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HONG KONG (AP) — With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing. Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities where online calls to gather had been issued were also reportedly quiet. Rallies against China’s unusually strict anti-virus measures spread […]

JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel's Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding intense negotiations with his coalition partners to form a government. He's already decided to appoint Itamar Ben-Gvir to a new post as National Security Minister, despite objections from Israel's President Isaac Herzog and the U.S. State Department. Ben Givr’s Otzma Yehudit Party joined other […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued on Thanksgiving after likely being in the water for hours. The 28-year-old man was reported missing at noon Thursday while the vessel, the Carnival Valor, was heading to Cozumel, Mexico. […]

SHANGHAI (AP) — Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China’s powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party. Police using pepper spray drove away demonstrators in Shanghai who called for Xi […]

BEIJING (AP) — Protests against China's pervasive anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes spread to Shanghai and other cities after complaints they might have worsened the death toll in an apartment fire in the northwest. Shanghai police used pepper spray against about 300 protesters, according to a witness. They gathered […]

A teenage fast-food worker in California recently lost an eye after defending a man with special needs. The horrific incident unfolded Nov. 12 at a Habit Burger Grill location in Antioch. Listen to the latest episode of CBN’s Quick Start podcast Bianca Palomera, 19, told KNTV-TV she stepped in to help the individual with special […]

In 2014, Cameron Diaz quietly left Hollywood — a decision she hardly regrets some eight years later. She last appeared as Miss Hannigan in the film adaptation of “Annie.” In the years since, Diaz has spent her time doing other things, including welcoming her first daughter, Raddix Madden, in 2020. The 50-year-old celebrity recently spoke […]

ANKARA (AP) — Turkey’s president has again hinted at a possible new ground offensive in Syria against Kurdish militants, even as Russia urged restraint and called on Ankara to avoid an escalation. The Russian presidential envoy in Syria called on Turkey “to show a certain restraint” in order to prevent further escalation in Syria. Fresh […]

Many American families have been touched by the pain of Alzheimer's disease, and some may be concerned about getting it ourselves as we age. But the good news is scientific studies over the last few decades have led to the discovery of dozens of lifestyle choices that can contribute to Alzheimer's. On this week's episode […]

COMMENTARY According to researchers at the University of California, Davis, we’re actually “wired” to become more grateful as we grow older. That’s because the part of the brain active in emotions and memory responds less to negativity and reacts more to positivity as the years roll by. And increased positivity produces greater likelihood of us […]