Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Court affirms sex abuse conviction of ex-friar who worked at a Catholic school in Mississippi

The Mississippi Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a former Franciscan friar in the sexual abuse of a student at a Catholic school

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Tuesday, 1 August 2023

The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the US-Mexico border mission

The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the U.S.-Mexico border that it had deployed in response to a surge in migrant crossings

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DeSantis-controlled Disney World district abolishes diversity, equity initiatives

The move echoes DeSantis' agenda which has championed curtailing such programs.

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Monday, 31 July 2023

4 separatist Bosnian Serb leaders are sanctioned by US Treasury for undermining a 1995 peace deal

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on four ranking Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless

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Native American tribes in Oklahoma will keep tobacco deals, as lawmakers override governor's veto

The Oklahoma House has voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto.

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Sunday, 30 July 2023

Idaho mom faces sentencing in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell faces up to life in prison without parole when she is expected to be sentenced Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival

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Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is valuable for medicine, but a declining bird needs them for food

The biomedical industry is adopting new standards to protect a primordial sea animal that is a linchpin of the production of vital medicines

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July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California

Parts of the U.S. are continuing to sizzle as July creeps toward setting a record for the hottest month ever recorded

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4 killed in fiery ATV rollover crash in central Washington

Four people are dead after the all-terrain vehicle they were in rolled over and burst into flames on a dirt road in central Washington’s Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

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Erratic winds challenge firefighters battling two major California blazes

A massive wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave National Preserve is spreading rapidly amid erratic winds

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Three killed when small plane hits hangar, catches fire at Southern California airport

Authorities say a pilot and two passengers were killed when a single-engine plane crashed into a hangar and burst into flames at a Southern California airport

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Saturday, 29 July 2023

Miami, Florida Keys getting additional area code of '645'

It looks like the singer Pitbull is going to have to add some digits to his ode to Miami’s area code, “305 Anthem.”

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India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the US

Hoping to stave off inflationary pressures on a diet staple, the Indian government is banning exports of non-Basmati white rice varieties

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