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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:42:59 EDT
2 suspects arrested after deadly California 7-Eleven robberies
Two men were arrested Friday in connection with a series of robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven stores that left two people dead and three wounded. Police said the men are suspected in another k...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:04:57 EDT
Mexico says drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero captured; U.S. to seek extradition
In a major win for Mexican and U.S. law enforcement, the Mexican Navy said on Friday it had captured notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted for the murder and torture of a U.S. anti-narco...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:03:46 EDT
Russia replaces provocative head of its space agency, signs deal with NASA to share resources
The Kremlin says it has replaced the contentious head of its space agency, a man who had repeatedly threatened Russia would abandon the International Space Station if sanctions aren't lifted.  ...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:02:47 EDT
4-year-old killed in Russian missile attack mourned as Ukraine prepares offensive
A Ukrainian city far from the front line grieved on Friday for its dead, including a four-year-old girl with Down syndrome, a day after a Russian missile attack killed at least 23 people and wounded s...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:00:33 EDT
Ivana Trump's death was accidental, medical examiner says
Ivana Trump, former U.S. president Donald Trump's first wife who passed away on Thursday, died as a result of an accident after suffering blunt force trauma injuries to her torso, the New York City Of...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:17:00 EDT
What happened in Week 21 of Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Russian missiles struck cities in central and southwest Ukraine far from the front lines of the conflict and Ukraine said Canada’s decision to return turbines used in a pipeline to carry natural gas...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:15:44 EDT
Mixed feelings greet reopening of Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket after mass shooting
The reopening of the supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were shot and killed in May, has raised questions about how, when and whether to let the site of a mass atrocity return to being what...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:44:42 EDT
Tiger Woods gets emotional sendoff from St. Andrews at British Open
Tiger Woods removed his cap a few strides from Swilcan Bridge, knowing Friday might be the last time he crossed over in a British Open at St. Andrews. This is where the legends pause, pose and wave go...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:49:39 EDT
U.S. Congress panel probing Jan. 6 attack to hold primetime hearing next week
The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol announced on Friday that it will hold a hearing at 8 p.m. ET next Thursday.

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:52:01 EDT
Sri Lanka to begin process of choosing new president Saturday

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:39:24 EDT
U.K. issues 1st ever 'red' warning, bracing for record-setting heat as Europe swelters
Britain's Met Office issued its first ever "red" warning for exceptional heat, saying record temperatures expected early next week will put even healthy people at risk of serious illness and death. ...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:10:38 EDT
Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times by Ohio police, medical examiner finds
Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:16:06 EDT
Secret Service texts from day of Capitol riot were erased, U.S. government watchdog says
Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol even after an inspector general requested them as part of an investigation into the in...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:47:00 EDT
Biden bumps fists with Saudi crown prince, but confronts him over Khashoggi killing
U.S. President Joe Biden met Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the man he once pledged to shun for human rights violations, and shared a cordial fist bump as he tried to reset an imp...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Ukraine says with new offensive, it can reclaim territory lost to Russia — but is that realistic?
Ukraine has slowly and brutally been losing territory in the Donbas region to Russia. Now its leaders are signalling a new phase of the war where Kyiv finally takes the offensive. But does the embattl...

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:06:54 EDT
Lawyer says WNBA star Brittney Griner had doctor's letter for cannabis
A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner has presented a Russian court with a doctor's letter recommending she use cannabis to treat pain.

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:56:28 EDT
Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former U.S. president Donald Trump, dead at 73
Former model and businesswoman Ivana Trump has died at the age of 73. Her ex-husband, former U.S. president Donald Trump, announced her death on social media.

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 10:06:07 EDT
Russian missiles kill at least 23, injure more than 100 in central Ukrainian city
Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 23 people and wounded about more than 100 on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine's president alleged the attack deliber...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:59:59 EDT
Floods wash out roads, damage homes in southwest Virginia, but no lives lost
Authorities in Virginia say they have found all of the people who were unaccounted for in the hours that immediately followed a period of torrential rain and subsequent flooding in a remote corner of ...

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:42:00 EDT
Dramatic video shows rescue of baby elephant and mother
A video obtained by Reuters showed a harrowing but successful rescue operation after a one-year-old elephant calf and its mother got stuck in a drain hole in central Thailand.



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