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Judge rules religious rites trump animal rights, for now

Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 06:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Just as the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur began Tuesday night, a federal judge lifted a temporary restraining order against a California synagogue performing a ritual where chickens are twirled in the...

Man afraid of being homeless kept dead grandma in bags

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 15:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A man fearful he'd become homeless after the death of his doting 85-year-old grandmother five months ago kept her corpse wrapped in plastic bags inside her house, masking the smell with air fresheners...

UK report warns of criminals becoming terrorists

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 11:16 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The lines between terrorism and criminality are becoming blurred as an increasing number of former criminals join the Islamic State group and create a "gangster jihad," according to a British report...

Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7 after new troubles

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 10:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Samsung said Tuesday it is halting sales of the star-crossed Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled...

Trump puts Clinton sex abuse claims at centre of election campaign

Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 06:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Donald Trump on Monday put the claim that Bill Clinton was a sexual predator whose wife attacked the victims at the center of his flailing presidential campaign, insisting his own vulgar words about...

German police arrest Syrian man wanted in alleged bomb plot

Monday, 10 October 2016, 15:11 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Three Syrians in Germany recognized a terror suspect from a police wanted poster, tied him up in their apartment and called police early Monday, ending a nearly two-day hunt, authorities...

France says UK has 'moral duty' to take Calais migrant children

Monday, 10 October 2016, 12:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

France's interior minister says Britain has a "moral duty" to take in all children with family links to the UK who are living in a border refugee camp on the French side of the English...

Missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen land near US destroyer

Monday, 10 October 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near an American destroyer passing by in the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Monday, the second-such launch targeting ships in the crucial...

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