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Bill Perkins, the Harlem political stalwart who spent more than 20 years representing the neighborhood on the New York City Council and in the state senate, has gone missing, the NYPD said Wednesday. Perkins, 72, was last…

SYDNEY – Australia’s Victoria and Queensland states reported record levels of new daily coronavirus infections on Tuesday as pressure on testing centers prompted calls for wider use of rapid antigen tests.Queensland state reported 1,158…

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit recently told associates that former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the process of fraying Israeli democracy, and that Israel pulled through “by the grace of God,” according to a report…

Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested Wednesday he hopes that some travel restrictions imposed by the Biden administration in light of the Omicron coronavirus variant get “sorted out and lifted” when asked about the countries included in the ban…

Israel’s government imposed tough new coronavirus restrictions as Australia and Austria reported their first cases of the Omicron variant, raising the question of whether the fast-spreading strain will worsen a potentially…

"A demonstration on the Coolsingel (street) resulted in riots. Fires have been set in various places, fireworks were set off and the police have fired several (warning) shots," Rotterdam Police said in a tweet. "We fired warning shots…

Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, who is white, has said the N-word on multiple occasions; made lewd, misogynistic comments in meetings; berated coaches and…

MORRISANIA, The Bronx (WABC) -- A large fire tore through a building in the Bronx on Friday night.Flames broke out on the third floor of a building on E. 163rd Street in Morrisania.The flames quickly spread to two neighboring buildings…

EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- New York City schools have in-person learning this year, but PS 79 is now going all remote, because of nearly two dozen COVID cases.Nearly 250 students in grades 7-12 will be learning from home after the…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ethiopia’s leader on Tuesday said atrocities have been reported in Tigray, his first public acknowledgment of possible war crimes in the country’s northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt…