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The unanimous ruling by the state Board of Elections was a startling turn in a case that underscored the risks of absentee ballot fraud.

The Chicago police said Thursday that the “Empire” actor, upset over his salary, staged a fake assault with the help of two brothers.

Fox must decide what to do about Mr. Smollett’s character on the show, which is filming its fifth season and has not yet been renewed for a sixth.

The Chinese authorities turned to a Massachusetts company and a prominent Yale researcher as they built an enormous system of surveillance and control.

As President Trump meets again with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, his role as a peacemaker is clearly weighing heavily on his mind.

The move was a concession to allies and Pentagon officials who have argued that a complete American withdrawal risks returning key areas in Syria to the Islamic State.

The administration said it had decided to scrap negotiations over the president’s plan to undo Obama-era fuel efficiency standards.

When Duke’s Zion Williamson injured a knee after one of his Nike sneakers split open, it raised questions about amateurism and shoe companies’ influence in the sport.

The federal prosecutors include U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who was the U.S. attorney in Miami at the time.

The "Empire" actor is accused of staging what he said was a racist, homophobic attack.

Pope Francis called the summit after he himself botched a well-known sex abuse cover-up case in Chile last year.

The former Trump confidant is accused of lying, obstruction and witness tampering in the Robert Mueller investigation.

The illegal disclosure revealed the Trump lawyer was accepting some questionable payments.

“I am confident that everyone in the room knew exactly what we were doing," McCabe said.

Lee County Sheriff's Deputy Blake Grossi resigned after the video of his alleged strike went viral.

Forced to kneel and assaulted for forgetting to buy ginger. Kicked and spat on for being late. Drenched with water for driving too slowly. Struck on the forehead with a mop handle for seemingly no reason.

The Wallace's giant bee is as big as a human thumb.

As more than 200 leaders from the Roman Catholic Church meet in Rome for an unprecedented summit to address clergy sexual abuse, a crisis is being renewed in India.

Nintendo has appointed Doug Bowser as the next head of its American operations — and the joke hasn't been lost on anyone.

A drop in global biodiversity is putting our ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns.

A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged with criminal damage this week after allegedly throwing an old toilet through a window of a school board building.

Conservative activist Hayden Williams appeared on “Hannity” Thursday night where he addressed the violent attack he experienced Tuesday on the campus of the University of California-Berkeley.

As President Donald Trump seeks a nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week in Vietnam, some in Seoul are wondering if the fate of Washington's decades-long military alliance with South Korea could be at stake.

Conservative activist Hayden Williams appeared on “Hannity” Thursday night where he addressed the violent attack he experienced Tuesday on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley.

Authorities in Texas on Thursday said they arrested a suspect who was wanted for a violent robbery earlier that included duct-taping a convenience store clerk and customer and then pouring lighter fluid on the customer and setting the bound person on fire.

Maine prosecutors say New Hampshire will have first dibs on a man who is accused of being married to three women in different states.

An Ohio girl died this week, just one day after being diagnosed with strep throat and the flu, the girl’s mother said.

The Latest on a cold-case arrest in the killing of a girl in California (all times local): 7:20 p.m. California authorities have released a decades-old photo of a suspect in the 1973 killing of an 11-year-old girl in the hopes of jogging the memory of potential witnesses.

Marijuana legalization advocates across the country are demanding remedies to address decades of demonstrably racist policing against minorities.        

A federal judge overseeing the reunification of nearly 3,000 separated families said the Trump administration may need to reunite more families.        

Rudy Giuliani says Trump's legal team hasn't had anymore discussion with Russia special counsel Robert Mueller for about a month.        

Stars and honorees celebrated at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon Thursday.        

“Empire actor “Jussie Smollett made his first court appearance Thursday afternoon at a bond hearing following his arrest on charges of filing a false police report and disorderly conduct.        

Will it be as good as the first one?        

The Iowa congressman blames his troubles on the national media, which he says have misquoted him and "weaponized" the language.        

It's a horror story that every witness in a crime case fears: Criminals find out your name and murder you because you tried to do the right thing and help police solve a crime.        

Chicago police chief said they were suspicious of Smollett's hate crime claim but gave him the "benefit of the doubt."

Congress has yet to be briefed on Trump's first summit with Kim Jong Un last year in Singapore, the Democrats say in a letter to the president.

Prior to Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, it's estimated that thousands of other migrant families were separated.

In his role as CEO, he maintained a facade of success as the Texas energy company imploded.

The Chicago police chief said the two brothers who allegedly helped Smollett stage an attack are not suspects.

A "small peacekeeping group" will remain in Syria "for period of time," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said, confirming an NBC News report.

The proposal comes a day after Duke freshman phenom Zion Williamson suffered a knee sprain that had NBA players going off on college basketball.

The instructors stage a walkout against low salaries and poor working conditions for students and call for more nurses and counselors.

The arrest of a senior executive of networking-gear maker Huawei Technologies Co. intensifies the confrontation in the already divisive China-U.S. negotiations on trade, striking at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitions to make the country a tech superpower.​

OPEC members on agreed to production curbs but will wait to hear from Russia before making a final decision on the exact amount the cartel would cut to address falling oil prices.

