Fire ravages South Africa’s historic Parliament complex. A major fire ripped through South Africa’s 138-year-old Parliament complex Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings to collapse at a site that has hosted some of the country’s pivotal moments. As firefighters struggled...
It’s the penultimate week of the 2021 regular season as we get set for NFL RedZone for Week 17. Teams across the league are getting into the thick of playoffs battles in the AFC and NFC, with a number of playoff...
Thousands gather in Amsterdam despite demonstration ban. Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square....
A massive English Premier League showdown is set to take place on Sunday when Chelsea welcomes Liverpool to Stamford Bridge for a top-four clash. The fixture is set to have a major affect on the title race, as the Blues sit...
2021 ends as Chicago’s deadliest year in a quarter century. In Chicago, 2021 was one of the most violent years on record. A rise in the number of shootings left more people dead than in any single year in a quarter...
Record 235 COVID-19 cases reported among U.S. forces in Okinawa. A single-day record of 235 COVID-19 cases among U.S. forces in Okinawa Prefecture was confirmed Saturday, local officials said, following a cluster infection that broke out last month at one of...
US judge delivers double setback to Prince Andrews abuse case battle. Two of Prince Andrew’s efforts to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday when a US federal judge ordered...
New year brings more canceled flights for travelers. By Saturday afternoon on the East Coast, more than 2,500 U.S. flights and about 4,300 worldwide had been canceled, according to tracking service FlightAware. That is the highest single-day U.S. figure yet since...
There will be two different teams and narratives going at it in the Rose Bowl as Utah and Ohio State meet in Pasadena, California. The Utes are Pac-12 champions and finished the season strong, including two wins over Oregon — the...
Desmond Tutu laid to rest at state funeral in Cape Town. Just after noon, as the voices of the choir filled the cathedral, the mourners stood, bowed their heads in the direction of the plain wooden casket and then filed out...