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Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand Mother: Kawkaba Lodin Marriage: Rula (Saade) Ghani Children: Tarek; Mariam Education: American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973; Columbia University, masters and Ph.D, anthropology Religion: Muslim Other

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man accused of hitting a Houston bar employee in the head with a glass has been arrested, Houston police chief Art Acevedo tweeted Thursday. “This suspect has been apprehended and charged with assault, bodily injury,” Acevedo said. “Proud of the work of @houstonpolice

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston mom, who says her daughter was in an abusive and toxic relationship, says she wishes she would have done more to help. “I regret that. I will all my life because I saw the signs,” said Claudia Sanchez. “I didn’t do anything

Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place: Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China (some sources say Beijing) Birth name: Xi Jinping Father: Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary and vice premier Mother: Qi Xin Marriages: Peng Liyuan (1987-present); Ke Lingling (divorced) Children:

Click here for updates on this story     PARK HILLS , Missouri (Daily Journal ) — Many families have a variety of Christmas traditions: baking and decorating cookies, making ornaments, watching Hallmark holiday movies, driving to see holiday lights, writing letters to Santa, singing carols, reading the Christmas story in the Bible and more. Tamara Bretz

Click here for updates on this story     MARSHALL COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) — One of the men convicted in the brutal 1994 killing of Marshall County mother Rebecca Hauser has been granted work release, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. Agency spokesperson Cord Overton confirmed that on Wednesday, Jayson Speaks, 41, was transferred from the

Click here for updates on this story     YUKON, Oklahoma (KETV) — A letter to Santa from two Oklahoma children led to the best Christmas surprise ever. The siblings asked Santa to deliver their older brother, who serves in the Air Force, home for the holidays. Our friends at the North Pole worked overtime to grant

Click here for updates on this story     SANTA FE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A New Mexico woman facing a felony charge for coughing on a health care worker said she’s being wrongly accused. The story came to light last week after that worker filed a criminal complaint with Santa Fe police. “No reason to call

Click here for updates on this story     MOUNTAIN VIEW, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A 5-year-old girl and her dog who stayed by her side died in an early morning house fire Wednesday in western Oklahoma. Shortly after 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, a fire sparked at a two-story home in the 300 block of South Third Street in

Click here for updates on this story     QUINCY, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Two people were struck by a vehicle Thursday in the parking lot of a Quincy grocery store. The vehicle struck a 65-year-old man at the Stop & Shop at 495 Southern Artery. The driver then backed up and struck a woman, who became trapped

Click here for updates on this story     KEENE, New Hampshire (WMUR) — It has been a long, difficult year for front-line health care workers, but for the respiratory therapy team at Cheshire Medical Center, a colleague with a passion for baking added some sugar and spice to the grueling shifts. Daniel Liberatore has two very

Click here for updates on this story     HARTLAND, Vermont (WPTZ) — The fire that engulfed a Windsor County family’s home last weekend resulted in the death of six dogs on the property. Steve and Marlene Murray were away Saturday afternoon when a fire broke out inside their home on Independent Drive. When fire crews arrived,

Click here for updates on this story     WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — The Winston-Salem Fire Department responded to an apartment fire Wednesday afternoon. The apartments near the intersection of Jackson Avenue and 24th Street can be seen with a heavy cloud of smoke in video tweeted by the Winston-Salem Fire Department. Firefighters told our WXII

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — $125,000 contract with former University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross required him to provide a written report on how to increase diversity of students and staff at each UW campus, but nearly three months after his contract ended, no such

A judge in Virginia ruled that a courtroom lined with portraits of White judges could impede a Black defendant’s right to a fair trial and ordered that the images be removed before his next court appearance. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard wrote in an opinion this week that having people of color stand