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A Spanish judge ordered police to search a printer's shop and two offices of a regional newspaper in Catalonia as part of an investigation into alleged preparations for an illegal referendum on independence for the prosperous northeastern region. A Barcelona-based court said Saturday that the police searches took place Friday in Valls and Constanti in southern Catalonia. The court said the searches formed part of an investigation into possible disobedience, prevarication and the embezzlement of public funds by Catalan officials. Читать дальше...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than six years after a deadly earthquake struck Christchurch and the city’s iconic cathedral, the Anglican Church in New Zealand on Saturday made the decision to rebuild the landmark. For many locals, the wreck has become a visual reminder of the infighting that has slowed the city’s broader reconstruction. The Gothic Revival-style cathedral was once one of the city’s top tourist attractions. When the 6.3-magnitude quake struck in Feb. Читать дальше...

Local family called FBI after son disappeared during Morocco vacation.

Mike Glennon will make his debut as the Bears starting quarterback on Sunday at Soldier Field. Before the game, a protest will be held in support of an unemployed quarterback with far more significant career accomplishments. Dubbed the Standing 4 Kaepernick Protest — Chicago, a source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT roughly 200 to [more]

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi air force and the U.S.-led coalition have stepped up a campaign of air strikes on the Islamic State group-held town of Hawija ahead of a planned ground assault there, according to Iraq’s minister of defense Saturday. Iraqi forces are pushing Islamic State fighters out of the remaining pockets of territory the group holds in the country after forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition retook Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul in July.

Netflix documentary reveals Gaga on the edge of glory, on a towering peak all her own.

The phrase rock star, as we know it, means a couple of things. It means rock star. And it also means someone who’s the celebrated badass master of his or her domain — he’s the rock star of tax attorneys, she’s the rock star of personal trainers, he’s the rock star of plumbers. By that... Read more »

Activists protesting an alleged role in drone operations at Ramstein Air Base held a final demonstration on Saturday by forming a human chain from the Haus des Burgers in Ramstein-Miesenbach to just outside Gate 5 of the air base.

The legal ride isn’t over for Alicia Keys’ husband, who allegedly helped drive a high-end fraud by reselling or double-booking pricey cars leased in his name. Swizz Beatz, also known as hip hop producer Kasseem Dean, was slapped with a $16.15 million Nassau Supreme Court lawsuit Friday claiming he’d resold or fraudulently used swanky cars...

The legal ride isn’t over for Alicia Keys’ husband, who allegedly helped drive a high-end fraud by reselling or double-booking pricey cars leased in his name. Swizz Beatz, also known as hip hop producer Kasseem Dean, was slapped with a $16.15 million Nassau Supreme Court lawsuit Friday claiming he’d resold or fraudulently used swanky cars...

Contamination from microplastic has been found in tap water around the world, leading scientists to calls for urgent research on the implications for human health. Researchers for the study, which was conducted by Orb and [...]

Airlines capped prices on tickets departing from much of Florida and the Caribbean, after customers complained that seats on the few flights that remained ahead of Hurricane Irma were far more expensive than usual.

HARLAN, Ore. (AP) - The first half of a 62-mile hiking trail connecting the Willamette Valley to the Pacific Ocean has opened.

HARLAN, Ore. (AP) — The first half of a 62-mile hiking trail connecting the Willamette Valley to the Pacific Ocean has opened.

The Bavarian side's manager has acknowledged that his team were punished for a lack of focus in their 2-0 defeat in the Bundesliga

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A teenager has been charged with five felonies - including attempted murder - after investigators say he fired on Douglas County Sheriff's deputies with a 12-guage shotgun, hitting one.

OMAHA — A teenager has been charged with five felonies — including attempted murder — after investigators say he fired on Douglas County Sheriff's deputies with a 12-guage shotgun, hitting one.