Stephen Colbert’s Long Goodbye Is Coming to an End, Leaving a Void

NEW YORK (AP) — On his very first time hosting “The Late Show” back in 2015, Stephen Colbert ripped into Donald Trump while gorging on Oreos, likening his inability to resist the cookies to his inability to resist going after the then-presidential candidate. “Look, you don’t own me. I don’t need to play tape of …

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Raul Castro indictment expected to be announced by U.S. officials in Miami today, sources say

The Justice Department on Wednesday is expected to unveil the criminal charges against Cuba’s former leader Raul Castrosources familiar with the investigation confirmed CBS News. Castro, 94, the brother of longtime dictator Fidel Castro, is being indicted on charges related to Cuba’s deadly 1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue, …

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In Iran’s Capital, Weapons Demonstrations Send a Signal at Home and Abroad as Threat of War Remains

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Revolutionary Guard members now regularly show the public in Tehran how to handle Kalashnikov-style assault rifles. Parades through the capital feature military vehicles mounted with belt-fed Soviet-era machine guns. And at one mass wedding, a ballistic missile, like the one that rained down cluster munitions on Israel, adorned …

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Risk of Ebola Spread Is High Locally but Low Globally, WHO Says

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola virus in Congo and Uganda is high at national and regional levels, but low at the global level. The risk assessment came as the leader of the WHO team in Congo said the outbreak, which has …

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