Today: October 10, 2024
Today: October 10, 2024

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Human remains found in search for Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with 4 crew aboard

The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States last week found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday. Retrieving the bodies of the four air crew and the black box flight data recorder have been the main priorities since an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crashed on July 28 during a nighttime operation in the Whitsunday Islands off the northeast Australian coast. An underwater drone spotted the human remains and part of the cockpit

Human remains found in search for Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with 4 crew aboard
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Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?

Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be upheld. But the pro-democracy movement lacks any clear message of opposition to Israel’s open-ended military rule over millions of Palestinians. This contradiction reflects a widely held belief among Jewish Israelis that the conflict with the Palestinians is both intractable and somehow separate from Israel’s internal strife. Critics of the protest movement, including Palestinians, say this is a significant blind spot and that such selective advocacy of democratic ideals shows how disconnected Israelis are from the harsh reality of those living

Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?
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Slade Cecconi's first strikeout a memorable one after replay review

Slade Cecconi’s first career strikeout might go down as one of the most unique in the majors. The ball wound up stuck high in catcher Jose Herrera’s inner thigh. Just more than a month past his 24th birthday, the Arizona right-hander threw a 3-2 fastball to Giants leadoff man LaMonte Wade Jr. in the first inning of the Diamondbacks’ 4-2 loss to San Francisco on Wednesday night. The ball grazed off the knob end of Wade’s bat and Herrera somehow pinned the ball in his leg without letting it hit the ground. “I basically threw one

Slade Cecconi's first strikeout a memorable one after replay review
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The US wants Kenya to lead a force in Haiti with 1,000 police. Watchdogs say they'll export abuse

As the U.S. government was considering Kenya to lead a multinational force in Haiti, it was also openly warning Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. It’s a challenging turn for a police force long accused by rights watchdogs of killings and torture, including gunning down civilians during Kenya’s COVID-19 curfew. One local group confirmed that officers fatally shot more than 30 people in July, all of them in Kenya’s poorest neighborhoods, during opposition-called protests over the rising cost of living. “We are

The US wants Kenya to lead a force in Haiti with 1,000 police. Watchdogs say they'll export abuse
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Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking

Singapore hanged a third prisoner in two weeks on Thursday for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to halt capital punishment for drug-related crimes. The Central Narcotics Bureau said Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff, a 39-year-old Singaporean, was executed at Singapore’s Changi Prison after being accorded due process under the law. He was sentenced to death for trafficking 54 grams (1.9 ounces) of heroin, an amount “sufficient to feed the addiction of about 640 abusers for a week,” it said in a statement. Transformative Justice Collective, an anti-death penalty advocate in Singapore, said Shalleh, an

Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking
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Progress made against massive California-Nevada wildfire but flames threaten iconic Joshua trees

Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the California desert into Nevada and is threatening the region’s famous spiky Joshua trees. The York Fire that erupted last Friday is California’s largest wildfire this year. As of Wednesday night it had burned through nearly 147 square miles (380.4 square kilometers) of land and was 34% contained, fire officials said. Humid monsoonal weather conditions Tuesday afternoon brought brief but heavy rain, especially on the south end of the fire, and kept its spread to a minimum, fire officials said. Wednesday

Progress made against massive California-Nevada wildfire but flames threaten iconic Joshua trees
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Mets owner Steve Cohen addresses trade-deadline deals, thinks team will still compete in 2024

Although the New York Mets are planning for 2025 and beyond, owner Steve Cohen doesn’t want to get “embarrassed” next season. Cohen met with players, coaches and reporters Wednesday before the struggling Mets played in Kansas City, one day after the team capped a stunning selloff of veteran players leading up to baseball’s trade deadline. After acquiring a bevy of minor league prospects in return, New York is clearly focused on the future. Cohen, however, said he still thinks the Mets will be “highly competitive” in 2024. “I think the expectations were really high this

Mets owner Steve Cohen addresses trade-deadline deals, thinks team will still compete in 2024
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Woman's escape from cinder block cell likely spared others from similar 'nightmare,' FBI says

A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon likely saved other women from a similar fate, authorities said, by alerting them to a man they now suspect in sexual assaults in at least four more states. Negasi Zuberi posed as an undercover police officer when he kidnapped the woman in Seattle, drove hundreds of miles to his home in Klamath Falls and locked her in the garage cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape, the FBI said

Woman's escape from cinder block cell likely spared others from similar 'nightmare,' FBI says
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Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries

The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump even more rain on the archipelago. Typhoon Khanun, now in the waters between China and Japan’s southwestern islands, is expected to slow to nearly stationary movement before a weakening high pressure system nearby allows it to turn east Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. That forecast would spare China, where rain from an earlier typhoon caused deadly flooding and damage this week around the capital, Beijing.

Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries
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China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day

China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to firms such as Tencent and ByteDance, which run social media platforms and online games. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Wednesday published the draft guidelines on its site, stating that minors would not be allowed to use most internet services on mobile devices from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and that children between the ages of 16 and 18 would only be able to use the internet for two hours a day. Children between

China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day
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Man accused of firing shots outside Jewish school in Tennessee charged with multiple crimes

A man suspected of trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday and firing shots outside the building has been charged with multiple crimes, the lead agency looking into the shooting said Wednesday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Joel Bowman, 31, of Stanton, Tennessee, was charged with criminal attempted second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, possessing a firearm during the commission or attempt to commit a dangerous felony, carrying weapons on school property, and assault against a first responder. Bowman remained hospitalized in Memphis as of Wednesday, the bureau said. Officers

Man accused of firing shots outside Jewish school in Tennessee charged with multiple crimes
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Family of a Black man killed during a Minnesota traffic stop asks the governor to fire troopers

Racial justice groups and relatives of a Black man shot and killed this week by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper demanded Wednesday that the governor fire three officers who were involved in stopping the man on a Minneapolis freeway. The groups and relatives of 33-year-old Ricky Cobb II made the demands at a news conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, two days after Cobb was killed during a traffic stop. Troopers had pulled over Cobb for a traffic stop early Monday on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis. Body and dash cam video from the state

Family of a Black man killed during a Minnesota traffic stop asks the governor to fire troopers
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Messi scores in third straight game for Inter Miami after 95-minute weather delay

Lionel Messi scored in his third straight game for Inter Miami after the start of the Leagues Cup contest against Orlando City on Wednesday night was delayed 95 minutes because of thunderstorms. It was Messi’s fourth goal since joining the MLS club and came seven minutes into the game. He stopped a pass on his chest from Robert Taylor, dribbled a couple of yards near the edge of the 6-yard box and converted a shot that landed under the crossbar. The goal gave Inter Miami a 1-0 in the Round of 32 match. The game

Messi scores in third straight game for Inter Miami after 95-minute weather delay
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Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist

A federal jury in Louisiana on Wednesday acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight. The case of Jacob Brown was the first to emerge from a series of FBI investigations into troopers’ beatings of Black men during traffic stops in Louisiana and underscored the challenges prosecutors face convicting law enforcement officials accused of using excessive force. After a three-day trial in Monroe, jurors found Brown not guilty of depriving Aaron Bowman of his civil rights during a

Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist
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83 attendees at the World Scout Jamboree treated for heat-related illnesses in South Korea

At least 83 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. The Ministry of Interior and Safety described the illnesses as “simple exhaustion” caused by overheating and said the ill participants were treated at a hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear how many were children and their ages. The illnesses occurred during Wednesday night’s opening ceremony of the Jamboree, which brought more than 40,000 scouts to a campsite built on land reclaimed from the sea in the southwestern

83 attendees at the World Scout Jamboree treated for heat-related illnesses in South Korea
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Mexico says the first body has been spotted near a floating barrier in the Rio Grande river

The Mexican government said Wednesday that the first dead body has been spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass, Texas. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said authorities are trying to recover the body, and did not know the person’s nationality. Many had warned about the danger of the barrier, because it is designed to make it more difficult for migrants to climb over or swim under it. The department said Mexico had warned about the risks posed by the bright orange, wrecking ball-sized

Mexico says the first body has been spotted near a floating barrier in the Rio Grande river
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'No good options': Sudan's warring sides have committed 'extensive war crimes,' Amnesty says

A leading human rights group said on Thursday Sudan’s warring parties have committed “extensive war crimes” including mass killings of civilians, rape and sexual slavery of women in the ongoing conflict. The east African country plunged into chaos in mid-April when monthslong tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital of Khartoum, and elsewhere across the country. Amnesty International’s 56-page report said civilians were deliberately targeted and killed and wounded. Women were raped, with some of them held in conditions “amounting to sexual slavery” mostly in the capital,

'No good options': Sudan's warring sides have committed 'extensive war crimes,' Amnesty says
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Saguaro cacti, fruit trees and other plants are also stressed by Phoenix's extended extreme heat

