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France’s far-right National Front saw record gains in the first round of regional elections on December 6 – a vote held under a state of emergency just three weeks after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris.

The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is praising the passage of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate and signed by President Barack Obama this morning.

The ambitious project, considered crucial for energy-hungry India, was pitched by the U.S. as an alternative to the equally ambitious Iran-Pakistan-India gas project, but has been lying in the cold for years owing to the fear of security of the project in one of the most volatile...

The quarterback was also sacked nine times in the game. On 3rd-and-goal, the 49ers were flagged for defensive holding which led to a 3-yard Crowell touchdown run. A later garbage time touchdown by the 49ers finished the game at 24-10. But a crescendo of negativity awaited them at...

Ted Cruz appears at an Iowa summit hosted by a major evangelical group in July. The criticisms, according to the Times, were leveled against front-runners Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson.

Mr Guo’s absence makes him the most high-profile of a string of senior executives to have gone missing temporarily and could be seen as a strong sign that Beijing is ramping up scrutiny of China’s financial sector. A court cited Guo in August as being linked to a...

While investigators say the man, 28-year-old Nicholas Robertson, was armed, and did not respond to requests to drop his weapon, the video, captured across the street from the scene around 11 a.m. on Saturday, appears to show otherwise.

A report came out on Thursday that the pop princess is working on trademarking a whole slew of stuff like “blank space”, “and I’ll write your name”, “Swiftmas”, “a girl named girl”, and “1989”.

In his first press conference as Valencia manager, Neville said, “I’ve not spoken about that”.

In late July, Merkel brought a 14-year old Palestinian girl to tears when she told her she could not promise that her family’s asylum application would be successful, as Germany was not able to shelter all refugees from the Middle East and North Africa.

Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire at the facility in the Voronezh region, about 600 kilometers (350 miles) south of Moscow.

“Turkey is the main customer of this oil that is stolen from Syria and Iraq”, said deputy defense minister Anatoly Antonov at a defense briefing reported in Russian newspaper Pravda. He added Turkey is funding “mercenaries, purchasing weapons, organizing inhuman...

The result for the Paris region is not in, but pollsters predict the conservatives have also won there. Official results are due today.

Futures of Brent and US crude’s West Texas Intermediate struck February 2009 lows for a fourth day in a row in continued fallout from an OPEC meeting last week that abandoned price support measures.

ARSENAL and Chelsea were handed hard ties in the Champions League last-16 draw, although Manchester City will be delighted with their good fortune.