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8.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Fiji
CNN - 19 Aug 2018 04:13
A massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 200 miles off Fiji and almost the same distance from Tonga, according to the preliminary report from the US Geological Survey.
Man who 'confessed' to killing family demands DNA tests
New York Post - 19 Aug 2018 03:01
The Colorado man who cops say confessed to killing his wife and daughters is now mounting a vigorous defense -- including filing court papers demanding his legal team conduct its own DNA tests on the bodies of his murder...
Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic church
ABC News - 19 Aug 2018 04:27
Hundreds of people gathered in Buenos Aires to oppose the influence of religion.
Nearly 800,000 displaced in flooding in south India
New York Post - 19 Aug 2018 17:00
CHENGANNUR, India -- Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, officials said Sunday, as rescuers searched for people stranded i...
Sentence doubled for Israeli policeman who shot Palestinian
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 16:57
Israel's Supreme Court has doubled the sentence of a former border policeman who was convicted in the death of a stone-throwing Palestinian teenager in 2014. The court on Sunday upheld …
This Syrian province will likely suffer the last big battle of the civil war
The Week - 19 Aug 2018 16:53
Syria's Idlib province is expected to be the site of the final major battle of the seven-year Syrian civil war. The country's strongman President Bashar al-Assad has retaken most rebel-held territory across Syria, and Id...
Trump says WH lawyer McGahn isn't 'a John Dean type 'RAT"
ABC News - 19 Aug 2018 16:48
President Donald Trump is insisting that White House lawyer Don McGahn isn't "a John Dean type 'RAT.''
Sun rises, flags fall on opening night of swimming finals
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 16:42
Sun Yang thought he'd seen it all in his glittering swimming career. That was until Sunday's opening night of swimming finals at the Asian Games. In an embarrassing technical blunder …
Giuliani: 'Truth isn't truth'
New York Post - 19 Aug 2018 16:40
Rudy Giuliani declared “truth isn’t truth” on Sunday while expressing his concerns over having President Trump sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the probe into Russian meddlin...
Trump compares Mueller probe to McCarthyism
CNN - 19 Aug 2018 16:36
President Donald Trump on Sunday compared the special counsel investigation to McCarthyism, saying Robert Mueller made the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy "look like a baby."
Palestinians sort through 8 years of mail held by Israel
Fox News - 19 Aug 2018 16:32
Palestinian postal workers in the West Bank are sifting through eight years' worth of undelivered mail held by Israel.
1 killed in Ugandan riots over alleged torture of lawmakers
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 16:31
Ugandan police say one person has been killed in riots over the arrests of opposition lawmakers, including two who sustained injuries during detention. Five other protesters were injured Sunday as …
Trump to announce new, looser emissions rules for coal power plants
The Week - 19 Aug 2018 16:31
President Trump intends to announce this coming week new guidelines for emissions from coal power plants, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The proposal would reverse an Obama administration policy, the Clean Power ...
Sun celebrates Asian Games win, upset over flag malfunction
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 16:26
After waiting so long to win this title, Sun Yang really wanted to see his flag flying at the Asian Games. China's greatest swimmer finally won the 200-meter freestyle gold …
He flew to Dominican Republic for sex with minors. His victims have his name tattooed
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 16:25
Between sex trips to the Dominican Republic, Theodore Symonds used Facebook messages to request nude photos from the girls involved. He even got their names tattooed on him as they …
ICE says man taken while rushing pregnant wife to hospital is wanted for murder in Mexico
USA Today - 19 Aug 2018 16:16
Joel Arrona-Lara, detained by U.S. immigration officials while rushing his wife to a hospital, is wanted in Mexico on homicide charges, ICE says.
Sen. Warren: Corporations owe workers a seat at table
Boston - 19 Aug 2018 16:13
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing a bill she says is designed to pressure corporations to focus more on the interests of their workers and not just shareholders
French audit warns 840 bridges may face risk of collapse
New York Post - 19 Aug 2018 16:06
PARIS -- An audit commissioned by the French government says about 840 French bridges are suffering from serious damage and at risk of collapse in the coming several years. President Emmanuel Macron’s government had al...
Uganda arrests American man who attacked hotel staff
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 16:00
Ugandan police are holding an American man who in video footage is seen attacking a hotel worker with punches and racial insults. Jimmy L. Taylor was arrested on Thursday after …
UK woman rescued after falling from cruise ship in Croatia
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2018 15:58
Croatia's coast guard says a British woman has been saved after spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night after she fell from a cruise ship. The unidentified woman …
Abortion, race, gay rights, death penalty: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could make the difference
USA Today - 19 Aug 2018 15:39
If he wins confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh's impact could extend from abortion to the death penalty and from race to gay rights.
Turks' woes over currency crisis: 'It is a kind of Cold War'
Al Jazeera English - 19 Aug 2018 07:15
Turkish business owners rattled as devaluation of lira against US dollar affects sales.