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  Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

  December 06, 2018 5:30 IST

  Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the U.S. and abroad

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  Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg to host Golden Globe ceremony

  December 06, 2018 5:15 IST

  Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg will share host duties at next month's Golden Globe ceremony

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  Washington state denies Avista's sale to Canadian utility

  December 06, 2018 5:15 IST

  Washington state regulators have denied the proposed $5.3 billion sale of Spokane, Washington-based Avista Corp. to a Canadian utility

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  Patched-up Man United recovers to draw 2-2 with Arsenal

  December 06, 2018 5:15 IST

  Manchester United's patched-up side twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Arsenal in the Premier League after Jose Mourinho made a statement by dropping Paul Pogba

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  Viola Davis says 'stop taming us' at Hollywood event

  December 06, 2018 5:00 IST

  Viola Davis says 'stop taming us' at Hollywood event where she received leadership award

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  Aircraft bearing the body of former President George H.W. Bush has landed in Houston

  December 06, 2018 4:45 IST

  Aircraft bearing the body of former President George H.W. Bush has landed in Houston

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  Electoral court accepts Bolivian president's re-election bid

  December 06, 2018 4:30 IST

  Bolivia's top electoral court has accepted President Evo Morales's candidacy for a fourth term in office despite a constitutional ban and referendum against such a re-election

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  Tottenham beats Southampton 3-1 to go 3rd in Premier League

  December 06, 2018 4:15 IST

  Harry Kane, Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min scored to give Tottenham a 3-1 victory over Southampton

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  Interpol rejects Ecuador request to call for Correa's arrest

  December 06, 2018 4:15 IST

  Ecuadorian officials say Interpol has rejected the government's request to issue an international call for the arrest of a former president who is being investigated for the alleged kidnapping of an opposition leader

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  No president should assume office without a 'fitness for duty' exam

  December 06, 2018 4:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bandy X. Lee, Yale University(THE CONVERSATION) Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, mental health professionals have come forth in historically unprecedented ways to warn against entrusting the U.S. presidency to someone who exhibits what we have called his “dangerous” signs. The observed signs have included “grandiosity, impulsivity, hypersensitivity to slights or

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  Qatari man in basketball lawsuit gets diplomatic immunity

  December 06, 2018 4:00 IST

  A Qatari man accused in a lawsuit of stiffing fellow investors in rapper Ice Cube's 3-on-3 pro basketball league has been given diplomatic status that gives him "full immunity from all aspects of civil litigation."

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  AP Explains: The French protesters' economic discontents

  December 06, 2018 3:30 IST

  Here is a look at the French taxes that have become central to the so-called "yellow vest" protesters' claims.

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  Chelsea beaten at Wolves, loses more ground in title race

  December 06, 2018 3:30 IST

  Chelsea lost more ground in the Premier League title race by squandering an early lead to go down 2-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers

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  Sarah Palin's son checks into Alaska halfway house

  December 06, 2018 3:15 IST

  The oldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin checked in to an Anchorage halfway house Wednesday to begin a year in custody following his conviction for assaulting his father

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  Border Patrol agent charged with capital murder in Texas

  December 06, 2018 3:15 IST

  A U.S. Border Patrol agent who confessed to shooting four women in the head and leaving their bodies on rural Texas roadsides has been indicted on a capital murder charge

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  Greece frees 4 migrant charity workers pending trial

  December 06, 2018 3:15 IST

  Greek authorities have released from pre-trial detention four members of a charity working with migrants who had been arrested in August for allegedly helping migrant smuggling

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  Lawmakers re-elect guardian of New Hampshire primary

  December 06, 2018 2:45 IST

  New Hampshire lawmakers have re-elected their veteran secretary of state and guardian of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary in a close vote

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  Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018

  December 06, 2018 2:30 IST

  Global carbon pollution rose sharply this year after several years of little growth

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  Michigan GOP moves to strip Democratic officeholders' power

  December 06, 2018 2:30 IST

  Republicans who control Michigan's Legislature are expected to vote on bills that would strip power from the Democratic secretary of state-elect and give lawmakers authority to intervene in lawsuits

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  Toyota US chief says car sales are close to bottoming out

  December 06, 2018 2:30 IST

  Toyota's top U.S. executive says car sales nationwide have bottomed out and his company will keep making them despite a dramatic shift to trucks and SUVs

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  Ex-shareholder sues Wynn, executives over sex assault claims

  December 06, 2018 2:15 IST

  A former Wynn Resorts shareholder is suing company founder Steve Wynn and former and current executives and board members, alleging that they concealed information about sexual harassment accusations that led to Wynn's resignation

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  Lyon's 9-game unbeaten run ends with 2-0 home loss to Rennes

  December 06, 2018 2:15 IST

  Lyon's unbeaten run ended when it lost 2-0 at home to Rennes

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  Officer who fatally shot 12-year-old boy won't get back job

  December 06, 2018 2:00 IST

  An arbitrator says the white officer who was fired after fatally shooting a 12-year-old black boy playing with a pellet gun won't get back his job with Cleveland police

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  DHS: Coast Guard Academy retaliated against woman instructor

  December 06, 2018 2:00 IST

  Department of Homeland Security investigators have determined that officials at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy retaliated against a faculty member who had complained of harassment and bullying based on her gender and race

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  Christmas turkey, fruitcake rocketing toward space station

  December 06, 2018 2:00 IST

  Christmas turkey rockets toward the International Space Station, along with cranberry sauce and fruitcake

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  Fallin commutes sentences of 21 Oklahoma prisoners

  December 06, 2018 2:00 IST

  Gov. Mary Fallin has commuted the sentences of 21 Oklahoma prison inmates convicted of various nonviolent offenses following a campaign by supporters of changes to the state's criminal justice system

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  2 dead, 9 injured in blast at Dominican plastics company

  December 06, 2018 1:30 IST

  Authorities in the Dominican Republic say at least two people have died and nine were injured following an explosion at a plastics company in the capital of Santo Domingo

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  UN chief urges Syria to resolve gaps on chemical weapons

  December 06, 2018 1:30 IST

  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is again urging Syria to resolve "gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies" in its declaration of chemical weapons after the global watchdog reported no progress on these outstanding issues