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US launches fresh strikes on Iranian targets after drone attacks

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The U.S. conducted a fresh round of strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, as a weekend of tit-for-tat attacks led both sides to claim violations of the ceasefire underpinning peace talks.

The first American strikes on Friday came in response to Tehran’s strike on a container ship on Thursday, but Iran then hit another ship ...Read more

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Colorado weather: Tornado spotted in southeast plains amid severe storms

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DENVER — At least one tornado touched down in southeast Colorado on Friday night, capping off a week of severe thunderstorms, flooding, high winds and hail on the Front Range and Eastern Plains.

A storm chaser confirmed a “very brief” tornado near Fort Lyon in Bent County at 6:52 p.m.,said Eric Petersen, meteorologist with the National ...Read more

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Trump nominates Oklahoma lawman as ICE director

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President Donald Trump said he will nominate Lance Schroyer as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his first pick to hold the job permanently in his second term.

Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that Schroyer is a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine.

“He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, ...Read more

Flood warning continues across Kentucky as heavy rains continue Saturday

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Storms from Friday evening have left many Kentuckians without power as more rain fell Saturday.

As of Saturday afternoon nearly 10,000 homes and businesses were reported to be without power across the state. The leading counties with the highest number of customers in the dark have shifted throughout the day as Jefferson and Daviess counties ...Read more

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Man believed to be Michigan's last Montford Point Marine laid to rest in Detroit

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DETROIT — A man believed to be Michigan’s last original Montford Point Marine, Robert Armond Hassler, was buried Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery.

Hassler served in World War II as one of the first Black men to enter the United States Marine Corps.

Hassler died June 16 at age 101. He's survived by three children: Kevin, Ina and Lisa, six ...Read more

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Bombshell murder charge spotlights Zion National Park's deadliest trail

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LAS VEGAS — The roughly 1,500-foot elevation gain up to the summit of Angels Landing is enough to frighten even the most experienced hikers. It’s a long fall to the bottom.

Twenty years ago, New York-New York casino cocktail waitress Bernadette Vander Meer, 28, made it all the way to the highest peak with her husband before, according to ...Read more

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Hurricane center forecasts system could develop off Florida coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low pressure area to form along the western end of a frontal system early next week and threaten the southeastern United States. ...Read more

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Serbia's Vucic says he will resign soon to help party in vote

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Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic says he’ll quit his post within weeks to help his political party win early elections expected later this year, a move that would enable him to stay in power as prime minister if the party prevails in the ballot.

“I’ll be the president for just several weeks. Then I’ll resign,” Vucic said at a large ...Read more

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Trump nominates Oklahoma lawman as ICE director

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President Donald Trump said he will nominate Lance Schroyer as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his first pick to hold the job permanently in his second term.

Trump said in a social-media post on Saturday that Schroyer is a former Oklahoma state trooper and U.S. Marine.

“He is a PATRIOT with real operational experience, ...Read more

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US, Mexico open sterile fly plant to fight screwworm threat

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The U.S. and Mexico took a major step in the battle against New World screwworm, opening a facility to produce sterile flies that authorities believe is the best method for stopping the flesh-eating parasite from spreading through cattle herds.

The production facility in Metapa, near Mexico’s southern border, is expected to produce up to 100...Read more

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Former FDA cancer drug chief under consideration to return

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WASHINGTON — Richard Pazdur, an oncologist who spent 26 years at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before his abrupt exit in December, is under consideration to return to the agency, people familiar with the matter said.

Pazdur left the FDA just weeks after he was promoted to be the agency’s top drug regulator. The drug industry and its...Read more

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Hazardous waste removal at Garden Grove's GKN Aerospace starts Monday

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LOS ANGELES — Orange County officials will start removing chemicals this week from two storage tanks at a Garden Grove aerospace company that prompted thousands to evacuate their homes in late May.

Sometime between Monday and Thursday, workers are expected to start removing the neutralized methyl methacrylate, or MMA, from two of three tanks ...Read more

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Water from Boyle Heights warehouse fire carries foam into LA River, sparks testing

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LOS ANGELES — All the water unleashed onto the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights — some of it 480 gallons at a time by helicopter — had to end up somewhere.

That somewhere is the Los Angeles River.

Los Angeles Fire Department crews ripped through 50-foot walls filled with foam insulation to get to the building’s steel skeleton and its ...Read more

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Hurricane center forecasts system could develop off Florida coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low pressure area to form along the western end of a frontal system early next week and threaten the southeastern United States. ...Read more

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Before Venezuela earthquakes, engineers warned tall buildings could collapse atop soft soil

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CARACAS, Venezuela — For years, engineers analyzing Venezuela’s construction patterns have voiced a major concern: That the country’s precarious combination of soft ground soil and tall concrete structures — many lacking sufficient seismic reinforcement — could result in catastrophic destruction when a major earthquake struck.

That ...Read more

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2 new wildfires emerge in eastern Nevada as red flag warning continues

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LAS VEGAS — Two new wildfires have emerged in Lincoln County as firefighters continue to fight blazes in eastern Nevada.

The Dry Canyon fire and Parsnip Peak fire, near Spring Valley State Park in Pioche, were reported Friday, the Bureau of Land Management said in a Saturday release.

“Both incidents are burning in timber and brush under ...Read more

Want to help earthquake survivors in Venezuela? Here is where you can donate

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MIAMI — The South Florida community — home to the largest Venezuelan diaspora in the United States — is rallying to deliver humanitarian aid to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes devastated the country Wednesday evening.

The earthquakes, measuring at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 and occurring just 39 seconds apart, struck Venezuela’s ...Read more

Miami becomes crucial part of US effort to help quake-hit Venezuela

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As rescue crews continued clearing debris in earthquake-ravaged Venezuela and families desperately searched for missing loved ones, a massive relief operation was taking shape 1,300 miles away in South Florida, where Miami has emerged as a critical command center for the U.S. response.

Miami has become a central hub in the rapidly expanding ...Read more

Hurricane center forecasts system could develop off Florida coast

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began projecting a system could form in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida next week.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the forecast calls for a low pressure area to form along the western end of a frontal system early next week and threaten the southeastern United States. ...Read more

Venezuela quakes push fragile health system to the brink

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Earthquake victims are overwhelming healthcare centers in Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira and beyond, pushing an already fragile health system past its limits.

Two powerful 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck within a minute of each other on Wednesday evening, toppling buildings and severely damaging the country’s main international ...Read more