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At least 5 killed, thousands rescued in flood-ravaged Louisiana
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana, where at least five people have died and emergency crews have rescued more than 7,000 people stranded...
View ArticleDeadly police shooting sparks violent protests in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Police/Handout via Reuters A police car with broken windows is seen in a photograph released by the Milwaukee Police Department after disturbances following the police shooting of a man in...
View ArticleMother charged after children found dead under neighbour's house
Two children were found dead under a neighbour’s house Sunday after their mother matter-of-factly told someone helping her move that she had drowned them in a bathtub, authorities said. Sheborah...
View ArticleWith NFL deal, Twitter live-streams its ambitions
Since April, Twitter has signed a series of live-streaming deals, including with Wimbledon, CBS News, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and Pac-12...
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Gunfire erupts amid continued protests in Milwaukee
Tension flared again on Sunday night, with one person shot and a police officer injured, in the Milwaukee area where the fatal shooting of a suspect by an officer had sparked rioting, prompting...
View ArticleBad news: The buyback trade just got a lot trickier
Investors may be losing their taste for buybacks. In a note Friday, UBS strategist Julian Emanuel pointed out that “companies with substantial share buybacks, as a rule of thumb, have tended to...
View ArticleFormer soccer player dies in police stun-gun incident: Reports
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View ArticleGuests at U.S. hotels targeted by data-stealing hackers
Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriott and Westin hotels in 10 U.S. states and the District of Columbia may have been targeted by hackers for months. According to the hotel operator HEI Hotels & Resorts,...
View ArticleUPS boss: TPP free trade deal a big boon to small and mid-sized companies
Mark Elias | Bloomberg | Getty Images United Parcel Service (UPS) drivers pickup packages at the company’s Latin America and Caribbean sorting facilities at Miami International Airport in Miami. The...
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Decades of planning went into Turkey's failed coup, investigators allege
Turkish investigators call it the ultimate long game. In 1986, the Turkish military expelled dozens of cadets suspected of loyalty to a young Muslim cleric named Fethullah Gulen, seen as a potential...
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Man charged with arson after California wildfire destroys 175 homes, businesses
A man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of arson, officials said, over a wildfire in Northern California that has destroyed more than 175 homes and businesses and forced hundreds of residents to...
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Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in slaying of New York City imam, friend
A man suspected in the fatal shooting of an imam and his friend as they left a mosque in New York City has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Charges...
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15 Guantanamo Bay inmates sent to UAE in major transfer
Fifteen prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre were sent to the United Arab Emirates in the single largest release of detainees during the Obama administration, the Pentagon announced...
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Olympic volunteers quitting because of long hours, lack of food
This is how it starts. At 2:20 a.m., 23-year-old Aisha Marcelina tiptoes quietly to the bathroom so she doesn’t wake her family. She lays out her uniform, gets dressed, has a quick breakfast, then she...
View ArticleMan accused of murdering NYC imam, friend to appear in court today
A man suspected of gunning down an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque was arrested and charged with murder late Monday night, said police, who have not yet released a motive for...
View ArticleRussia stages Syria strikes from Iran in rare show of military co-operation
In a first, Iran has allowed Russia to use one of its bases to stage and take off for attacks inside Syria — something unheard of in modern times in the Islamic Republic. Iran’s constitution, ratified...
View ArticleUS industrial output unexpectedly surges 0.7 percent in July
Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images A contractor moves steel rebar while working on the construction site of a residential building in New York. U.S. industrial production rose more than...
View ArticleWhen it comes to tech stocks, everything old is new again
Old tech stocks are about to make a big comeback, according to one technician. “We saw Microsoft break out a couple of years ago, we saw the semi stocks break out more recently. The question I always...
View ArticleChina premier says cabinet approves launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect
China Daily | Reuters An investor walks past an electronic screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, January 19, 2016. China’s premier Li Keqiang said the...
View ArticleJuly smashes record for hottest month in recorded history
Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA. Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change, July...
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