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Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67. A source at the Dominican Republic’s National Forensic Science Institute who was

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender when he was hit by the bullet, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday, saying the incident illustrates

TV report identifies suspect as Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi, terror group’s caliph since last leader was killed in February

Palestinians release findings of investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, saying she was killed while running from a sudden burst of Israeli gunfire; Gantz issues denial

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A museum dedicated to the glamorous Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who died in 2016, was opened in Budapest on Thursday by her widower Frederic Prinz Von Anhalt. The permanent exhibition, located in the Origo film studio on the outskirts

Long-awaited relaxation of Israeli import controls coming into effect next week should boost competition, Reuters reports, citing government official