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Gunfights on Monday shook a Mexican border city plagued by drug cartel-related violence, forcing the suspension of flights at the local airport, authorities said. The violence in Nuevo Laredo, just south of Texas, followed the arrest of an alleged local cartel leader, Ricardo Gonzalez, alias “El Ricky.” The U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo issued a […]
Russia fined TikTok for not removing prohibited content. The results of a presidential election in Romania were thrown out over concerns the app had been used to spread foreign influence. Albania banned TikTok for a year following the stabbing death of a teenager by another one after the two quarreled online. “Either TikTok protects the […]
Democrats held onto their narrow majorities in Virginia’s legislature as they won two of three special elections on Tuesday in the first ballot box showdowns of 2025. The closely-watched contests were seen by the political world as the first gauge of the mood of voters since President-elect Trump’s convincing victory in November, in elections that […]
California’s Park Fire grows 7 times larger in hours as Oregon battles country’s biggest active fire CNN Source link
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Tuesday, June 18, 2024Company I of the 36th Colored Regiment of the Union Army, which served at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm in 1864 during the American Civil War. | Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, the United States will celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday marking the anniversary of when Union Major […]
When Charles Q. Brown Jr. took command of U.S. air forces in the Middle East, the campaign against the Islamic State was moving slowly. It was 2015, and millions of people remained trapped in the militant group’s brutal grip as U.S. and partner forces struggled to chip away at its vast pseudo-state.
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military intensified its attacks on northern Gaza on Monday, battling a regrouped Hamas in areas it said it had cleared and renewing questions over Israeli strategy in the war as the United States issued some of its harshest public criticism yet.
NEW YORK − More colleges on Friday joined in the coast-to-coast protest fray over Israel’s war in Gaza, with some university leaders cracking down on demonstrations with armed police while civil rights groups armed students with legal advice . . .
By Phil McCausland BBC News 28 February 2024 Updated 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Fire engine drives through raging Texas wildfire A rapidly spreading Texas wildfire has killed one person, forced residents to evacuate, cut off power to homes and businesses, and […]
By Ido Vock and Max Matza BBC News 5 February 2024 Updated 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Flooded streets, downed trees and snow as storms batter California California authorities are conducting rescue operations after a deadly winter storm caused landslides and flooding.
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