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Pediatrician charged with sexually abusing dozens of children, including a 2-week-old infant
USA Today - 1 Aug 2018 04:49
Dr. Johnnie Barto, 70, was first charged this spring with abusing a 12-year-old patient. On Monday, Pennsylvania's Attorney General announced charges connected with 29 more child victims. The victims were both male and f...
Zimbabwe Grows Anxious as Election Results Are Delayed
Time - 1 Aug 2018 04:18
Voters hope the election will lift them out of economic and political stagnation
Six people missing in Northern California wildfire, 14 found safe
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 03:59
Assisted by calmer winds at their backs, firefighters in northern California on Tuesday stepped up a drive to surround a deadly blaze raging for more than a week around the city of Redding, as 14 people listed as missing...
Donald Trump tells Attorney General Sessions to shut down the Mueller probe, calls investigation "terrible" and a "stain"
USA Today - 1 Aug 2018 16:57A Lawyer Changed the Course of the Watergate Investigation. Michael Cohen Could Play a Parallel Role
Time - 1 Aug 2018 16:53
A tale of two lawyers
Trump says only one person in history acted more presidential: 'Abe Lincoln with the big hat'
The Week - 1 Aug 2018 04:59
President Trump went to Tampa on Tuesday to hold a rally for "two unbelievable people" running for office in Florida, but spent a fair amount of time musing on the presidents that came before him. Trump said he likes to ...
At Florida Rally, Trump Brags About Economy and Takes Aim at Usual Targets
The New York Times - 1 Aug 2018 04:22
The president called himself "the most popular person in the history of the Republican Party" -- a debunked claim -- and took shots at his usual list of piñatas, boogeymen and political targets.
Zimbabwe soldiers clash with opposition supporters as ruling party wins majority
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 16:59
Automatic gunfire crackled in the streets of Zimbabwe's capital on Wednesday as soldiers stepped in to disperse protesters who clashed with police after the main opposition leader accused the ruling party of trying to ri...
Extreme heat waves will kill more people by 2080, study suggests
USA Today - 1 Aug 2018 16:56
A new study from Monash University in Australia claims deaths from extreme heatwaves will increase dramatically by 2080 if people are unable to adapt as temperatures rise around the world due to global warming. �...
Lawyer rips duck boats as 'sinking coffins' after Missouri tragedy
New York Post - 1 Aug 2018 16:33
Two lawsuits have been filed in the tragic duck boat accident in Missouri that left 17 sightseers dead - including nine members of the same family - as an attorney ripped the tourist attractions as "sinking coffins." The...
Aeromexico Plane Crash Was Caused by a Gust of Wind, Mexican Governor Says
Time - 1 Aug 2018 04:45
A Mexican governor says a gust of wind hit an Aeromexico jetliner after it took off, causing the plane to hit the ground with its left wing
Trump: Farmers hit by tariffs 'can take it'
The Week - 1 Aug 2018 04:09
In Tampa Tuesday evening, President Trump spoke on behalf of the American farmers, declaring that they can handle getting hit by tariffs. Earlier this month, the U.S. imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion worth of Ch...
U.S. factory activity slows; private payrolls increase
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 17:07
U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in July amid signs that a robust economy and import tariffs were putting pressure on the supply chain, which could hurt production in the long term.
Thieves steal crown jewels, make getaway in a speedboat
USA Today - 1 Aug 2018 16:47
Thieves got away with stealing the Swedish crown jewels from a church! Buzz60's Keri Lumm reports.
Georgia raps Russia at start of U.S.-led war games
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 16:47
Georgia's president denounced Russia on Wednesday for illegally occupying part of the country as it began two weeks of military exercises with the United States and several other NATO members.
US Embassy in London auctioning off 1200 rolls of toilet paper, 'usable' Volvo
Fox News - 1 Aug 2018 16:43
Cameras that may not work, 11-year-old cars and hundreds of rolls of toilet paper -- just some of the items you can bid on during the U.S. Embassy in London's moving sale.
Thieves in Sweden Steal Royal Treasures and Escape by Speedboat
The New York Times - 1 Aug 2018 18:46
Two crowns and an orb made for the funerals of Charles IX and his wife in the 17th century were plundered from a cathedral near Stockholm at around midday.
Facebook, Twitter, Google executives to testify in Senate September 5
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 16:26
Senior executives of Facebook Inc , Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google will testify to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Sept. 5, Senator Mark Warner, the committee's Democratic vice chairman, said on Wednesda...
One person shot dead by Zimbabwean army in Harare: witnesses
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 16:23
One person was shot dead by Zimbabwean soldiers near a bus rank in central Harare on Wednesday after troops were deployed to quell protests over this week's presidential election, witnesses told a Reuters photographer.
Missing college student planned to attend destination wedding
New York Post - 1 Aug 2018 16:21
The Iowa college student who vanished from her rural hometown two weeks ago had plans to attend a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic this week, the groom said. Mollie Tibbetts and her boyfriend Dalton Jack wer...
Trump to propose 25-percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese imports: source
Reuters - 1 Aug 2018 04:54
The Trump administration plans to propose slapping a 25-percent tariff on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods after initially setting them at 10 percent, in a bid to pressure Beijing into making trade concessions, a s...
Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as a dream, without value
Eyewitness News - 1 Aug 2018 04:51
In May, Trump pulled the United States out of the multilateral deal concluded before he took office, denouncing it as one-sided in Iran's favour.