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Marxist Dissanayake leads early vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still short of the 50% needed for victory

12:08AM ( 5 months ago )

A Marxist lawmaker leads the vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race

12:08AM ( 5 months ago )

Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has claimed he has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election

12:08AM ( 5 months ago )

Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old guard

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the nation into economic ruin

12:08AM ( 5 months ago )

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

San Francisco's sidewalks once notorious for sprawling tents belonging to homeless people are largely clear

12:04AM ( 5 months ago )

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

San Francisco's sidewalks were once notorious for sprawling tents belonging to homeless people but are now largely clear

12:04AM ( 5 months ago )

Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist

A purported sighting of a rat wouldn’t get much attention in many places around the world

12:01AM ( 5 months ago )

Trial in daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph 3 years ago to begin in Memphis

The trial in the slaying of rapper Young Dolph is set to begin in Memphis, Tennessee

12:01AM ( 5 months ago )

A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections

The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Chicago in preparation for replacing the century-old lockup

12:01AM ( 5 months ago )

Jaxson Dart throws 4 TD passes as No. 5 Ole Miss routs Georgia Southern 52-13

Jaxson Dart threw two touchdown passes in the opening nine minutes and finished with four as No. 5 Mississippi routed Georgia Southern 52-13

11:43PM ( 5 months ago )