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Zimbabwean forces round up opposition leaders in secret crackdown
CNN - 7 Aug 2018 17:00
The six masked gunmen arrived in an unmarked pickup truck at a modest house in Highfield West, a suburb in Zimbabwe's capital Harare.
A Suspected Double-Murderer Died While Jumping Out of a Freezer and Trying to Attack New York Restaurant Staff
Time - 7 Aug 2018 04:45
Carlton Henderson screamed "Away from me, Satan!" as he rushed out of the walk-in freezer at Sarabeth's
Massive wildfire becomes largest in California history
Reuters - 7 Aug 2018 05:22
The Mendocino Complex became the largest wildfire in Californian history on Monday as it raged at the southern tip of the Mendocino National Forest where crews battled to keep flames from descending into foothill communi...
Donald Trump's border wall could cost much more than estimated, new report says
USA Today - 7 Aug 2018 05:18
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says plans for new barriers on the border do not take into account key factors that add to the price.
Pig farmer questioned over missing student reportedly refuses to take polygraph test
New York Post - 7 Aug 2018 05:11
The Iowa pig farmer who was being grilled by cops about the disappearance of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts was asked to take a polygraph exam on Monday, but he reportedly refused. “I don’t need to,” s...
Indonesia Has Returned a $250 Million Yacht Allegedly Bought With Stolen Malaysian State Funds
Time - 7 Aug 2018 04:17
U.S. investigators say the $250 million yacht was bought with stolen funds
'Burn. Kill. Destroy.' Parkland Shooting Suspect Nikolas Cruz Blamed a 'Demon' for Violence
Time - 7 Aug 2018 03:52
"Burn. Kill. Destroy," he claimed a voice inside his head told him
Millions of Americans Can't Afford a Checking Account. The Post Office Could Fix That
Time - 7 Aug 2018 17:04
Leonard Edwards, 57, doesn’t have a checking account. He can’t afford one. Once a month, the Social Security Administration adds money to his Direct Express Card. Though it looks like a typical debit card, he isn’t...
Largest wildfire in California history to burn for rest of August
Reuters - 7 Aug 2018 16:48
California's biggest wildfire on record was expected to burn for the rest of the month, fire officials said on Tuesday, as hot and windy conditions challenged thousands of fire crews battling eight major blazes burning o...
Thousands Homeless After Two Deadly Earthquakes Struck an Indonesian Island
Time - 7 Aug 2018 04:04
Damage was "massive" in mountainous northern Lombok, rescuers said
Trump Jr. downplays 'bait and switch' Trump Tower meeting
CNN - 7 Aug 2018 03:50
The President's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. downplayed Monday a 2016 meeting between top campaign aides to his father and a Russian lawyer, saying the highly scrutinized engagement "ended up being about essentially nothi...
Teen charged with killing parents searched 'scary movies where kids kill parents': cops
New York Post - 7 Aug 2018 02:40
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 15-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, girl who was charged Monday with killing her parents searched for “Scary movies where kids kill parents” before the shootings in April, according to court docu...
A 911 call resulted in an awesome birthday party for little boy
USA Today - 7 Aug 2018 16:58
Five-year-old Zachary called New Zealand's emergency line to invite the police to his birthday party. What he didn't expect was them to actually come.
Californians Puzzled by Trump's Failure to Blame Wildfires on Hillary
The New Yorker - 7 Aug 2018 16:52
Andy Borowitz jokes that Americans are surprised that Donald Trump has not accused his former opponent Hillary Clinton of starting the fires.
China tests hypersonic aircraft that can carry nukes, evade missile defense systems, officials say
Fox News - 7 Aug 2018 16:47
As trade tensions between the U.S. and China continue to escalate, Chinese officials announced Friday the country tested its first hypersonic flight vehicle capable of carrying nuclear weapons -- and allegedly able to pe...
Veteran South Indian politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi dies
Miami Herald - 7 Aug 2018 16:45
Muthuvel Karunanidhi, a highly popular scriptwriter-turned-politician in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has died after a prolonged illness. He was 94. Kauvery Hospital said Karunanidhi died Tuesday after …
Indian political icon Karunanidhi dies at 94
CNN - 7 Aug 2018 16:44
Muthuvel Karunanidhi, one of India's longest serving politicians, died Tuesday at the age of 94.
Trump seeks out business leaders as midterm election looms
Reuters - 7 Aug 2018 16:39
U.S. President Donald Trump will dine with some of corporate America's top business leaders at his private club on Tuesday, seeking their thoughts on the nation's economy as voters begin heading to the polls ahead of Nov...
Rosie O'Donnell tells CNN's Chris Cuomo she believes Trump 'is loathed in America'
The Week - 7 Aug 2018 05:09
Rosie O'Donnell is certain that on November 6, Americans will "show up in a huge way" in order to send a message to President Trump. "People have just really have had enough of a president who separates families and puts...
TSA isn't dropping security screening at small airports
CBSNews - 7 Aug 2018 05:02
Late last week, a report that the Transportation Security Administration was looking into ending security screening at smaller airports caused outrage and alarm
Bangladesh: Stop Attacks on Student Protesters, Critics
Human Rights Watch - 7 Aug 2018 05:00
Expand Activist and photographer Shahidul Alam arrives surrounded by policemen for an appearance in a court, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 6, 2018. © 2018 MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images (New York) - Instead of prosecu...
Judge orders Brazil to close border to Venezuelan immigrants
Fox News - 7 Aug 2018 04:00
A Brazilian federal judge has ordered the border with Venezuela to be closed to migrants fleeing that country's economic meltdown, though the frontier has remained open while the government appeals the decision.