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Remains of supermarket employee missing for 10 years found behind cooler
New York Post - 22 Jul 2019 22:13
Human remains found behind a cooler at an Iowa supermarket earlier this year were identified on Monday as an employee who went missing 10 years ago. Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, 25, worked at the No Frills Supermarket in C...
New President's Party Wins Big in Ukraine
Wall Street Journal - 22 Jul 2019 04:55
Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for the party of their former-comedian president in parliamentary elections, cementing the political newcomer's power at a critical juncture for the country's relations with Russia and the...
Tainted alcohol kills at least 19, officials say
ABC News - 22 Jul 2019 04:34
The victims consumed the tainted alcohol in various cities across the county.
8 injured after lightning strike at beach
ABC News - 22 Jul 2019 03:31
Beachgoers were injured after lightning struck in Florida on Sunday afternoon.
Even most Democrats don't support decriminalizing border crossings, poll finds
The Week - 22 Jul 2019 22:37
Decriminalizing unauthorized border crossing is not a particularly popular idea among Americans, a new NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll suggests. In total, 66 percent of those surveyed think it's a bad idea, compared to jus...
Boris Johnson's First Challenge Won't Be Brexit. It Will Be Iran.
Slate - 22 Jul 2019 18:51
This is quite a week to become prime minister.
Violence escalates between Hong Kong police and protesters
CBSNews - 22 Jul 2019 04:28
The firing of tear gas was the latest confrontation between police and protesters who have taken to the streets for almost two months to fight a proposed extradition bill and call for electoral reforms in the Chinese ter...
Dead body identified 20 years later through daughter's DNA
New York Post - 22 Jul 2019 03:59
Authorities in Indiana were able to identify a dead body found 20 years ago with the help of DNA technology and are hoping to solve the murder case. The woman -- Tina L. Cabanaw of Detroit -- was IDed by the Steuben Coun...
Following leak of crude text messages, Puerto Rico's embattled governor won't seek re-election
The Week - 22 Jul 2019 03:52
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló will not seek re-election in November 2020, he revealed on Sunday, and while he is stepping down as president of the New Progressive Party, he has no plans to resign as governor. Earlie...
The Top Cop in 1802 Has a Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandson in the N.Y.P.D.
The New York Times - 22 Jul 2019 16:59
Jacob Hays was high constable. His descendant, Benjamin Singleton, crunches crime statistics at Police Headquarters.
Fans are flipping out over Tom Cruise's jacket in new 'Top Gun' trailer
New York Post - 22 Jul 2019 16:56
He may feel the need ... to appease China. In the Paramount Pictures trailer for "Top Gun: Maverick," the sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, Tom Cruise's character is seen wearing his iconic bomber jacket - with two key cha...
Fox News' Chris Wallace isn't buying the spin about Trump's attacks on the 'squad'
The Week - 22 Jul 2019 16:54
Fox News' Chris Wallace came out swinging on Sunday with some tough questions about President Trump's recent attacks on four Democratic congresswomen. Wallace on Fox News Sunday interviewed White House Senior Adviser Ste...
Man killed in freak accident on North Carolina beach, wife says
Boston - 22 Jul 2019 16:50
Shannon Dingle tweeted about Lee Dingle's death, saying "my partner, my love, and my home died today after a freak accident."
Trump to pay respects to late Justice John Paul Stevens
Boston - 22 Jul 2019 16:44
President Donald Trump is going to pay his respects to the late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Microsoft settles U.S. charges it violated anti-bribery law, accepts criminal fine: SEC
Reuters - 22 Jul 2019 16:36
Microsoft Corp agreed to pay more than $25 million, including an $8.75 million criminal fine imposed on its Microsoft Hungary unit, to settle U.S. charges it violated a federal anti-bribery law, the U.S. Securities and E...
Flight out of Nigeria airport delayed after lunatic climbs onto plane
New York Post - 22 Jul 2019 20:54
This stowaway wanted to fly on a wing and a prayer. The man ran on Friday onto a taxiway at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria, where he threw his carry-on luggage into one of the engines of a domestic Azman Air...
Baltimore's new deputy police commissioner gets mugged at gunpoint
New York Post - 22 Jul 2019 16:29
You’re not in Louisiana anymore. A new deputy police commissioner in Baltimore got a firsthand lesson in the city’s crime problems — getting robbed at gunpoint while out with his wife, according to reports. Deputy ...
Equifax to pay up to $700 million in U.S. data breach settlement
Reuters - 22 Jul 2019 15:25
Credit-reporting company Equifax Inc will pay up to $700 million to settle U.S. federal and state probes into a massive 2017 data breach of personal information, authorities said on Monday.
Israel prepares to demolish homes on Jerusalem outskirts, stoking Palestinian fears
Reuters - 22 Jul 2019 05:17
Israeli forces began preparations to demolish homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem under the cover of darkness on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism.
Japan's pro-constitution reform forces fall short of two-thirds upper house majority: NHK
Reuters - 22 Jul 2019 04:31
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a solid majority in an upper house election on Sunday but his coalition and allies fell short of a two-thirds majority needed to begin revising the pacifist constituti...
Triad gangster attack in Hong Kong after night of violent protests: lawmaker
Reuters - 22 Jul 2019 04:28
Hong Kong's opposition Democratic Party is investigating attacks by suspected triad gangsters on train passengers on Sunday, after a night of violence opened new fronts in the political crisis now deepening across the ci...
Contaminated alcohol has killed at least 19 people in Costa Rica since June
The Week - 22 Jul 2019 04:27
Authorities in Costa Rica are sounding the alarm about tainted alcohol. Since the beginning of June, at least 19 people -- 14 men and five women -- have died in the country after ingesting alcohol with toxic levels of me...