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David Cameron has excluded all Cabinet members known to oppose a third runway at Heathrow from a dedicated Cabinet Committee on airport expansion, fuelling fears the decision will be a “whitewash”.

Lakhs of devotees from across the country and overseas descended on the pilgrim town of Puri in Odisha to witness commencement of the nine-day journey of the new idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra to Gundicha Temple and back to their abode.

LOS ANGELES, United States – The US Department of Justice formally dropped efforts to prosecute Major League Baseball’s disgraced home run king Barry Bonds on Tuesday. He avoided a perjury conviction, but was found guilty of obstruction for a roundabout answer when...

After more than a decade of being investigated by the federal government, baseball’s controversial home run king – Barry Bonds – no longer has a criminal record after the U.S. Justice Department filed a a court document Tuesday saying it will no longer seek...

Lawyers from the office of U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said in a filing that the USA solicitor general, who determines whether to appeal federal cases to the Supreme Court, decided not to appeal the circuit court decision.

The prosecution of Bonds for obstruction of justice ended quietly with the Justice Department’s one-paragraph court filing announcing that its solicitor general would not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a lower court’s reversal of Bonds’ felony conviction.

Israeli authorities failed to inform parents of their children’s arrest or whereabouts, the New York-based watchdog added, drawing on accounts of several children detained during intense unrest in east Jerusalem and the West Bank late a year ago.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 20 people including multiple children in their latest attack on northern Cameroon, easily overwhelming the few soldiers posted at the targeted village, residents said Monday.

Users can now search hashtags, profiles and locations on instagram.com in a viewing experience that is beginning to grow much more congruous with the Instagram mobile app where content is still created on. While that sounds simple enough, it would have been nice to have a third...

Now, Instagram has added the Search tool to Instagram for web via which users can now browse accounts, search for hashtags, locations, and user accounts right from the desktop. This update separates Instagram from other mobile-first apps such as Snapchat that have skipped the...

In a court filing on Tuesday, prosecutors said they would not try to litigate the case in the U.S. Supreme Court.

And according to Tuesday’s filing, the U.S. Solicitor General, who, according to the Mercury News, makes final decisions on whether to appeal cases to a higher court (the U.S. Supreme Court in this instance), decided not to pursue any further Bonds and his appeal.

The decade-long investigation and prosecution of Bonds for obstruction of justice ended quietly Tuesday morning when the DOJ said it would not challenge the reversal of his felony conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Though Major League Baseball’s all-time home-run leader has long since been found guilty of practically everything in the court of public opinion, the U.S. Department of Justice finally dropped its case against Bonds on Tuesday after over a decade’s worth of...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek lawmakers began another emergency debate Wednesday on further economic reforms demanded by worldwide creditors in return for a new bailout – a vote that could threaten the survival of the coalition government and trigger fresh fears over...