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U.S. Fugitive Eric Conn, Guilty In $550 Million Fraud, Is Captured In Honduras
Eric Conn had been under house arrest when he cut off his ankle monitor and left it in a backpack along I-75 in Kentucky. He was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison.
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has just resigned
Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe abruptly resigned Tuesday, bringing a potentially peaceful end to a growing political crisis that had raised fears of a military crackdown or other violence. Mugabe’s resignation was announced by the speaker of the country’s parliament, Jacob Mudenda. The BBC reported that Mugabe, 93, released a letter saying he’d made the decision to avoid further unrest and pave the way for a smoother transition of power in the country he’d ruled singlehandedly since it gained its independence in 1980.
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David Cassidy, '70s teen heartthrob, dies at age 67
David Cassidy, who came to fame as a '70s teen heartthrob and lead singer on "The Partridge Family," has died, according to his publicist Jo-Ann Geffen. He was 67.
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Charles Manson, cult leader behind L.A. murders of Sharon Tate and others, dead at 83
Notorious cult leader Charles Manson, who had been imprisoned in California since being convicted of orchestrating the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others in the summer of 1969, has died at age 83.
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3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting that involved California elementary school
Multiple people were shot in an incident that began at a home and moved to a California elementary school on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia says Lebanon has declared war on it
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Lebanon had declared war against it because of attacks against the Kingdom by the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah. Saudi Gulf affairs minister Thamer al-Sabhan told Al-Arabiya TV that Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister on Saturday, had been told that acts of "aggression" by Hezbollah "were considered acts of a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia by Lebanon and by the Lebanese Party of the Devil."
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Huge explosion at Ukraine ammunition depot prompts mass evacuation
More than 30,000 people have been evacuated after a blaze ripped through an ammunition depot in central Ukraine in what Kiev authorities called an act of “sabotage.” The blaze at a military base near Kalynivka in the Vinnytsa region, about 110 mile southwest of Kiev, is the second massive explosion at a weapons storage site this year.
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Hurricanes Irma and Harvey will cost the United States $ 290 billion
The hurricanes that struck Texas and Florida will be the most expensive climatological disasters in US history. The damage caused by the two phenomena is equal to a point and a half of GDP and will damage the economic growth of the country
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Florida governor to residents: 'Leave now'
Hurricane Irma battered northern Cuba then made a turn for Florida, where it's expected to hammer the state with whistling winds, heavy rain and surging waves. Florida authorities went door-to-door warning residents of the massive hurricane, sending crowds jamming highways as they fled north.
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Irma's projected path shifts west; Florida more firmly in crosshairs
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday urged hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate before Hurricane Irma makes potential landfall — as forecast models on Thursday predicted the storm moving further west, more directly in the state's path. "If you live in any evacuation zones and you're still at home, leave!" Scott warned Floridians at a news conference Thursday. "Do not try to ride out this storm ... we can't save you once the storm hits."
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Missouri governor stays execution of Marcellus Williams after attorneys say DNA evidence exonerates him
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) on Tuesday stayed the scheduled execution of Marcellus Williams, just hours before the death-row inmate was set to be put to death for the 1998 killing of a former newspaper reporter. Williams’s looming lethal injection prompted scrutiny and a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court from his attorneys, who pointed to new DNA evidence in arguing that Missouri may have been on the verge of executing the wrong person.
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Newly discovered photo suggests Amelia Earhart survived crash-landing
A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands. The photo, found in a long-forgotten file in the National Archives, shows a woman who resembles Earhart and a man who appears to be her navigator, Fred Noonan, on a dock. The discovery is featured in a new History channel special, "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence," that airs Sunday.
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Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump’s travel ban to take effect and will consider case in fall
The action means that the administration may impose temporary bans on travelers from six majority-Muslim countries and on all refugees, with exceptions noted by the court.
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Iran shootings: Parliament and Khomeini shrine attacked
Armed men have opened fire at the Iranian parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the capital, Tehran, Iranian media report.
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Four dead, at least 20 injured in UK parliament 'terrorist' attack
Four people were killed and at least 20 injured in London on Wednesday after a car plowed into pedestrians and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to the British parliament in what police called a "marauding terrorist attack".
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Trump has not received an intelligence briefing since Flynn resigned
For the safety and security of the country, the White House press must hold Trump accountable for this dereliction.
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Starbucks vs Black Rifle Coffee. Who is right?
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California towns flee as dam spillway threatens to release 'wall of water'
A massive crevasse in a spillway at California's Oroville Dam spurred residents to flee the worst-case specter of a three-story wall of water rushing downstream.
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Evacuations ordered below Oroville Dam; failure of emergency spillway 'expected'
Residents of Oroville and nearby towns were ordered to immediately evacuate on Sunday afternoon after a “hazardous situation” developed involving an emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam.
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CIA director warns Trump to watch what he says, be careful on Russia
CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday offered a stern parting message for Donald Trump days before the Republican U.S. president-elect takes office, cautioning him against loosening sanctions on Russia and warning him to watch what he says.
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