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Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a home intruder who attempted to kidnap their 9monthold grandchild over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed on Sunday.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and fellow Democrats on Sunday made it clear that their opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, will focus on the possibility she could cast a decisive vote to strike dow...

Nearly half of Frances Senate seats are up for grabs Sunday in an election that is likely to leave the chamber dominated by conservatives and serve a new electoral blow to President Emmanuel Macrons centrist party.

Police clashed with antiracism protesters and members of the press in downtown Portland, Oregon into early Sunday morning, making more than a dozen arrests.

Gunmen in a car opened fire on an army post in northern Lebanon Sunday, triggering a shootout in which two soldiers and one gunman were killed, the Lebanese military said.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will recognise the work of hundreds of doctors, nurses, fundraisers and volunteers during the COVID pandemic when the her annual birthday honours list is published next month.

The debate will be the first time the 77-year-old veteran politician has faced US President Donald Trump he has promised to unseat.

In 2016, Republicans blocked Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to fill the election-year vacancy, saying voters should have a say in the lifetime appointment.

Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a littleknown law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren tapped a Black woman to become the new interim city police chief, saying Saturday she will bring a fresh approach to policing amid the tumultuous aftermath to Daniel Prudes death.

Sri Lankan police have arrested over 200 suspects in connection with the bombings. Links between the NTJ and the Islamic State (IS) were later established.

Shirley DixonMosley had never sent a ballot through the mail. She always treasured casting her ballot in person. But for November's election, she voted early and by mail because she didn't want to take any chances.

The winners of this year's Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden's glitterati, but 2020 will at least not be added to the war years when no awards were given.

A military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames near a highway in northeastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board, officials said.

The number of coronavirus cases in France has passed 500,000, authorities said on Friday after recording a nearrecord daily jump in infections.

Speechmaking at the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain enormous topics and certain louder voices dominate.