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Dozens of people were injured, some seriously, when a grandstand collapsed at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people, local media reported Friday.

Prosecutors said Thursday there was not enough evidence to support allegations that a Texas lobbyist drugged a legislative aide who works in the state Capitol, which had been shaken this week by the reports.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top Biden administration national security aides met Thursday with the chief of Israels Mossad spy agency for talks that focused primarily on Iran, according to officials familiar with the meeting.

Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced to probation Wednesday for assaulting a teenage girl in a South Carolina hotel room.

A 114yearold Nebraska woman who has taken the title of America's oldest living person says what she wants most is to eat with her friend after a year of pandemic restrictions.

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Wednesday that eight soldiers were killed in combat amid continuing clashes between the armed forces and illegal armed groups along the border with Colombia.

The Minnesota Legislature on Tuesday approved $7.8 million to help cover the extra security costs that the state racked up ahead of last week's guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin's murder trial over the killing of George Floyd.

All Blacks scrumhalf T.J. Perenara says he hasnt yet decided whether he will switch from rugby to rugby league next year but added if he doesnt do so now he likely never will.

A Wisconsin 19yearold who is accused of helping kill the parents of a friend's girlfriend after a dispute over COVID19 restrictions signed a plea agreement, authorities said Tuesday at a status conference.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday to make health care more accessible and equitable, particularly for people of color.

Talks between the five parties in Finland's centre left ruling coalition on how to restart the economy will move into a second week on Wednesday, avoiding for now the risk that the government would face imminent collapse.

The burned body of a 24yearold tourist from Delaware was identified on Tuesday, three days after he and a friend were attacked following a drug purchase in a seaside San Juan district popular with visitors, Puerto Rico police said.

Authorities charged a former Puerto Rico justice secretary with ethical violations and obstruction of justice Monday in a case involving an exgovernor of the U.S. territory.

Adult entertainment. A personal trainer. A helicopter tour of historic mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. Those were some of the things a former young Massachusetts mayor bought with money from investors who believed they were supporting the creation of a...

Hundreds of people including Muslim imams paid tribute on Monday to a female French police official stabbed to death last week by a French resident of Tunisian origin who shouted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is greatest".

He said he had already announced 2,600 extra WHO staff members were going to India to help support the effort to fight the disease.