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- Death toll rises to 146 in Hong Kong apartment fire: "A wake-up call for everyone" Preliminary investigations showed the fire started Wednesday afternoon on a lower-level scaffolding net of one of the buildings, and then spread rapidly inside as the foam panels caught fire and blew ...
- He massages Trumps basest instincts: why is Fifas Gianni Infantino cosying up to the US president? <p>For a man who insists football isnt political, the Fifa boss is putting a lot of effort into into courting the most divisive politician on Earth</p><p>Gianni Infantino was 18 years old the first ti...
- Benjamin Netanyahu asks Israels president for pardon in corruption case <p>Request is submitted weeks after Donald Trump called on Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister</p><p>Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israels president for a pardon for bribery and fraud charges...
- I took literary revenge against the people who stole my youth: Romanian author Mircea Cartarescu <p>As the first part of his acclaimed Blinding trilogy is released in the UK, the novelist talks about communism, Vladimir Nabokov and those Nobel rumours</p><p>In 2014, when he was travelling around ...
- Hong Kong mourns as apartment fire death toll rises to 146 <p>Rescue teams find more bodies in burnt-out buildings of Wang Fuk Court complex after Wednesdays fire</p><p>The death toll in Hong Kongs apartment complex fire has risen to 146 after investigators d...
- I sang karaoke with Novak Djokovic a surreal experience: Jacob Colliers honest playlist <p>The musical prodigy discovered Stevie Wonder aged two and danced to Brazilian jazz at a Grammys afterparty. But what song does he think is the best in the world?</p><p><strong>The first song I fell...
- How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to win the narrative battle online <p>At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star</p><p>A montage of Palantirs CEO, Alex Karp, and waving US flags set to a...
- Trump ally Troy Nehls joins growing group of lawmakers retiring from Congress <p>Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), one of <a href="https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump" target="_blank">President Trump</a>'s most steadfast allies, said Saturday he will retire from Congres...
- AI is upending retirement planning <p>AI is upending everything, including retirement planning.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Our comfortable golden years have always rested on assumptions of a steady full-time career, employ...
- Social Security's day of reckoning is nearly here <p>For decades, people have fretted about the financial sustainability of America's bedrock retirement income program. Now, <a href="https://www.axios.com/economy/social-security" target="_blank">Soci...
- Smoking is cool again. But it's still very deadly <p><strong>Cigarettes were</strong> <strong>once</strong> <strong>unavoidable </strong>in the U.S., in restaurants, airplanes, your mom's living room until health warnings and cultural pressure <em>pu...
- Why local police officers are helping Trump with ICE raids <div>Data: <a href="https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g" target="_blank">ICE</a>; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals</div><p>The Trump administration doesn't have the Immigrations and Customs Enfo...
- Woman alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted, sues DAs Office, former top prosecutor (Top stories for the week of Nov. 23) See the week's most valuable journalism from Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard....
- 2 killed, 3 children hospitalized in suspected DUI crash in San Bernardino County Two people were killed and three children were hospitalized after a suspected DUI crash in San Bernardino County. On Nov. 28, Colton police responded to the crash near Mill and Ohio streets in Colton ...
- Mass shooting leaves four dead, 10 injured during family gathering in Stockton (FOX40.COM) Four people have been pronounced dead after a mass shooting at a banquet hall in Stockton on Saturday evening, according to Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County Sheriff...
- Armed suspect shot, killed by police mid-robbery attempt in San Bernardino An officer-involved shooting is under investigation after San Bernardino police shot and killed an armed suspect during a robbery attempt in which a store clerk had a gun pressed to their head, offici...
- Pedestrian dies after being hit by 2 cars in Riverside County A pedestrian was killed after being hit by two cars in Riverside County on Friday night, officials confirmed. Deputies responded around 9:24 p.m. to the area of Hamner Avenue and Citrus Street in Norc...
- Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run of Escondido boy <figure><img alt="Escondido Police cruiser" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="360" src="https://i0.wp.com/timesofsandiego.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Escon...
- 2 critically injured in Gulfport hit-and-run, police seeking information GULFPORT, Fla. (WFLA) The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said two people were critically injured in a hit-and-run that occurred Friday evening. Police were notified of the crash at around 7:20 p.m. ...
- Chicago sees heaviest single-day snowfall in a decade; nearly 7 inches recorded at O'Hare <img alt="Travelers wheel their suitcases to a vehicle amid a winter storm at OHare Airport. Flights at both Chicago airports were delayed The snow is expected to continue to fall through Sunday morni...