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At least seven bodies have been recovered after a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers sank Thursday in the middle of a river in a storm in Bangladesh.

Wildfires continued to rage in southern California on Thursday, fuelled by high temperatures and brisk winds fanning the flames.

Their will likely be no more marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples in Arkansas until further legal action. The move comes after the Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the state’s request to put on hold a ruling that overturned Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Chris Piazza declared act 144 of 1997 and the voter approved amendment 83 unconstitutional, …

Kate Middleton’s phone was hacked 155 times by a reporter at the defunct News of the World before she married Prince William, the Old Bailey has heard. Clive Goodman, the former royal editor, told the long-running hacking trial that he had also accessed voicemail messages from the phones of Prince William and Prince Harry, as well as Ms Middleton, now …

According to a Pentagon official, the US Defense Department is considering a request from imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning to move her from a male military brig to a civilian prison to enable her to go through hormone therapy as part of her M-to-F transition. Manning revealed her decision to live as, and be identified as, female the day after a …

The widow of the man who was driving a Porsche sports car that crashed and killed Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker is suing the car maker. She is claiming that design flaws caused both men to die in the crash in November. The wrongful death lawsuit by Kristine Rodas says her husband was driving at 55mph – not at …

‘Harry Potter’ star Emma Watson will graduate from Brown University this month. The 24-year-old actress’ four years at the Ivy League school will come to an end on May 25 when she receives a degree in English Literature, reported Contactmusic.

Saira Blair, a West Virginia resident who will graduate high school later this month, just defeated a sitting state delegate in her district’s primary election. This is a very notable accomplishment for any teen, but it is especially notable for a second-semester senior (a subset of the student population whose daily responsibilities mostly consist of watching Hercules in a darkened …

A Prescott Valley, Ariz. teenager was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing a tuxedo to wear to prom, police said. Kyle Terry Laderoot, 18, was arrested at his prom in Jerome, Ariz. Kyle Laderoot is suspected of breaking a window at the Elegant Brides store in Prescott Valley and stealing the $600 tuxedo.

New requirements that Medicare start paying for lung cancer screening for heavy smokers will probably raise costs by about $3 a month for everybody enrolled in the program, researchers projected in a new study. The new analysis seeks to put a price tag on a program that cancer experts say could save lives by catching lung cancer at a stage …

Atlanta Police charged a teenager early Wednesday morning in connection with a Tuesday afternoon shooting near an Atlanta high school that wounded 5 people including 4 students. Marcellus Brooks, 17, is charged with 5 counts of aggravated assault for Tuesday’s shooting at Panther Trail and Childress Drive, just off the Therrell High School campus.