THE HAGUE, Netherlands – In a move that could clear the way to investigations of possible war crimes in Ukraine’s bitter conflict with Russian-backed rebels, Kiev has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, backdated to early 2014. While Ukraine is not a member of the court, it can …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – An angry President Nicolas Maduro warned his Colombian counterpart on Wednesday that he had made a “serious mistake” by saying Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution was self-destructing, as the heated rhetoric between the leaders reached new heights. The dispute between the South American neighbors began three weeks ago when …
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Editor’s note: A version of this column originally appeared in Fox News Opinion on September 11, 2011. Everybody has their own unique before and after September 11 story, and how the attacks changed their lives. Here’s mine. Today, I am the National Security Analyst for Fox News but fourteen years …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Hornets are turning to a pair of young, inexperienced power forwards after losing Josh McRoberts in free agency. McRoberts was the one player coach Steve Clifford said the team couldn’t afford to lose this offseason. Yet the seven-year NBA veteran is headed out the door. …
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PHILADELPHIA – Something about the Mariners brings out the best in Jerome Williams. The righty took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, Andres Blanco hit his first homer in three years, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Seattle 4-1 in an interleague game Monday night. Williams improved to 6-2 against the …
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TORONTO – Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died Sunday. He was 76. He had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native’s adopted home. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, told The Canadian Press that …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – An American Indian tribe in upstate New York said Thursday it will launch a radio ad campaign pressing for the Washington Redskins to shed a name often criticized as offensive. The Oneida Indian Nation said the first ad will run on radio stations in Washington before the …
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If we trust 12 completely random people on a jury to decide whether to put someone to death for a crime they may have committed, shouldn’t we trust 12 to 18 of the smartest people in the college sports universe to pick the four best teams in college football? As …
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GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers picked Alabama running back Eddie Lacy on Friday in the second round of the NFL draft with the 61st overall selection, landing a player widely pegged as a prime prospect for their first-round slot. The Packers swapped second-round spots with San Francisco, …
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Sam Hornish Jr. scored a dominating victory in Saturday’s Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to win his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series race in 69 starts. Hornish was the class of the field all day, his No. 12 Penske Racing Ford Mustang outdueling the Joe Gibbs Racing …
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