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Armed bandits interrupt a rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean off Libya, an aid group says

ROME (AP) — An aid group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean says one of its missions has been interrupted by armed bandits. SOS Mediterranee filmed the incident Tuesday off Libya. According to the video, volunteers were helping transfer the 93 passengers from the migrant boat onto their rescue vessel when two rubber dinghies approached.

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Se decomisan más de dos toneladas de fuegos artificiales ilegales

Se decomisan más de dos toneladas de fuegos artificiales ilegales, a lo que autoridades de Watsonville llaman, la “mayor redada de pirotécnica”

Sandra Iveth Santos WATSONVILLE, California (KMUV-TV) – La policía de Watsonville dijo que más de dos toneladas de fuegos artificiales ilegales fueron incautados en lo que la policía se refiere como la mayor redada de fuegos artificiales en la historia del departamento. La policía dijo que el caso comenzó cuando los oficiales recibieron información de

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Pennsylvania is getting a new license plate that features the Liberty Bell

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A new state license plate design refers to Pennsylvania’s critical role in establishing the United States’ independence from England and features the phrase “Let Freedom Ring.” The red, white, and blue plate design announced this week includes an image of Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell. The design already appears on eight signs that welcome

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Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they’re confident that Boeing’s space capsule can return them safely, despite a string of vexing breakdowns. NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Boeing’s new Starliner capsule early last month,

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Fact check: Trump falsely claims Biden has homes in four vacation destinations and ‘more homes than I do’

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Tuesday that President Joe Biden has more homes than Trump does and that Biden has homes in four expensive holiday destinations. At a campaign rally in Florida, Trump argued that Biden has spent excessive time on vacation during his presidency. “And mansions

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Belarusian authorities are depriving Nobel Peace Prize laureate of medicine in jail, his wife says

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The wife of an imprisoned Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate says that the Belarusian authorities are depriving her husband of medicine. The 61-year-old pro-democracy activist, Ales Bialiatski, is serving a 10-year prison sentence. His family says he suffers from a number of serious chronic illnesses that have worsened during

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