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Recall alert: 1. 07 M Jeeps recalled, owners told to park outside, may catch fire
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (125+ words) Chrysler recalled more than a million Jeeps because the power steering wiring can catch fire. Owners are being told to park outside, away from structures, until repairs are made. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 1. 07 million Jeeps from the…...
Florida woman killed after alligator attack
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (126+ words) SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. " A 31-year-old woman died after she was attacked by an alligator while swimming in a Seminole County river. The woman, whose name has not been released, was swimming with friends in the Little Econ River on June…...
Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in Afghanistan and wound 160, officials say
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (770+ words) KABUL, Afghanistan " Pakistani forces' ground operations and strikes killed at least 36 civilians in Afghanistan overnight and wounded more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensions between the neighbors escalated. One Afghan official said the attacks would be met with…...
A Chinese dissident recounts his perilous dinghy escape to South Korea and how he got to Canada
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (924+ words) HONG KONG " A roughly 40-hour sea journey on a dinghy with a dying phone. Detention in South Korea. That's just part of what Chinese dissident Dong Guangping endured to escape his native country. He arrived late last week in Canada,…...
Child bitten by an alligator while fishing in Marion County
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (98+ words) MARION COUNTY, Fla. " A child was bitten by an alligator at Nelson Fish Camp near Umatilla on Saturday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. According to FWC, the gator bit the child's hand as they were fishing. The…...
The Latest: Trump says Iran wants a meeting. Tehran says nothing's scheduled
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (1764+ words) President Donald Trump says Iran requested a meeting that would happen Tuesday in Qatar, but Tehran says nothing's scheduled. Trump's social media post Monday comes as he tries to preserve an increasingly fragile interim deal as hostilities mount in the…...
Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide
23+ hour, 28+ min ago (569+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel " Israel's Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide. The step, which still needs approval in Parliament, reflects deteriorating ties between Israel…...
The Supreme Court nears the end of its term with momentous cases about Trump's power to be decided
14+ hour, 19+ min ago (466+ words) WASHINGTON " The Supreme Court is wrapping up a term that has focused on President Donald Trump's expansive claims of presidential power. Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will and remove a sitting…...
America split from monarchy 250 years ago. Trump's presidency is testing how far it's come
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1300+ words) The 250th anniversary of America's liberation from a king kicked off with a campaign-style rally on the National Mall by President Donald Trump, whose face already stares down from banners fluttering from federal buildings across the nation's capital. The images illustrate…...
The military is searching for a US Marine missing off the coast of California
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (238+ words) SAN DIEGO " Multiple agencies continued to search Sunday for a U. S. Marine who went missing during a training exercise off the coast of southern California, military officials said. Crews began searching for the Marine early Thursday morning, shortly after midnight, according…...