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14 injured after fire engulfs downtown Dubai hotel — VIDEO

Fire engulfed a 63-story skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday night, but with the block evacuated and only minor injuries reported authorities went ahead with a New Year’s fireworks display at the world’s tallest building a few hundred meters away.

 
Chicago prosecutor asks for FBI to help probe fatal police shootings

Chicago’s top prosecutor on Thursday said she asked the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to help probe the fatal police shootings of two black residents over the weekend, as protesters renewed calls for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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‘Affluenza’ teen, mom file papers to delay extradition from Mexico

An affluent Texan teenager and his mother have filed papers to delay their extradition from Mexico, after fleeing there in likely violation of a probation deal that kept the youth out of prison for a fatal drunken-driving crash.

 
British couple convicted of plotting London attack

A British couple were convicted on Tuesday of plotting an attack in London after the husband sent out tweets asking for advice on which targets he should hit, alerting police to a stockpile of chemicals at their home.

 
1 dead after small plane crashes into office building in Alaska

A single-engine airplane slammed into an office building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing the pilot, but no other casualties were immediately reported, police and fire officials said.

 
ISIS leader with links to Paris attack killed by airstrike in Syria

ISIS leader Charaffe al Mouadan, who the coalition says had direct contacts with the suspected ringleader behind the terror attacks in Paris, was killed by an airstrike in Syria on December 24, coalition forces announced Tuesday.

 
‘Affluenza’ teen, mother to return to US after capture in Mexico

A wealthy Texas teen who had been a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, will be returned to the United States after being caught in Mexico, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday.

 
Chicago officer pleads not guilty in killing of black teen

A Chicago police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the shooting of a black teenager, an incident caught on video that has led to protests and calls for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

 
‘Affluenza’ teen taken into custody in Mexico

A Texas teen from a wealthy family, a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, has been taken into custody in Mexico, a law enforcement official said on Monday.

 
Giant squid makes rare appearance in Japanese harbor — VIDEO

It isn’t every day that a mystery from the deep swims into plain sight. But on Christmas Eve, spectators on a pier in Toyama Bay in central Japan were treated to a rare sighting of a giant squid.

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