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New York City sheriffs broke up an indoor wedding reception with nearly 300 people in Queens late Friday evening, officials said. Just before midnight, deputies were tipped off by an anonymous complaint about social distancing violations at catering hall Royal Read more
Joe Montana and his wife, Jennifer, rescued their grandchild from an attempted kidnapping Saturday at their home in California, authorities said. A suspect, whom authorities identified as Sodsai Dalzell, entered the Hall of Fame quarterback’s residence in Malibu around 5 Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Iraq’s leaders that the U.S. plans to close its embassy in Baghdad unless the government stops Shiite militias from targeting diplomatic missions in Iraq, according to Iraqi and U.S. officials. Pompeo delivered the Read more
Polish leaders on Monday rejected suggestions that LGBTQ people are deprived of any of their rights in the country, after an open letter from 50 ambassadors and international representatives cited a need to work for “non-discrimination, tolerance and mutual acceptance.” Read more
Tony Chung spends his days in fear and solitude. For the 19-year-old activist, who became the first political figure to be arrested under Hong Kong’s national security law, the spectre of prison looms large. Chung was arrested in late July Read more
Destructive new wildfires in northern California have killed three people, officials said on Monday, as strong winds fanned flames in the already badly scorched state. The three were killed by a fast-moving blaze west of Redding, where more than 1,200 Read more
Nordic leaders have announced that they will examine evidence from a new television documentary that could shatter the official explanation of how 852 people died in a 1994 ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea. The makers of the five-part documentary Read more