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Texas man sues dad for wrongful death of his mother and 'best friend' Johnny Oliphant, who is charged in the fatal shooting of his wife, is being sued by his son for her "wrongful death"

Suspects in 1993 murder may finally be going to trial If convicted in the cold case murder of Frank Wesley McAlister, Brian Hawkins, Curtis Culver and Shanna Culver face life in prison without parole.

Police: Homicides in Chicago down by nearly 100 in 2018 Preliminary numbers indicate that homicides in Chicago fell by about 100 last year compared to 2017, though the total again eclipses the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined, according to data released Tuesday.

Will stock market rebound in 2019 after worst decline in a decade? December's sharp stock declines reflected investor worries about a prolonged trade war between the U.S. and China, prospects for global economic weakness and the likelihood of higher interest rates; reaction from tax attorney Rebecca Walser.

US Strategic Command apologizes for New Year Eve's tweet comparing Times Square ball to dropping bombs In a subsequently deleted post, the United States Strategic Command said it stands ready 'to drop something much, much bigger' than the famous New Year's Eve bedazzled ball.

Tech that will change your life in 2019 There aren’t many ways 2018 could have gone worse for the tech industry. It felt like every week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and friends were apologizing for some major privacy blunder or platform manipulation. Self-driving cars proved they weren’t ready to hit the road and Elon Musk nearly self-destructed on Twitter. Electric scooters swarmed cities only to be vandalized in droves. Tech-stock peaks gave way to market tumbles.

Facebook’s Zuckerberg blasted for ‘out of touch’ year-end post after scandal-plagued 2018 After a year plagued by privacy scandals, hate speech controversies, the viral spread of disinformation and the public airing of his company's internal communication, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his year-end note to focus on the positive ー drawing the scorn of critics who blasted the billionaire as "tone deaf" and "out of touch."

Everything you need to know about the Tribune Publishing cyberattack Over the weekend, a cyberattack disrupted print newspaper distribution across the US.

The retailer's Christmas savings scheme is accused of breaking minimum wage rules by HMRC. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2LQz3fX

Myanmar police have clashed with insurgents in the troubled western state of Rakhine, state-run media said on Wednesday, as intensified fighting continued between the security forces and an armed group representing the Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SxrGMO

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri are "determined to form a government", state news agency NNA quoted Hariri as saying after they met on Tuesday evening. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GQQZIm

The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Apcx9c

Australia's government is confident it has grounds to strip an alleged Islamic State recruiter of citizenship, a minister said on Wednesday, as questions arose over whether doing so could be illegal and leave the man stateless. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2CIzaa7

A local official from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party called for protests after two women entered a Hindu temple in the southern state of Kerala on Wednesday, defying a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age entering the shrine. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SrK9KM

Two women defied a centuries-old ban on entering a Hindu temple in India's southern state of Kerala in the early hours of Wednesday, the state's chief minister said, raising fears of a backlash from conservative Hindu groups. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2s2uypg

On the 60th anniversary of Cuba's revolution, ruling Communist Party leader Raul Castro blasted the Trump administration for returning to an outdated path of confrontation with the island nation and of intervening in Latin America. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VmK5Ok

Indonesian rescue teams were searching for victims of a series of landslides that killed at least 15 people on New Year's Day, officials said, after a year of natural disasters killed thousands. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GRauR7

China reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control but will strive to achieve peaceful "reunification" with the self-ruled island that has a bright future under Chinese rule, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Ao9xdi

Somalia's government has ordered the top United Nations official in the country to leave, accusing him of interfering with national sovereignty days after he raised concerns about the actions of U.N.-supported Somali security forces. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2TkWuAg

A 50-year-old German man clearly intended to kill foreigners when he rammed his silver Mercedes into a crowd of people in the northwestern German town of Bottrop in the early hours of New Year's Day, injuring four, a senior government official said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHeVg4