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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — Traditionally the “family photo” of finance ministers at a G20 meeting is a dull, grimacing group clad mostly in gray. But this year’s picture may be much more interesting for some because of whom it omits. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov…
Authorities have released the identity of the woman killed when police say an emotionally disturbed woman started stabbing people in the heart of Times Square Monday afternoon. Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old from Chester, New Jersey, was stabbed in the abdomen. She was pronounced dead at…
BIDUR, Nepal — The overwhelming stench of death is crushing hopes that more survivors will be found in this Nepalese town devastated by last week’s catastrophic floods. Workers in white hazmat suits unload bodies from a stream of ambulances in Bidur, a town in Nepal’s…
There’s been a baby boom among one of the world’s most endangered parrot species — and officials in New Zealand are squawking about it. A record 90 chicks have been added to the count of the endangered kakapo parrot, bringing the population to a record…
A federal official warned in a whistleblower complaint that the U.S. Postal Service’s system for involvement in mail voting is likely to cause major disruptions this fall if implemented. Voters go to the polls in Massachusetts’ primary elections today. Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe…
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An anonymous federal official warned in a whistleblower complaint this week that the technical system the U.S. Postal Service built to involve itself in mail voting is flawed, untested and likely to cause major disruptions in this fall’s midterm elections if it is implemented. President…
The man accused of orchestrating rapper Tupac Shakur’s killing was convicted Monday of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 Las Vegas slaying. Following a nearly two-week trial, jurors unanimously found Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, guilty of the murder that…
Amazon.com illegally raised prices for advertisers by surreptitiously raising the minimum price required to place ads that promote their products, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court Monday. The agency, joined by a bipartisan group of 22 U.S. states,…
A woman who allegedly stabbed two people near New York City’s Times Square on Monday has died after police shot her, four officials briefed on the matter told NBC News. One of the people she is accused of stabbing has also died, the officials said,…