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A French gendarme, or military police officer, accidentally fired his weapon during a speech by President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, slightly injuring two people, a top official said. Photo/Video: Pool/AP

Doan Thi Huong and Siti Aisyah

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Two women accused of killing Kim Jong Nam, the 46-year-old estranged half-brother of North Korea's dictator, were charged with murder on Wednesday.

The women, 28-year-old Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and 25-year-old Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, were in the Kuala Lumpur airport on Feb. 13 when they allegedly ran behind Kim Jong Nam and rubbed the nerve agent VX on his face, killing him within about 20 minutes.

The latest on foreign reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to Congress (all times EST):...

AMES, Iowa — In their last night at Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State’s four senior starters gave the Cyclones one last home win that came down to the buzzer. Matt Thomas scored 25 points and No. 24 Iowa State held off a furious challenge from Oklahoma State on Tuesday night, winning 86-83 to close out its

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CNN political commentator Van Jones on Tuesday was left in awe by one moment during President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress: when he honored the widow of William "Ryan" Owens, the Navy SEAL who was killed during a raid in Yemen.

"He became president of the United States in that moment, period," Jones said on CNN. "That was one of the most extraordinary moments you have ever seen in American politics. Period."

During his address, Trump acknowledged Carryn Owens... Читать дальше...

'Gary from Chicago', één van de toeristen die bij de Oscars zondagavond nietsvermoedend de zaal in werden geloodst, was enkele dagen daarvoor pas vrijgekomen uit de gevangenis na een celstraf van twintig jaar.

A French gendarme, or military police officer, accidentally fired his weapon during a speech by President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, slightly injuring two people, a top official said. Photo/Video: Pool/AP

An outage at Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing service disrupted internet traffic across the U.S. on Tuesday, showing the increasing power cloud companies have over large portions of the web.

A woman leaves the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in New York, August 15, 2012. Photo by Keith Bedford/Reuters

In his address to Congress, President Trump announces a new office of the Department of Homeland Security tasked with serving victims of crime, called VOICE: Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. Photo: AP

Refugee advocates in Manitoba are warning of an increase in asylum seekers illegally crossing in to Canada, and say their resources are being stretched to the limit.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Flyers were thrilled to finally see the puck go in the net.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Flyers were thrilled to finally see the puck go in the net.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Flyers were thrilled to finally see the puck go in the net.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Flyers were thrilled to finally see the puck go in the net.

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) talks with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric about the speech President Trump delivered to a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017.

FIRST-home buyers might be rejoicing at the government’s announcement to combat the housing affordability crisis, but some industry experts have had a more tepid response.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 1.1 percent annual pace in the final three months of last year, as resurgent coal and iron ore prices helped the country avoid recession.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 1.1 percent annual pace in the final three months of last year, as resurgent coal and iron ore prices helped the country avoid recession. Iron ore and coal are Australia's biggest exports and reduced demand from China has cooled a mining boom and hurt the Australian economy.

He read it pretty well. Only threw in a few ad libs. Wore a dark blue and white striped tie, not the power-red one. President Donald Trump, in his first address to Congress on Tuesday night, hopped over a very low bar, delivering a speech full of the sort of America-first nationalism we’ve gotten from him since his inauguration, as well as offering lot of the same sorts of promises and platitudes that all Presidents, Democrats and Republicans, usually offer during these kinds of events. ...

He read it pretty well. Only threw in a few ad libs. Wore a dark blue and white striped tie, not the power-red one. President Donald Trump, in his first address to Congress on Tuesday night, hopped over a very low bar, delivering a speech full of the sort of America-first nationalism we’ve gotten from him since his inauguration, as well as offering lot of the same sorts of promises and platitudes that all Presidents, Democrats and Republicans, usually offer during these kinds of events. ...

From the Oscars to the Oval Office, tweeting and texting at work is catching flak.