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Balloons, trampoline and Apples to Apples are finalists for the Toy Hall of Fame

The National Toy Hall of Fame is floating the idea of inducting balloons

Balloons, trampoline and Apples to Apples are finalists for the Toy Hall of Fame
Business|Economy|Finance|News|US

Alaska Airlines completes its acquisition of Hawaiian Air, which will remain a separate brand

Alaska Airlines is closing its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines

Alaska Airlines completes its acquisition of Hawaiian Air, which will remain a separate brand
Europe|Sports

McIlroy expresses concerns over Poulter's Ryder Cup captaincy hopes

Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain because they no longer have a connection with Europe’s emerging stars after defecting to LIV Golf

McIlroy expresses concerns over Poulter's Ryder Cup captaincy hopes
Crime|News|US

Man now faces murder charge for police pursuit crash that killed Missouri officer

A Missouri man is now facing a murder charge for the police chase that led to the death of an officer

Europe|News|Opinion|World

Teachers in Belarus are targeted for links with 'extremist' group, says rights group

A respected human rights organization in Belarus says dozens of teachers have been detained or interrogated by authorities as part of the country’s wide-ranging crackdown on dissent

Crime|News

Harassment case dismissed against Alabama transportation director

A judge has dismissed a harassment charge against state Transportation Director John Cooper

Americas|Crime|News|World

Unidentified gunmen kill high-ranking migration official in one of Haiti's biggest cities

A high-ranking official with Haiti’s National Office of Migration has been killed in the north coastal city of Cap-Haitien

Americas|Crime|News

Dominican and US officials crack down on regional drug trafficking ring

Officials from the U.S. and the Dominican Republic have arrested nearly a dozen suspects after they launched a joint operation to crack down on a regional drug trafficking ring

Crime|Education|MidEast|News|US|World

Prosecutors charge 10 with failing to disperse during California protest

Prosecutors in Southern California have charged 10 people with failing to disperse during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California, Irvine that led to a clash with police

Americas|Crime|News|World

Mexican president calls on ex-security secretary to show proof of alleged cartel ties

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is demanding that former secretary of public security Genaro García Luna, who was convicted on drug trafficking charges in the United States last year, present evidence to support his accusations that the president has links to drug trafficking

Mexican president calls on ex-security secretary to show proof of alleged cartel ties
Americas|Election|News|Opinion|Political

Venezuela’s opposition ex-candidate says he was forced to sign letter that effectively admits defeat

Venezuela’s former opposition candidate says he was coerced into signing a letter effectively recognizing his defeat in July’s presidential election

Venezuela’s opposition ex-candidate says he was forced to sign letter that effectively admits defeat
Business|Education|Health

Tulane's public health school secures major gift to expand

A longtime donor who has given more than $160 million to Tulane University is the new namesake of the university’s expanding school of public health

Tulane's public health school secures major gift to expand
Crime

Autopsy finds a California couple killed at a nudist ranch died from blows to their heads

An autopsy found a Southern California couple whose bodies were found under their neighbor’s home in a nudist ranch died from “blunt force trauma to the head."

Crime|News|Sports|US

No charges will be pursued in shooting that killed 2 after Detroit Lions game

No charges will be filed in the deaths of two men who were shot at a tailgating site after a Detroit Lions game

Crime|News|Technology|US

Hackers demand $6 million for files stolen from Seattle airport operator in cyberattack

Hackers are demanding $6 million in bitcoin from the operator of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they stole during a cyberattack last month

Hackers demand $6 million for files stolen from Seattle airport operator in cyberattack
News|Sports

Ohtani steals 49th base in Dodgers' 8-4 win over Marlins

Shohei Ohtani stole his 49th base and moved closer to becoming the first player in major league history with 50 homers and 50 steals in a season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 8-4

Ohtani steals 49th base in Dodgers' 8-4 win over Marlins
Americas|News|World

Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebel group after a deadly attack on the military

Colombia has suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, after blaming the rebel group for an attack that killed two soldiers and injured more than 20

Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebel group after a deadly attack on the military
Sports

Yankees clinch playoff berth by beating Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings

Following a one-year absence, the New York Yankees are back in the playoffs

Yankees clinch playoff berth by beating Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings
Sports

A flying bat and a baserunning mistake cost Mariners chance to make up ground in playoff race

With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new way to lose

A flying bat and a baserunning mistake cost Mariners chance to make up ground in playoff race
Europe|News

At least 1000 people evacuated as flooding hits northern Italy

About a thousand residents were evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna after it was hit by torrential rains and severe flooding overnight, local media reported Thursday

Asia|Crime|News

Malaysian police detain CEO and other leaders of Islamic group as probe into child sex abuse widens

Malaysian police on Thursday detained the CEO and other top leaders of an Islamic business group that is under investigation after hundreds of children believed to be sexually abused were rescued this month from welfare homes linked to the group

Crime|Europe|News|World

Spain arrests suspect in February speedboat crash that killed 2 police officers

Spanish authorities arrested a 32-year-old man for the death of two police officers in February when a speedboat suspected to belong to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft, Spain’s Civil Guard said Thursday

Crime|Europe|News|World

2 killed in restive New Caledonia during a French police operation

French media reports say two people have been killed in New Caledonia during a police intervention to apprehend activists, suspected of involvement in deadly unrest over attempts by Paris to amend the French constitution and change voting lists in the French Pacific territory

Europe|News

Denmark's Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, who abdicated earlier this year, has been admitted to a hospital after falling in her home

Denmark's Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized
Crime|News|US

Inmates stab correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison

A spokesperson says two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates and three others were injured at a Massachusetts maximum security prison

Inmates stab correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison

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