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Thai coach trapped with soccer team apologizes to parents in letter
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 06:03
MAE SAI, Thailand -- The soccer coach trapped in a cave with 12 Thai boys has apologized to their parents in the first letter he and the team have sent out through divers. The 25-year-old coach says: “To the parents of...
Heat in Los Angeles breaks 26-year-old record
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 06:35
The National Weather Service says downtown Los Angeles hit 108 degrees, breaking the previous record of 94 that was set in 1992. Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley baked at 117 degrees on Friday, smashing a record...
Airman gets year in prison for raping 14 year-old runaway
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 06:34
DOVER, Del. -- An airman stationed at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base has pleaded guilty to raping and endangering a runaway 14-year-old girl. WDEL-FM reports 22-year-old Zepplin Ray Taylor-McGinness was sentenced Frid...
El Chapo's right-hand man extradited to US, may join ranks of infamous turncoats
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 05:44
A former right-hand man of accused Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was extradited Friday to the United States -- where he could, like infamous mob turncoat Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, turn rat agai...
Wildfires rage in California as blazes continue to spread
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 04:56
Scorching triple-digit heat and tinder-dry brush fueled multiple wildfires near San Diego on Friday - including blazes that crept dangerously close to Cleveland National Forest and a major Marine base. Flames from the so...
Former Thai Navy SEAL died wanting to 'bring the boys back home'
ABC News - 7 Jul 2018 04:47
Sergeant Major Saman Gunan died while volunteering in the operation to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand.
Presidential visits ground model airplanes for thousands of square miles
USA Today - 7 Jul 2018 16:358 dead, 50 reported missing as heavy floods hit Japan
Miami Herald - 7 Jul 2018 04:49
Japanese media say at least eight people have been killed and more than 50 are missing as torrents of rainfall and flooding continued to batter southwestern Japan. Kyoto prefecture, one …
Experts warn trade battle with China could last into 2019
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 04:44
Team Trump and China slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on $34 billion worth of US and Chinese imports on Friday, with Beijing accusing Washington of triggering the "largest-scale trade war" as the world's two biggest economies...
Trump allegedly gave world leaders his personal cell phone number
USA Today - 7 Jul 2018 16:34
Shortly after taking office, President Trump reportedly gave out his personal cell phone number to world leaders. Veuer's Nick Cardona has that story.
Egypt media head to justify gag order on hospital coverage
Miami Herald - 7 Jul 2018 16:33
Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the country's top media regulator to be summoned for questioning over his decision to issue a gag order on corruption allegations made against a children's cancer …
Deadly house explosion rocks New Jersey neighborhood
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 16:27
Two people died in a fiery house explosion Saturday in southern New Jersey, authorities said. Rescuers rushed to the scene in Gloucester County's Newfield, near Philadelphia, around 6:23 a.m. and discovered the destroyed...
First displaced Syrians along Jordan border return home
Al Jazeera English - 7 Jul 2018 16:26
Sources say a few families have began journey back after ceasefire deal reached between rebels and Russian negotiators.
From Fighting Injustice to Facing Death Row: The Bizarre Case of Pastor Glasgow
The New York Times - 7 Jul 2018 16:13
Mr. Glasgow is well known for speaking out against injustice in his small Alabama city. Now accused of murder, he is in need of a campaign on his behalf.
Deadly protests in Haiti against fuel prices increases
Al Jazeera English - 7 Jul 2018 15:58
In a country where a majority of workers receive less than two dollars a day, many are saying they cannot handle the increases which have driven petrol prices to nearly five dollars a litre.
Women face sex predator threat in Spain's running of the bulls
Al Jazeera English - 7 Jul 2018 15:52
After last year's 'Wolf Pack' attacks and their lenient sentencing, feminist groups are raising awareness during Pamplona's famous running of the bulls festival.
Hurricane Beryl less organized as it approaches the Caribbean islands
Miami Herald - 7 Jul 2018 15:48
Satellite imagery shows a less organized Hurricane Beryl as it gets closer to the Caribbean islands on Saturday, July 7, 2018. The latest tracking map shows Beryl approaching Puerto Rico and Haiti by Sunday night or earl...
North Korea Says Talks With Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Were 'Regrettable'
Time - 7 Jul 2018 15:44
North Korea also accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nukes
Woman admits to running school as front to help foreign athletes avoid ICE
New York Post - 7 Jul 2018 06:26
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to falsely enrolling foreign teens sought by basketball recruiters and coaches in her small private school. WSOC-TV reports that Evelyn Mack faces up to 10 yea...
Hurricane Beryl heads for late weekend entry into Caribbean
Fox News - 7 Jul 2018 06:03
A compact Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, was on a path early Saturday that would carry it over the Lesser Antilles at the end of the weekend and into the eastern Caribbean, bringing a new th...
Changes on US Supreme Court Heighten Importance of Ballot Initiative
Human Rights Watch - 7 Jul 2018 06:01
Expand Protesters for and against abortion rights huddle under umbrellas as they rally in groups outside while the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the abortion case National Institute of Family and Life Advoca...
'Super Polluting' Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt's Last Day
The New York Times - 7 Jul 2018 05:32
The Environmental Protection Agency will notify makers of glider trucks, which use engines that do not have modern emissions controls, that they won't be punished for increasing production.