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ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region. Authorities feared the death toll from Monday’s pre-dawn earthquake and aftershocks would keep
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By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region. Authorities
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a Southern California sheriff’s deputy and firing at another deputy last month was charged Monday with first degree murder, prosecutors said. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Darnell Calhoun was gunned down Jan. 13 near Lake Elsinore as the suspect fired at him from a pickup, authorities
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN Elián González, the Cuban boy whose custody battle stoked Cold War-era tensions, has been nominated to serve in the island’s National Assembly, the communist-party daily Granma said Monday. The newspaper referred to González, now 29, as “representing the most worthy of the Cuban youth.” González’s nomination all but secures his post
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By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Crews released toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding Monday and began burning it after warning residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line to leave immediately or face the possibility of death. Flames and
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Update 2/7/23 Almendarez has been located safe, police said. Update: Jessica Almendarez was located this morning. We would like to thank the community and the media for your assistance on sharing this information. #MBSheriff https://t.co/IBmp82UqlP— Morongo Basin (@morongobasinstn) February 7, 2023 Original Report: 2/6/23 The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. is asking for the community’s
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A cold case review using DNA evidence collected from the bodies of two Las Vegas women who were sexually attacked and strangled in the 1990s points to a man who died six years ago as their killer, police in Las Vegas said Monday. Eddie George Snowden
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at
Continue ReadingBy Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
Continue ReadingDalya Al Masri, CNN Saudi Arabia is unveiling a reconstruction of the face of an ancient Nabataean woman after several years of work by historians and archaeologists. The reconstruction, which is the first of its kind, is modeled on the remains of Hinat, a Nabataean woman who was discovered in 2015 in a 2,000-year-old tomb
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La ciudad de Palm Springs y San Miguel de Allende se convertirán oficialmente en ciudades hermanas.
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As millions of Californians continue to experience soaring gas utility bills, Governor Gavin Newsom is now urging the federal government to investigate the recent price spike. The increase is making a big impact on gas and electricity bills for local residents. “I’m extremely concerned about energy prices. Because I just don’t see how most people
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Harry Whittington, the man who former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while they were hunting quail on a Texas ranch 17 years ago, has died. He was 95. Family friend Karl Rove said Whittington died Saturday in Austin. Before Whittington was thrust into the national spotlight after the accidental
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Many governments have rushed to dispatch aid, personnel and equipment to help the rescue efforts in quake-stricken areas of Turkey and Syria. The European Union has mobilized search and rescue teams to help Turkey, and at least 13 member countries have offered assistance. The United States is coordinating immediate assistance to
Continue Reading By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A new report says nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd. The report released Monday by the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board also says many officers disciplined by the police department received
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is ending its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. Mayor Eric Adams says the vaccine mandate will end Friday. Adams said Monday that with more than 96% of city employees and more than 80% of city residents having received
Continue ReadingWESH, WALT DISNEY WORLD, CNN By Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis may soon get to pick the people who govern Disney’s Orlando-area theme parks, a move that would give the Republican leader new authority over the state’s largest employer and a recent political foe. Republican lawmakers on Monday unveiled a bill to turn over
Continue Reading LIMA, Peru (AP) — Landslides triggered by steady rains swept mud, water and rocks into several villages in southern Peru, killing at least 36 people, authorities said Monday. Wilson Gutierrez, a civil defense official in the Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel municipality in Camana province, told local radio RPP that 36 bodies had been recovered in a
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CNN, WCBS By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at
Continue Reading By Greg Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest passenger jet and a FedEx cargo plane came as close as 100 feet from colliding Saturday at the main airport in Texas’ capital, and it was a pilot — not air traffic controllers — who averted disaster, a top federal investigator says. Controllers at Austin’s international
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