After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix is poised to climb back up to dangerously high temperatures this week. That could mean trouble not just for people but for some plants, too. Residents across the sprawling metro are finding the extended extreme heat has led to fried flora, and have shared photos and video of their damaged cacti with the Desert Botanical Garden. Nurseries and landscapers are inundated with requests for help with saguaros or fruit trees that are losing leaves. Phones have been “ringing nonstop” about everything from

Saguaro cacti, fruit trees and other plants are also stressed by Phoenix's extended extreme heat
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Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as 'props' in bid for federal money

For days now, newly arrived international immigrants have waited night and day outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on the sidewalk in hopes of a bed in the city’s shelter system. And for weeks, Mayor Eric Adams has said the city is out of room and sought to dissuade more migrants from arriving. The scene outside the former hotel — now a migrant shelter and intake center — has underscored the extreme overcrowding in a homeless housing system filled to record levels. City officials and activists alike call it heartbreaking. But some critics accuse

Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as 'props' in bid for federal money
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Sweden wins Group G at Women's World Cup to advance to showdown with the United States

Rebecka Blomqvist’s second-half goal lifted Sweden to a 2-0 win over Argentina on Wednesday to advance the Blagult to a round-of-16 showdown with the United States in the Women’s World Cup. Argentina was eliminated from the tournament. Neither side looked close to scoring for much of the match until Blomqvist broke the deadlock with a headed goal at the 66th-minute mark to help the blue and yellow finish 3-0 and win Group G. Sweden, which rested nine starters to open the match, threatened at times in the first half. A combination of disjointed play and

Sweden wins Group G at Women's World Cup to advance to showdown with the United States
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Chiefs and QB Patrick Mahomes will be leaning on new bunch of untested wide receivers

The Kansas City Chiefs allowed wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Mecole Hardman to walk away in free agency, and in their place they signed a couple of relative unknowns while taking a gamble on an injury-prone talent and unproven draft pick. The expectation this season is that Patrick Mahomes can make it work, just as he has for so many years. It helps that All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce is still producing at a level that few wide receivers can match, and the Chiefs return a deep backfield led by Isiah Pacheco, Jerick McKinnon and

Chiefs and QB Patrick Mahomes will be leaning on new bunch of untested wide receivers
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Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán entering inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has voluntarily entered inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse, the team announced Wednesday. Germán, who threw a perfect game June 28 at Oakland, was placed on the restricted list. “It is critical that Domingo completely focuses on addressing his health and well-being,” the Yankees said in a statement. “We will respect his privacy as he begins this process.” Germán is 5-7 with a 4.56 ERA in 20 appearances this season. He was scratched from his scheduled start Monday night against Tampa Bay, with the Yankees saying it was because of armpit

Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán entering inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse
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A Latino player says his Northwestern teammates hazed him by shaving 'Cinco de Mayo' onto his head

Ramon Diaz says he was just 17 years old when Northwestern University upperclassmen shaved “Cinco de Mayo” onto the back of his head as the entire football team watched. “The holiday itself has a significant meaning to me and my family and then the Latino community at large,” Diaz told The Associated Press. “I was mocked and ridiculed.” Diaz said he was the only Latino offensive lineman at a time when the athletic department’s culture allowed racism and sexual abuse to thrive and caused psychological and emotional damage to athletes of color. A lawsuit announced on Diaz’

A Latino player says his Northwestern teammates hazed him by shaving 'Cinco de Mayo' onto his head
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Willy the Texas rodeo goat, on the lam for weeks, has been found safe

Willy the rodeo goat, who has lassoed the hearts of residents in a rural South Texas county ever since she escaped from an arena enclosure July 15, has been found. The elusive goat had hidden in sugar cane and corn fields, avoiding capture for weeks in Willacy County, about 300 miles (483 km) southwest of Houston. Residents searched for her on horses, all-terrain vehicles and by drone. Local businesses aided the search by donating 90 prizes and gifts worth $5,000 in total — including brisket, bales of hay and beef jerky — to be given to whoever

Willy the Texas rodeo goat, on the lam for weeks, has been found safe
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Ex-NFL cornerback Damon Arnette must appear in court for plea deal in felony gun case, judge says

A Nevada judge on Wednesday ordered former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette to appear in person to resolve a felony gun case by pleading guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. “I’m going to need the justification for the agreement,” Clark County District Court Judge Ronald Israel told Arnette’s attorney, Ross Goodman, before rescheduling a hearing for Monday to accept the plea deal. Goodman protested that similar deals are routinely accepted by judges without the defendant appearing in court. The attorney pointed to a document that Arnette

Ex-NFL cornerback Damon Arnette must appear in court for plea deal in felony gun case, judge says

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