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West Point cadet falls to death at popular cliff-diving spot
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 03:51
A West Point cadet fell to his death at a popular cliff-diving spot upstate, according to cops. The young man was “hanging onto a rock ledge” at Fawn’s Leap in the Green County town of Hunter when a portion of the ...
Police looking for 15-year-old boy swept away at Jersey Shore
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 03:12
A 15-year-old boy was swept away while swimming with his sister at the Jersey Shore on Sunday, police said. The siblings were wading in the water near the Newark Avenue jetty in Spring Lake about 2:45 p.m. when they appe...
Racist and Anti-Semitic Graffiti Shock a Beachfront Oasis
The New York Times - 2 Sep 2019 00:57
"Gas chamber" was scrawled on a door, and a swastika and racial slurs covered nearby walls at Silver Gull Beach Club in Queens.
36 arrested during Straight Pride protests due in court this week
Boston - 2 Sep 2019 14:30
Four officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries in connection with Saturday's demonstrations.
Comedian Kevin Hart injured in Malibu car crash
ABC News - 2 Sep 2019 00:00
Hart suffered a "major back injury" according to police documents.
Father of two killed in front of wife and kids in Texas mass shooting
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 05:17
A dad-of-two was identified on Sunday as one of the Texas mass shooting victims by his sister — who said he was killed in front of his wife and children as the family sat at a traffic light. Former math teacher Joseph ...
At Least 100 Killed in Saudi-Led Airstrikes in Yemen
Time - 2 Sep 2019 04:56
The attack was the deadliest so far this year by the Saudi-led coalition
Texas mass shooter threatened neighbor, shot animals from roof: report
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 04:54
A neighbor of the Odessa mass shooter says she reported him to police last month — after he threatened her with a rifle for leaving trash near his property — but cops couldn’t find his house on account of it having...
Hurricane Dorian: The latest forecast for Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas
ABC News - 2 Sep 2019 16:51
Dangerous Hurricane Dorian is barreling toward the Southeast U.S., where residents from Florida to the Carolinas are bracing for impact.
Protesters turn Hong Kong into a tinderbox. But the government holds the matches
CNN - 2 Sep 2019 05:04
The young protesters who have thronged Hong Kong's streets for three months warned the city's leaders from the beginning: "If we burn, you burn with us."
Four bodies found, dozens missing after boat sinks off Santa Cruz Island in California
USA Today - 2 Sep 2019 21:29Iran Acknowledges Space Center Blast, Days After Trump Shares Revealing Image
The New York Times - 2 Sep 2019 17:10
A government spokesman said that a technical failure had prompted the fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center.
Iran admits rocket exploded, saying test malfunctioned
CBSNews - 2 Sep 2019 16:58
This is the third failed rocket launch for Iran this year
Mom worried U.S. Navy vet will die in Iran after prison cancer surgery
CBSNews - 2 Sep 2019 16:44
"If they don't release him on appeal, he will die over there," Michael White's mother tells CBS News after learning her son "continues to have medical issues"
Election speculation mounts in Britain on eve of 'last chance' Brexit battle
Reuters - 2 Sep 2019 16:43
Prime Minister Boris Johnson summoned ministers to a meeting on Monday, stoking speculation he could call an election if parliament defeats the government over a Brexit plan opponents fear could push the United Kingdom i...
Horrified mom saw nanny hit infant son in real-time video: prosecutors
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 16:41
A nanny in Illinois hit a 7-month-old boy while putting him down in a crib - an assault the child’s horrified mom witnessed on a video baby-monitoring system as she was pumping breast milk at work and yelled at her to ...
Election speculation mounts after Boris Johnson calls Cabinet meeting
CNN - 2 Sep 2019 16:41
Speculation is mounting that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson could call an early election in an effort to thwart rebels within his own party who want to stop him taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal, a...
US envoy shares draft of deal with Taliban that could end war
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 16:33
The US envoy on Monday showed Afghanistan’s leaders the draft of an agreement between the US and the Taliban after proclaiming they were on the “threshold” of a deal to end America’s longest war. Zalmay Kha...
California boat fire: Some deaths, 34 missing, US media report
Al Jazeera English - 2 Sep 2019 16:29
Authorities say they were responding to reports of dozens 'in distress' after boat fire off Southern California coast.
Jeffrey Epstein's model-scouting pal has 'disappeared without a trace'
New York Post - 2 Sep 2019 16:17
The model agency boss accused of scouting young girls for pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein has disappeared like a “ghost,” as investigators scour the globe searching for him, a new report said. French authorities want t...
Scottish officials are hunting the remains of 18th-century 'witch'
CNN - 2 Sep 2019 16:08
More than 300 years after her death, officials in Scotland are appealing for the return of the remains of a local woman accused of witchcraft, so that she can be properly buried.
Dozens Missing Following Boat Fire in Southern California, Officials Say
The New York Times - 2 Sep 2019 15:57
Five people have been rescued near Santa Cruz Island and the United States Coast Guard is looking for 34 others, according to a spokesman for the Ventura Country Fire Department.