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Israel approves Palestinian construction in West Bank
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal to build over 700 housing units for Palestinians in addition to 6,000 Israeli settlement housing units in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government advanced the proposal late on Tuesday, according to an Israeli official who spoke on condition of...
Iceland cuts teen drinking with curfews, youth centers
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The clock strikes 10 p.m. on a Friday night when the “Parent Patrol” enters a popular playground in suburban Reykjavik. The teens turn down the music and reach for their phones to check the time: It’s ticking into curfew. Every weekend, parents all over the Icelandic capital...
Supply ship blasts off for International Space Station
MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian spaceship carrying supplies for the International Space Station has launched from Russia’s space complex in Kazakhstan. The Progress 73 cargo ship blasted off atop a Soyuz rocket at 8:10 a.m. EST Wednesday. It is to dock with the ISS about 3½ hours later after two...
Seoul: North Korea launched 2 short-range ballistic missiles
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast Wednesday in defiance of U.N. resolutions, South Korea’s military said, less than a week after Pyongyang’s first weapons tests in more than two months. Observers say the launches were aimed at ramping up pressure on...
Kentucky miners block train tracks to protest bankrupt coal companyVideo
HARLAN, Ky. — Former Kentucky miners who say they haven’t been paid by bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel LLC were blocking train tracks Tuesday as part of a protest against the company. More than 20 miners and their families camped on tracks near Cumberland on Monday night to try to block...
Trump’s spy chief pick, John Ratcliffe, accused of fudging role in ‘Holy Land’ terrorism caseVideo
WASHINGTON — The Republican congressman picked by President Trump to be America’s next intelligence chief is grappling with reports that he embellished his role in a high-profile anti-terrorism case he’s cited as proof of his national security bona fides. At issue is the extent of Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe’s involvement...
ACLU: More than 900 children split at border since 2018 court order
SAN DIEGO — More than 900 children have been separated from their families at the border since a judge ordered that the practice be sharply curtailed, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday. One parent was separated for property damage valued at $5, the ACLU said. Six parents were separated...
Escaped calf killed behind Connecticut Home Depot sparks outrageVideo
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — The slaughter in a Home Depot parking lot of a calf that escaped a butcher shop and led employees on a chase has sparked outrage by animal lovers and elicited racist messages online. The calf broke out of the Saba Live Poultry store in Bloomfield, Connecticut, on...
10-year-old charged with assault after dodgeball game at school
It’s a game that we’ve likely all played before — dodgeball. But after one particular game outside of a Michigan elementary school, a 10-year-old player has been charged with aggravated assault, WXYZ in Detroit reports. The student’s mother, Cameishi Lindley, told WXYZ she was contacted by the Wayne County Juvenile...
Trump hails ‘righteous cause of American self-government’
JAMESTOWN, Va. — President Donald Trump marked the 400th anniversary of the rise of American democracy on Tuesday by celebrating “four incredible centuries of history, heritage and commitment to the righteous cause of American self-government.” His speech in historic Jamestown played out against a backdrop of tension over his recent...
Georgia, South Carolina commit $1.29M more to joint port
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia and South Carolina are committing an additional $1.29 million toward developing a port terminal on the Savannah River that would be jointly operated by the neighboring states. Port officials from each state approved the fiscal 2020 budget Tuesday. Most of the money will pay for a...
Border Patrol detains adults with no end – until lawyers sue
HOUSTON — In early June, twin brothers from Guatemala let their sister in California know they were about to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Then they vanished for almost a month. She couldn’t find them in online databases and the local Guatemalan consulate had no information. She feared they had been...
Gov. DeWine signs measure legalizing hemp cultivation in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill that allows for the cultivation of industrial hemp and legalizes the manufacture and sale of CBD products derived from the plant. Ohio’s leading farm group applauded the signing of the bill Tuesday by the Republican governor. The Ohio Farm...
Man tells police he found a baby while cleaning out his mom’s freezer
ST. LOUIS — Authorities are investigating after a man said he found the body of an infant in a freezer while cleaning out his mother’s St. Louis apartment after she died. Adam Smith told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he made the discovery when he opened a cardboard box Sunday...
Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed
INDIANAPOLIS — The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery in September more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents outside a Chicago theater. The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit July 3 sought by Dillinger’s...
South Africa says unemployment at highest level in a decade
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa says unemployment has reached its highest level in a decade at 29%. Second-quarter figures released Tuesday show the number of unemployed rose by 573,000 over the past year, with only 21,000 jobs created. It is the latest grim report for Africa’s most developed economy, which in...
2 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Walmart in Mississippi
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — A gunman described as a disgruntled Walmart employee fatally shot two co-workers and wounded a police officer before he was shot and arrested Tuesday morning at a Walmart store in northern Mississippi, authorities said. DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion said 39-year-old Martez Tarrell Abram shot a...
NH officer trying to rescue kitten finds a bobcat instead
STRATHAM, N.H. — A New Hampshire police officer says the kitten he was trying to pick up in a parking lot turned out to be a bobcat, which then jumped onto the roof of a Burger King. Stratham Officer Matt Callahan tells Seacoastonline.com he was on patrol Saturday and saw...
Trump claims black people love his comments about Baltimore
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is claiming a groundswell of African American support in response to his comments denigrating Rep. Elijah Cummings and his majority-black Baltimore district, despite polling showing consistently negative numbers. Speaking to reporters at he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump claimed the building had been...
Opponent of nation’s public lands is picked to oversee them
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has put a conservative advocate who argues for selling off the nation’s public lands in charge of the nation’s nearly 250 million public acres. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Monday signed an order making William Perry Pendley acting head of the Bureau of Land Management....
Experts: Event organizers should improve emergency plans
LOS ANGELES — Event organizers should review their emergency plans after the deadly shooting at a California food festival to see if they can make additional safety improvements as the peak of summer and fair season brings open-air environments that are notoriously difficult to secure, law enforcement experts said. The...
Presidents have made racist gestures throughout U.S. history
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for describing a majority-black congressional district as a “rat and rodent infested mess” and for tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen of color, it was not the first time a U.S. president attracted such attention. Throughout American history, presidents have uttered...
Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi arms sales
WASHINGTON — The Senate failed Monday in a bid to override a trio of vetoes issued by President Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Trump’s decision to sell the weapons in a...
6-year-old Pittsburgh-area boy drowns in pool at home in Outer Banks
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Police say a 6-year-old boy from the Pittsburgh area drowned in a swimming pool at a home in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Nags Head police Chief Phil Webster on Tuesday morning told the Tribune-Review the boy was from the 15202 zip code, which encompasses an area...
California festival gunman made social media posts before killingVideo
GILROY, Calif. — The gunman in the California festival shooting appears to have posted two photos on Instagram that day, including one minutes before he opened fire. Police say Santino William Legan killed three victims and wounded 12 others Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Legan’s since-deleted Instagram account says...