North Korea is expanding military facilities thought to house long-range missiles that can hit the U.S., according to a think-tank report that revives doubts about the regime’s sincerity in disarmament negotiations.

Yemen’s government and Houthi rebels begin U.S.-backed talks Thursday to end a nearly four-year war that has left thousands dead and pushed millions to the brink of starvation.

A crackdown on LGBT rights in Tanzania has forced people into hiding and sparked an international backlash.

Two Marines were rescued, and a joint Japanese-U.S. search-and-rescue operation continued for the other five Marines.

Pope Francis will visit Abu Dhabi in early February, continuing the outreach to the Muslim world that has been a signature theme of his pontificate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the prospect of an arms race with the U.S. in response to Washington’s announcement that it could withdraw from a nuclear pact.

A man caught researching acts of domestic terrorism and amassing more than a dozen firearms will spend at least two weeks in federal custody.

Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators met on Thursday at the White House as they faced a March 1 deadline to end a seven-month trade war.

Schools remain open for city's 37,000 students, but many many skep class.

Iowa’s Attorney General is challenging a federal judge’s ruling that declared the state’s so-called ‘ag-gag’ law as unconstitutional.

The Trump administration announced it did not reach an agreement with California on proposed changes to fuel efficiency standards.

A Utah man who allegedly attacked three men with a metal pole after shouting that he wanted to "kill Mexicans" has been charged with federal hate crimes.

New video captured on Napa County Sheriff’s Deputy Riley Jarecki’s body camera shows the moment she almost lost her life.

Winter storms in the U.S. Southwest brought snow to places it rarely falls, dusting casino marquees on the Las Vegas Strip and sticking at very low elevations on the foothills around Southern California.

Steve Nease.

With questions heating up about their ability to overcome the enemy’s grit with guile and goals this spring, the Maple Leafs don’t need their scorers going cold. Yet, with the NHL trade deadline four days away, Toronto has dropped three straight for the first time this season and played three in a row with nothing […]

Mike Babcock wouldn’t commit. Though he should have. Is the Maple Leafs coach comfortable with giving Andreas Johnsson a longer look with Auston Matthews after moving the winger to Matthews’ line on Thursday night? “I’m not promising anything because I haven’t watched any tape or nothing,” Babcock said after the Leafs lost 3-2 against the […]

White boxing-style tape was wrapped tightly around Tom Wilson’s wrists as he picked at the reddish scabs that had formed on the knuckles of his right hand. They looked somewhat fresh, but Wilson insisted they had been there for a while. At least two or three weeks, he said. Maybe even since the start of […]

Whatever Kyle Dubas manages to accomplish in the next three days, this much is evident: If his high-priced and soon to be high-priced talent doesn’t start producing anywhere close to their salaries and salary demands, the Maple Leafs will be easy and early fodder in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The National Hockey League trade deadline […]

Young Quinn Fallon, 15, will speak for her older sister Reese who can’t be there. So will Noor Samiei, whose 18th birthday it was that she, Reese and two others were celebrating with ice in the Alexander the Great Parkette when shots rang out and blood started to spill. A dozen victims and families of Faisal […]

Fare evaders cost the cash-strapped TTC an estimated $61 million last year, the Toronto Auditor has revealed. Faulty Presto equipment — which is the responsibility of the provincial agency Metrolinx — shortchanges the system for another $3.4 million, the auditor estimates. A video released by the office of Auditor General Beverley Romeo-Beehler Thursday shows the […]

Candice Williams had much to celebrate — a loving fiance, good job and plenty of friends. But a night out enjoying drinks with co-workers ended in tragedy when the 34-year-old was struck and killed by a drunk driver after a cabbie abandoned her on the side of a busy Hwy. 401 in Etobicoke just over […]

Latresa Scaff and Rochelle Washington were 16 and 15 when they claim Kelly invited them back to his hotel room where they were offered a variety and drugs and alcohol before being assaulted

Smollett is said to have told everyone on the set: 'I swear to God, I did not do this.' The actor, scheduled to film scenes Thursday, keep cast and crew waiting for at least 30 minutes, TMZ reports.

William Powell Firth's 'The Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881' features an illustrious line up that also includes actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. It is up for sale at a gallery in St James's, London.

The works by Monet, Van Gogh, Renior, Matisse and Degas have not been seen in public for a generation. Now the paintings are finally on show – expected to raise more than £100million at Christie's.

Shamima Begum has pleaded for mercy from MPs after being stripped of her UK citizenship - and has said she is 'willing to change', as her family prepare to go to court over her right to return home.

Rebel Tories now sense there are enough MPs across the House of Commons to pass the Cooper Amendment - which extends Article 50 beyond the departure date of March 29.

Charles Dickens' books echo with a longing for a contented and stable English family life, and who gave us our notion of the perfect family Christmas.

Hunky Dukagjin Lipa, something of a rock star in his native Kosovo, turned heads at the 02 Arena in London and even had host Jack Whitehall gushing over his 'silver fox' looks.