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Tornado death confirmed as violent storms smack the South
COLUMBUS, Miss. - Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains...
Feb 24, 2019

Prince Harry, Meghan back education for girls in Morocco
ASNI, Morocco - Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, flew up to a village in Morocco’s rugged Atlas Mountains on Sunday to visit a school and encourage girls to pursue an education no...
Feb 24, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $10 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackp...
Feb 24, 2019

Nigeria votes for a 2nd day in places as death toll rises
KANO, Nigeria - Nigeria faced a second day of voting in scattered areas Sunday in a presidential election seen as too close to call, while the death toll from vote-related violence mounted in Africa...
Feb 24, 2019

CARTOON 02-24-2019
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 02-24-2019
Feb 24, 2019

Pope vows to end abuse coverups but victims disappointed
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis closed out his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing Sunday to confront abusers with “the wrath of God” felt by the faithful, end the co...
Feb 24, 2019
Syrian state news: Mine left by Islamic State group kills 20
DAMASCUS, Syria - A land mine left by the Islamic State group struck a van packed with workers in eastern Syria, killing more than 20 of them, Syria’s state news agency said on Sunday. The agenc...
Feb 24, 2019
First Saudi female ambassador replaces king's son in US
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia appointed its first female ambassador early Sunday to serve as its top diplomat in the United States, pulling a son of King Salman back to the kingdom to ser...
Feb 23, 2019
Japan's emperor marks 30th year of reign at Tokyo ceremony
TOKYO - Japan’s Emperor Akihito attended a ceremony on Sunday to mark the 30th year of his reign while calling for the country to embrace openness in a more globalized world. The government-spon...
Feb 23, 2019

UN: Last year saw highest number of Afghan civilian deaths
KABUL - More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spi...
Feb 23, 2019