Category: news
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North Korea leader Kim threatens nuclear response if sovereignty breached
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would not hesitate to use all available offensive forces including nuclear weapons if the enemy attempted to use force to encroach on its sovereignty, state news agency KCNA reported Friday. Kim criticized South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for threatening to end the North…
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Britain cedes disputed islands to Mauritius, securing key U.S. military base
Britain said Thursday that it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base, and which could also pave the way for people displaced decades ago to return home. President Joe Biden welcomed the deal, saying it would secure the effective operation…
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Tim Walz makes direct appeal to conflicted Muslim voters
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz addressed a Democratic Muslim voter group Thursday night as the Harris campaign works to engage a group of voters who threaten to defect in large numbers over the Biden administration’s handling of the deteriorating situation in the Middle East. The virtual event, organized by Emgage Action, which endorsed Harris last…
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Hair and makeup artist accuses Garth Brooks of sexual assault and battery in lawsuit
A new lawsuit filed in California state court alleges country star Garth Brooks sexually assaulted and battered a hair and makeup artist working for him. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by a “Jane Roe,” alleges the incidents happened over the course of several years while Roe was working for Brooks, who has denied the accusations. In…
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Former Singapore minister is jailed for a year for receiving gifts in landmark case
SINGAPORE — A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of a former cabinet member in a city-state famous for its clean governance. S. Iswaran, who was a cabinet member for 13 years and…
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Woman’s husband was standing on the porch when their house floated away
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn.— Vicki Hunter couldn’t make sense of the giant trees rushing toward the front porch of her one-story home. She watched them, stunned, as floodwater raged across her pasture and began to inundate the property. She yelled to her husband, Jerry, to get dressed in case they needed to evacuate. By the time he…
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Woman gets 40 years for giving husband lethal dose of tranquilizer in attack captured on dash cam
An Ohio woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week for injecting her estranged husband with an animal tranquilizer — and then burying his body — during an attack that was partially captured on a vehicle dash camera. Amanda Hovanec, 37, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, pleaded guilty to multiple charges that included distributing a…
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Armed man breaks into home of rabbi hosting dinner for Jewish University of Michigan students
An armed man broke into the home of a rabbi in Southfield, Michigan, on Wednesday evening during a holiday dinner with Jewish students from the University of Michigan, police and university officials said. The dinner took place at the start of Rosh Hashanah, they added, and no one was injured. “The preliminary investigation indicates this…
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Do we still need fluoride in drinking water? The benefits may be waning, study suggests
The widespread use of toothpaste and mouthwashes with added fluoride in recent decades appears to have diminished the known public health benefits of water fluoridation, a new study suggests. But it would be a mistake for municipalities to interpret the findings as a reason to pull back on adding the cavity-fighting mineral to their water…