Laura Wagner

Om Puri at the New York premiere of <em>The Hundred-Foot Journey</em> on Aug. 4, 2014.

Renowned Indian Actor Om Puri Dies At 66

Laura Wagner

Puri began acting in Indian art house cinema in the 1970s and soon branched into British and American films, including Gandhi in 1982 and Charlie Wilson's War in 2007.

U.S. forward Troy Terry scores the game-winning goal against Russia in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship semifinal in Montreal on Wednesday.

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U.S. Defeats Canada To Win Hockey World Junior Championship

Laura Wagner

The Americans bested the Canadians in a shootout. They won their semifinal match against Russia in a shootout as well, thanks to three goals from 19-year-old Troy Terry.

Souleymane Sylla (right) with his lawyer in Paris on Tuesday during the trial of the four British men accused of racist violence towards him in February 2015.

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French Court Convicts English Soccer Fans Of 'Racist Violence'

Laura Wagner

In February 2015, a group of Chelsea football club supporters were caught on video pushing a black man off a crowded Paris metro as fans shouted, "We're racist and that's the way we like it."

French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105, reacts after setting a record for distance cycled in one hour, at the velodrome of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, outside Paris on Wednesday.

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105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles In An Hour En Route To A World Record

Laura Wagner

"I am not here to be champion. I am here to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike," Frenchman Robert Marchand said.

Police officers patrol outside the walls of the North Cotabato District Jail in the Philippines after a mass escape early Wednesday.

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More Than 150 Inmates Escape After Attack On Jail In Philippines

Laura Wagner

Authorities suspect that the attackers, who the BBC reports were armed with rocket propelled grenades and sniper rifles, might be linked to Islamist separatist groups.

Some of the thousands of illegal firearms Chicago police confiscated in 2014.

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Gun Violence Should Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis, Study Says

Laura Wagner

The U.S. "has the highest rate of gun-related deaths among industrialized countries, with more than 30,000 fatalities annually," the study says. Yet funding for gun violence research is limited.

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving the network for NBC News, where she will host two new shows along with participating in breaking and political news coverage. She's shown here on Jan. 28, 2016, before the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Megyn Kelly Is Leaving Fox News To Join NBC News

Laura Wagner

Kelly's decision to move to NBC, a network that President-elect Donald Trump and some conservative pundits have branded as "liberal," isn't a complete surprise.