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Elephants seen grazing along highway near Georgia-Tennessee border

21 November 2017, 07:26

When firefighters arrived at the scene, they soon spotted three elephants along the side of the interstate. The trailer where the animals were located was not on fire but the other parts of the truck were. The owners were able to get the elephants ou...

Pakistan vows to enhance cooperation on CPEC projects

21 November 2017, 07:23

Ahsan Iqbal expressed the confidence that industrial cooperation under CPEC would lead towards transfer of technology, expertise and knowledge to Pakistan for promoting knowledge-based economy. He emphasized the need to further intensify cooperation ...

Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger

21 November 2017, 07:25

Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Florida, was killed with three other members of the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group in an October 4 ambush in Niger. La David Johnson became separated from the rest of the group. The few details known indicate a 12-...

Coalition To Legalize And Regulate Marijuana Turn In Signatures For Ballot Proposal

21 November 2017, 06:56

A 10 percent tax on marijuana would be assessed on top of the 6 percent state sales tax. "Just like with alcohol, marijuana prohibition has been a huge failure". Organizers want to raise $8 million, overall. Bureau of Elections staff will pull a ra...

Egypt singer held for 'inciting debauchery' in music video

21 November 2017, 06:51

She responded by saying "drinking from the Nile will get me schistosomiasis" - a disease commonly known as bilharzia. In the video titled "3andy Zoroof", which is translated as I Have Issues in English, Shyma Ahmad dances in underwear and lip-syncs t...

Obey traffic laws during busy Thanksgiving travel weekend, Ohio Highway Patrol says

21 November 2017, 06:43

Drivers that witness hazardous road conditions and/or reckless drivers are encouraged to call *LSP (*577) and report that activity to the nearest Louisiana State Police troop location. The court ruled that checkpoints were constitutional, but some gu...

PM hits out at 'vilification' of Poland — EU summit

21 November 2017, 06:27

Pakistani security forces kill 2 militants in Balochistan's Turbat

21 November 2017, 06:25

Heavy firearms and explosives rigged tunnels were also discovered at the site of operation. In retaliatory fire, two militants were killed while an FC official embraced martyrdom. A search operation in the adjoining areas is underway to clear the are...

Strong winds to hit the Isle of Wight, Met Office warns

21 November 2017, 06:15

The views and opinions expressed by individuals in the comments section above do not represent those of Island Echo, it's employees or advertisers. The warning covers most of the country, including all of Hampshire. Many places within the warning a...

New 2018 Hyundai Santro Spied Testing In India

21 November 2017, 06:16

The picture also shows that the vehicle is running wheel caps on steel rims and not alloy wheels, which is a testament to the "low cost" idea. Not much could be ascertained about the design language of the 2018 Hyundai Santro from the camouflaged t...

6 dead in rural northern IL house fire

21 November 2017, 06:10

Miami Drive, the Ogle County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. The Ogle County Sheriff's Office told WIFR 23 News in Rockford that the fire started just after midnight in rural Dixon, near Rockford. Their names have not yet been releas...

Bali's Mount Agung spews out black smoke as it begins to erupt

21 November 2017, 06:05

More than 140,000 people evacuated the region around the volcano when it was at the highest alert level, though authorities urged some to return home as they'd left areas not in the official danger zone. On Oct 29, the centre lowered the volcano's al...

Things to Know: LaVar Ball talks about Trump's help on CNN

21 November 2017, 05:36

But try as he might, Cuomo could not draw the anticipated barbs from the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players arrested in China for shoplifting. Shoplifting is a very big deal in China, as it should be (5-10 years in jail), but not to...

Palestinians threaten to cut ties with United States if Washington office closed

21 November 2017, 05:27

The Trump administration began to reconsider the move following threats by the Palestinian Authority's leadership that Ramallah would cut its ties with Washington, Maliki told the official Voice of Palestine radio station. The status of the offic...

Bill Clinton wound of sexual abuse of four girls

21 November 2017, 04:54

The group of women are negotiating potential pay-outs with Clinton and if an agreement is not made they will go public with their claims at a press conference. Writer Edward Klein , who has published four books about the family Clinton, in his fifth...

McMaster: Execution at 'dead stop' over lack of required drugs

21 November 2017, 04:51

Stirling said the state's other method of execution, the electric chair, would only be an option if the courts ruled the drugs were unconstitutional since Stone selected lethal injection for his own execution, a choice the law allows. There are now 3...

Judge permanently blocks Trump order on sanctuary cities

21 November 2017, 04:50

The DOJ argued in April that the executive order would have a relatively limited financial impact on the municipalities and later appealed to the 9th U.S. Orrick argued statements made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump indi...

Extreman la búsqueda del submarino argentino

21 November 2017, 04:42

El rastrillaje, según informaron desde la Armada, se despliega sobre un área de 482.507 km2, a un máximo de 905 kilómetros de la costa y a una longitud de 1.006 kilómetros entre la ciudad de Mar del Plata y el golfo San Jorge (comprendido entre Chubu...

$20K reward offered in death of border patrol agent

21 November 2017, 04:38

Jeanette Harper, FBI spokeswoman for the El Paso field office, told the San Antonio Express-News only that Martinez and his partner were "not fired upon". Rogelio Martinez, 36, died from his injuries at a hospital Sunday morning. A Customs and Bord...

Dozens accuse former OH state representative of sexual misconduct

21 November 2017, 04:19

One former co-worker said he never witnessed sexual misconduct from Goodman, but added that the representative "abused his power". According to Ohio newspaper the Toledo Blade , Ohio House Speaker Rep. However, the 2015 incident did lead to Good...

The GOP tax bill is an assault on higher education — ASCH

21 November 2017, 04:01

The Times wrote , "In addition to campus employees, many doctoral students would see huge tax increases, since the tuition that universities waive for them in exchange for working on campus as researchers and teaching assistants would be deemed taxa...

Yogi Adityanath equates murder threats to film-making, says Bhansali equally guilty

21 November 2017, 03:55

The film features Deepika Padukone in the title role of Rani Padmavati , with Shahid Kapoor as Maharawal Ratan Singh and Ranveer Singh as Sultan Alauddin Khilji. As far as the Congress is concerned, there seems to be a clear division in the party ...

Lafayette Police awarded $1.25 million COPS grant

21 November 2017, 03:54

The Department of Justice on Monday announced the 179 police agencies nationwide selected to split almost $98 million in Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program funds distributed by U.S. CHP provides grant funding directly to state, loc...

Prosecutors charge California Hells Angels members

21 November 2017, 03:54

It also alleges that four of the men conspired in the killing of a victim who died July 2014 at the Fresno Hells Angels clubhouse. "This week we have taken a significant step toward bringing to justice an alleged conspiracy whose aim has been to co...

Conductor Ashok gets bail in Pradyuman murder case

21 November 2017, 03:37

Opposing the bail plea, the CBI counsel said the agency had not reached a stage in its probe where Kumar could be declared innocent. "Let the situation mellow down". Then, in a startling new development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ea...

Journalist Sudip Datta Bhaumik shot dead in Tripura by TSR jawan

21 November 2017, 03:31

Surprisingly, the journalist was taken to GB Pant Hospital here at around 2.30 p.m where doctors declared him brought dead. The slain journalist was a senior reporter of Agartala-based Bengali Daily, Chandan Patrika . Soon after the death of noted...

Trump Jr. met with Kremlin-connected banker at NRA convention during campaign

21 November 2017, 03:29

Torshin had proposed meeting with the senior Donald Trump during an event scheduled to take place during the NRA's annual convention in Louisville, Ky. The two apparently chatted for about three minutes, mainly focusing on their mutual interest for f...

U.S. arrests two Chinese oil company reps in Africa bribery

21 November 2017, 03:14

Former Senegalese foreign minister Cheikh Gadio and Hong Kong's former home affairs secretary Chi Ping Patrick Ho sent huge bribes to high-level officials in Chad and Uganda to secure favourable oil business for a Chinese state energy company, accord...

Burna Boy Sponsored Armed Robbers Who Attacked Mr 2kay, Suspects Tell Police

21 November 2017, 03:07

According to him, "At about 2am, someone knocked on the door of Mr. 2Kay's room and introduced himself as a room service official from the reception". 2Kay a lesson". "At the moment, efforts to apprehend Burnaboy is proving futile but we count o...

Uighurs Flee From Detention Centre In Southern Thailand

21 November 2017, 02:59

There were 25 Uighur illegal immigrants in the detention centre in Sadao district. Earlier, relatives of the detained Uighurs called on the Thai government to allow them to travel to a third country, saying they are not victims of human trafficking...

Create awareness about dangers of Blue Whale: SC

21 November 2017, 03:01

The bench also directed Union human resources development ministry to inform all schools about the ill-effects of such games. Justice Chandrachud said it's not just Blue Whale which was a threat to young minds, but the availability of other equ...

Triple talaq: Centre likely to introduce legislation in winter session

21 November 2017, 02:47

It is learnt that in order to give effect to the Supreme Court order, the government is considering to bring about a legislation or amendments to existing penal provisions which shall make instantaneous triple talaq an offence. Many Muslim countr...

China's Tencent Surpasses Facebook To Become World's Fifth Largest Company

21 November 2017, 02:46

Tencent joins other technology giants like Alphabet , Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft with a valuation of over half a trillion. Facebook is now worth a little over $519 billion. While Tencent may not be a household name in the U.S., it's ...

Govt Committed to Hold Winter Session, Dates Will be Decided: Ananth Kumar

21 November 2017, 02:41

Asserting that the government wanted to avoid questions and answers ahead of the Gujarat polls, she warned the NDA regime that it can not escape constitutional accountability by "locking the temple of democracy". Assembly polls are due to be held i...

Tyson: Plans for chicken plant in Kansas remain on hold

21 November 2017, 02:37

The company said the chicken production complex will begin operations in late 2019 in the city of Humboldt. Tyson had previously announced a $320 million chicken plant outside Tonganoxie in northeastern Kansas in September, but local officials wit...

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