South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index dropped more than 5% on Tuesday on a sell-off of chip shares and Asian shares mostly declined after U.S. stocks ended mixed. U.S. futures were also mixed and oil prices fell as escalating tensions in the Middle East continued. The Kospi index was down 5.5% to...
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For Wayne Jones, discussing the horrific supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., in which a white supremacist killed 10 people, including his mother Celestine Chaney, has taken over much of his life these past four years. He can numbly list talking points for media and gun violenc...
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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday again blamed Saudi Arabia for multiple airstrikes overnight that targeted areas along Yemen's northern border with the kingdom and its western coastline. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to the claim, but the strikes came hours...
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Drones struck two ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Tuesday, sinking one and prompting emergency rescue operations, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. Rescuers evacuated all 15 crew members from one ship, the Maltese-flagged Chelsea 3, with five receiving treatment for minor i...
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For six innings, the Tampa Bay Rays were in complete control again. Then they unraveled in a hurry. Drew Rasmussen squandered a two-run lead on the mound, Tampa Bay's bullpen let the game get away and the Rays stumbled to a 7-3 loss against the Cleveland Guardians in their Americ...
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Episode: 3418 Martin Luther King Jr., Tom Mboya, and their joint legacy. Today, two talks.
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Pope Leo XIV was expected to be admitted to a Rome hospital Tuesday for the removal of a lung nodule , an operation that experts say will determine whether the lesion is malignant and if other treatment is needed. Leo has offered a rare level of transparency about the first publi...
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Standing on a high bank of the Rio Grande, Army Lt. Col. Ray Richards points to a stretch of river that was, until recently, one of the busiest spots for illegal border crossings from Mexico. But on a recent afternoon, the area is quiet. American soldiers gather at a border monit...
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Actress Selma Blair was arrested Sunday following an alleged altercation with flight attendants aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City....
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It’s a long way from Washington, has a small population and hasn't backed a Democrat for Senate in nearly 20 years. Yet President Donald Trump on Tuesday will devote a big chunk of his dwindling time ahead of crucial midterm elections to head all the way to Alaska — attempting to...
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A passenger train derailed in central Pakistan early Tuesday, killing five people and injuring 35 others, police and a Pakistan Railways spokesman said. The train was traveling from the southern port city of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar when it derailed in Sher Sh...
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This is not an article about politics, capital punishment or whether the Fort Hood shooter deserves to be executed in public for his crimes. Instead, it's focused on the unprecedented parental challenge of handling the near-certain prospect that children will hear of or see foota...
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The House speaker stood before Donald Trump during his first term at the White House and pointed a finger declaring that with this president, “All roads lead to Putin.” The stark assessment years ago from Nancy Pelosi echoed anew after Trump’s surprise announcement last week that...
