Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions wind upward over concerns about a return to all-out war. With days before Israel’s close elections in which Pri...
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EDINBURG — In years past, the march toward Election Day brought discord to Carlos Cancino’s home in Edinburg. “My wife and I used to get into big old arguments during the elections, because she doesn’t like Trump,” Cancino said. “And I was a Trump supporter. We used to literally ...
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In the moments leading up to the Republican-dominated State Board of Education finalizing a rewrite of social studies lessons this summer, Will Hickman proposed a minor change. A majority of board members had preliminarily approved a requirement that public school students learn ...
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A retired New York City detective was arrested and faces murder charges in the fatal shooting of a motorist on New York's iconic George Washington Bridge...
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The code vulnerability could allow attackers to take over servers, experts say.
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Subtropical Storm Josephine pushed north from the U.S. Northeast coast early Thursday, bringing some coastal flooding and possible gale-force winds to the Eastern Seaboard. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and was centered about 265 miles (425 kilometers)...
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Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Thursday killed one person and wounded 22, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes in Kyiv came hours after the Kremlin agreed to restart U.S.-brokered talks aimed at ending the war . The attac...
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Iran's state television reported that seven oil tankers were either struck by attacks or hit naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz overnight Thursday, possibly the largest single-day number of vessels damaged in the waterway since the Iran war started on Feb. 28. Here is the latest...
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Women plan street demonstrations in more than 20 Polish cities and towns Thursday to protest the lack of access to free and legal abortion . They're accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk's liberal government of failing to fulfill its promise to relax Poland's strict abortion laws, ...
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A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks, police said Thursday, days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. Nunchucks are a weapon used in martial arts consisting of two sticks or rods...
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Episode: 3424 Anne Brigman brings a wild new dimension to the early years of photography. Today, Anne Brigman's photographs.
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World shares and U.S. futures retreated on Thursday as oil prices jumped more than 2% following a report by Iran's state television that seven oil tankers caught fire and were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz. If the report is verified, it would be the largest number of vessels da...
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The bright lights of a new NBA season shone on Toyota Center Wednesday night, and the Houston Rockets responded with an explosive first half and never looked back in a 128-110 rout over the Dallas Mavericks. The superstars delivered as Kevin Durant, now in his 20th NBA season, po...
