Friday, April 19, 2024

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Photos: Laura Blasts Gulf Coast With Wind, Rain And Wall Of Seawater

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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Thursday as Laura roared ashore in Louisiana near the Tex...

Computer Pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven’s Dad, Dies At 103

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovating engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at 103. Spie...

Breslav Chasidim Detained In Ukraine Airports As Ukraine Shuts Borders To Pilgrims

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ODESSA (VINnews) — Ukraine has decided peremptorily to prevent the pilgrimage of Breslav chasidim to Uman by closing its borders until the end of September. A number of Breslav cha...

Fire At University Of Delaware Chabad Ruled Arson

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DELAWARE (JTA) - Arson was the cause of a fire at the Chabad center at the University of Delaware, the state’s fire marshal has ruled. Assistant State Fire Marshal Michael Chion...

Fed: Rates To Stay Ultra-Low Even After Inflation Picks Up

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve announced a significant change Thursday in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates near zero even after inflation has e...

Pompeo Ends Mideast Trip With Visit To Oman’s New Sultan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday visited Oman's new sultan, the last stop on a Mideast trip that sought to build on an American-br...

Defense Official: Arson Suspected As Cause Of Navy Ship Fire

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard and a U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned as a potential ...

Cities: Census Ending Early So Counting Is On Trump’s Watch

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau is ending the 2020 head count of every U.S. resident early by a month so that the process for calculating the number of people used for ...

Google’s Own Engineers Disturbed By Company’s Location-Tracking Tactics

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CALIFORNIA (AP) — Google's own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn't want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press ...

Suspect On FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List, On Run for 12 Years, Captured

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DALLAS (FBI PR) - Yaser Abdel Said, a capital murder suspect wanted in connection with the homicide of his two teenage daughters, Amina and Sarah, was taken into custody without in...

Feds: NYPD Ambush Suspect Had Interest In Islamic Extremism

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who ambushed a New York City police officer in June — stabbing him in the neck and stealing his gun to shoot other officers — had an interest in violent Islam...

DOJ Seeks Data On Care Home Deaths In 4 Democrat-Led States

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday sent letters to the governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states, seeking data on whether they violated federal l...

Authorities Name Officer Who They Say Shot Jacob Blake

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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin officer who shot a Black man, Jacob Blake seven times in the back has been identified as a seven-year veteran of the Kenosha Police Department, t...

EU Trade Chief Hogan Resigns Over COVID Rules Controversy

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top trade official, Phil Hogan, resigned late Wednesday after he became embroiled in a controversy over a recent trip home to Ireland and quest...

Video: New Lincoln Project Ad Accuses Jared Kushner Of Being Evil

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — A new ad by the Lincoln Project, a political action committee made up of Republican critics of President Donald Trump, calls White House adviser Jared Kushner ev...

Pompeo Has Closed-Door Meetings With Bahrain, UAE Leaders

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held closed-door meetings Wednesday with Bahrain's royal family and top officials in the United Arab Emirates...

Laura Strengthens Into ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Category 4

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DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable” and ca...

Suspect Arrested After 2 Are Killed At Kenosha Protest

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KENOSHA, Wis. - A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday in the killing of two people during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Bl...

Decades Later, Sharpton Still Insists: No Justice, No Peace

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton sat quietly in his office in late July, watching the final funeral service for Rep. John Lewis on a wall-mounted television. Instead of flyi...

Chief: Woman Was In Body Bag 2 Hours Before Found Alive

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit fire chief said Wednesday that he still can't explain why a 20-year-old woman declared dead at her home was discovered alive hours later...