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Rebuilding quake-ravaged towns in Italy a daunting challenge
CBSNews - 27 Aug 2016 03:48
Italy has pledged $50M to help the region, but there are doubts the hardest hit towns will be able to fully recover
Pentagon Spent Billions Sending Weapons to Iraq, Afghanistan
Time - 27 Aug 2016 00:05
The Pentagon has spent billions of dollars since 2001 funneling roughly more than a million assault rifles, pistols, shotguns, and machine guns into Iraq and Afghanistan, helping to fuel lasting conflict there, according...
Man Arrested, Charged With Murder of 2 Miss. Nuns
ABC News - 27 Aug 2016 08:53
Rodney Earl Sanders has been charged
The Latest: Barrel bomb attack in Aleppo kills at least 15
Fox News - 27 Aug 2016 14:55
The Latest developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local): 3:45 p.m.
UN Security Council condemns latest North Korean missile tests
Fox News - 27 Aug 2016 07:00
North Korea on Saturday expressed anger at United Nations Security Council discussions over a statement denouncing the country's latest submarine-launched missile test.
10-year-old girl killed in gruesome murder
CNN - 27 Aug 2016 06:28
Candles, flowers and stuffed animals mark the memorial for a 10-year-old girl, who New Mexico police said was brutally murdered. Three people arrested in the case include her own mother.
3 top former Turkish diplomats jailed in failed coup attempt
Fox News - 27 Aug 2016 15:08
Turkey's state news agency says three former top Turkish diplomats have been jailed for their alleged involvement in the failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
High school girl attacks her teacher with a stun gun
New York Post - 27 Aug 2016 06:53
SEMMES, Ala. -- Authorities say a high school girl in south Alabama faces a felony assault charge after attacking a teacher with a stun gun. Mobile County sheriff’s officials say a video shows the girl trying to fight ...
New study pegs the number of TB cases in India at double the current estimates
OpEdNews - 27 Aug 2016 06:42
Based upon a new study that was published today in The Lancet.
Far-right anti-Islam activists protest atop Berlin monument
Miami Herald - 27 Aug 2016 14:27
Anti-Islam activists have staged an hour-long demonstration atop Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. …
4 soldiers wounded in attack in southeast Turkey
Miami Herald - 27 Aug 2016 14:46
Turkey's state-run news agency says four soldiers have been wounded in the country's southeast after an attack by Kurdish militants. …
'SOS' in sand leads to rescue of 2 people stranded on island
Miami Herald - 27 Aug 2016 07:32
The U.S. Coast Guard says two stranded mariners were rescued Friday after crews saw their "SOS" in the sand on an uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii News Now reports (://bit.ly/2c3bhOD.) …
Lawyer: New DNA testing will prove Steven Avery was framed
New York Post - 27 Aug 2016 08:54
MADISON, Wis. -- The attorney for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix series “Making a Murderer” filed a motion Friday seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence she believes will show he�...
Hillary, Trump too busy insulting each other to focus on Obama's weak economy
New York Post - 27 Aug 2016 06:09
It's not the economy, stupid -- but it should be. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are too busy trading barbs on hot-button topics like race and immigration to discuss the economy, which has slowed to a crawl under Presi...
Bangladesh police kill 3, including suspect in Dhaka attack
Miami Herald - 27 Aug 2016 07:56
Police in Bangladesh say they have killed three suspected militants, including an alleged masterminds of a major attack on a cafe last month that left 20 people dead. …
Italy aftershocks limit access to earthquake-damaged town
Fox News - 27 Aug 2016 07:00
Rescue workers acknowledged Friday they might not find any more survivors from Italy's earthquake as they confronted a new obstacle to their recovery work: a powerful aftershock that damaged two key access bridges to har...
17 workers killed in print works blaze
CNN - 27 Aug 2016 15:27
A blaze swept through a printing plant in Moscow Saturday, killing at least 17 Kyrgyz workers, Russian government officials said.
Italy Begins Burying Earthquake Dead: 'An Event Like This Weakens You'
Time - 27 Aug 2016 15:03
A state funeral was held for 35 of the 290 people killed in Wednesday's quake
Indian police arrest key Kashmiri separatist leader
Miami Herald - 27 Aug 2016 14:52
Police in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir said Saturday that they have arrested one of the key separatist leaders spearheading protests against Indian rule in the disputed region. …
University of Chicago Strikes Back Against Campus Political Correctness
The New York Times - 27 Aug 2016 03:10
A letter to incoming freshmen professed no support for "trigger warnings" or limits on what kinds of speech should be condoned on campus.
Memo From France: From Bikinis to Burkinis, Regulating What Women Wear
The New York Times - 27 Aug 2016 16:49
What is it about women's swimwear and general attire that over and over has impelled societies to legislate or regulate women's choices?
Kurdish-aligned group in north Syria says targeted by Turkish warplanes
Reuters - 27 Aug 2016 15:55
KARKAMIS, Turkey