 2017 -
Among 10 Things to Know: Mexico, Canada ready to renegotiate NAFTA; White House backs off as lawmakers work to avert government shutdown; United raising limit on payments to bumped flyers to $10,000
April 27, 2017 -
The Netherlands is marking the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander with orange-clad citizens holding parties and street sales throughout the country
April 27, 2017 -
The Council of Europe, the continent's top human rights organization, is debating new Hungarian laws which critics say seek to limit academic rights and intimidate civic groups
April 27, 2017 -
Spain's unemployment rate edged up slightly to 18.8 percent in the first quarter, partly due to the end of temporary jobs tied to the winter holiday
April 27, 2017 -
Twenty-five people were detained in Turkey and more than 200 police officers temporarily suspended from their jobs Thursday for suspected links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, following a massive sweep the day before
April 27, 2017 -
Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany is closely watching to see how Turkey will respond to reports from international election monitors who noted a series of irregularities in a referendum to increase powers for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
April 27, 2017 -
Turkey is protesting the Czech Parliament's vote that recognizes the killing of Armenians a century ago as genocide
April 27, 2017 -
German police say they have arrested a soldier who had posed as a Syrian refugee on suspicion he was planning an attack to be blamed on foreigners
April 27, 2017 -
A man suspected of links to radical Islam shot two police officers on the French island of Reunion in an incident under investigation by national counterterrorism prosecutors
April 27, 2017 -
Leading European officials hope the deadlock preventing Greece from getting much-needed bailout cash will be broken next month
April 27, 2017