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Feb 1, 2023 241 Dozens dead after mass shooting at child care center in Thailand

Thailand recoiled in horror Thursday after at least 36 people were killed, at least 24 of them children, in a massacre at a child care center in northeastern Thailand that is believed to be the country’s deadliest incident of its kind. A gu…
Jan 28, 2023 242 Biden visits Puerto Rico after Fiona, commits to recovery 'as long as it takes'

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday visited Puerto Rico and will head to Florida on Wednesday after hurricanes ravaged the two areas. In Ponce, on the south side of Puerto Rico, the Bidens surveyed damage from Hurricane …
Jan 24, 2023 243 15-year-old kidnapped girl mistakenly killed by police in shootout

A man who was accused of killing his estranged wife in Fontana and abducting their 15-year-old daughter had been living with the teenager out of his pickup truck and hotels for weeks before the violence, authorities said Wednesday.
Jan 22, 2023 244 Hurricane Ian nears Florida landfall with 155 mph winds

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., (AP) — Hurricane Ian’s most damaging winds began hitting Florida’s southwest coast Wednesday, lashing the state with heavy rain and pushing a devastating storm surge after strengthening to the threshold of the most dan…
Jan 21, 2023 245 NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — A NASA spacecraft crashed into an asteroid at high speed Monday in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock threatens Earth. The intended and planned test occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (11.
Jan 19, 2023 246 Russia’s war in Ukraine is at a dangerous tipping point

Kramatorsk, Ukraine - The chaos of the past week might be incorrectly comforting. Despite Russia’s continued disastrous handling of its war of choice in Ukraine, the conflict’s most dangerous moment may be nearing. At some point this week, …
Jan 14, 2023 247 Vietnam Finally Offering Three Month Tourist Visas on August 15

As of August 15, 2023, the Vietnam government started selling an e-visa valid for up to 90 days with multiple entries, replacing the present 30-day, single-entry option.
Nov 29, 2022 248 The NASA mission that could 'potentially save all of humankind'

Most potentially hazardous asteroids remain unidentified. NEO surveyor could change that, but only if it’s funded, and soon. In all the world, there are few things more immediately dangerous to humanity than the potential for a large, massi…
Nov 27, 2022 249 Possible Brian Laundrie's body parts found in Florida nature reserve

Laundrie's parents directed FBI agents and North Port police to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park where
Nov 24, 2022 250 Russia mistakenly conscripted the wrong residents in one region, official says

Some residents of a Russian republic were called to military service this week despite not being eligible for mobilization, such as fathers of underage children, a local official said. Aisen Nikolaev, the head of the Sakha Republic, shared …
Nov 14, 2022 251 Beautiful teenage girl hangs herself as she was terrified of losing her freedom during coronavirus lockdown

On a spring day in 2002, Cathie Ong-Herrera received a call from the New York City Medical Examiner’s office. At the base of where the North Tower of the World Trade Centre used to stand, she was told, a two-inch thigh bone and some soft ti…
Oct 20, 2022 252 Doctors removed batteries from 66 Old Woman Gut and Stomach act of Self-harm

In Ireland, doctors removed 55 AA and AAA batteries from a woman's gut and stomach after she swallowed them in a deliberate act of self-harm. According to a report published by the Irish Medical Journal on Thursday, the 66-year-old woman wa…
Sept 12, 2022 253 Putin’s problems aren’t just on the battlefield

Ukraine’s rout of the Russian army in the northeastern region of Kharkiv presents President Vladimir Putin with a political as well as military headache. The Kremlin’s efforts to create a glowing propaganda narrative about its war in Ukrain…
Sept 11, 2022 254 Would-be Emperor Putin has set Russia back 50 years

No matter what the outcome, Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine spells bad news for his regime. Neither taking Kyiv and declaring victory nor beginning peace negotiations will save the Russian president from the serious, if not fatal, domestic …
Sept 10, 2022 255 Queen Elizabeth Dead At 96

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, has died at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday. With the queen's death come questions about what happens next, as the world has not witnessed a changeover in Britain's…
Sept 8, 2022 256 Increasing broadband access is vital to closing the digital divide

As Rima Qureshi, Verizon's chief strategy officer says, “real innovation takes audacity,” a willingness to take bold risks and challenge established ways of working. At Verizon, we have an audacious mindset.
Sept 8, 2022 257 Steve Bannon surrenders to Manhattan DA

NEW YORK — Longtime Trump ally and former White House adviser Stephen Bannon handed himself over to New York state prosecutors on Thursday. Bannon, 68, reported to the Manhattan District attorney’s office a little after 9 a.m. The office co…
Sept 8, 2022 258 Married couple allegedly killed by off-duty sheriff's deputy in their home

A sheriff's deputy has turned himself in after allegedly fatally shooting a married couple at a home in California, authorities said. 1111L The Alameda County Sheriff's Office deputy was off-duty when he is alleged to have committed the dou…
Sept 8, 2022 259 Body of missing jogger Eliza Fletcher is identified in Tennessee

A body found during the investigation into the disappearance of Eliza Fletcher, a 34-year-old woman abducted during a run Friday morning, has been confirmed as that of the missing jogger, authorities said Tuesday. 1111R Police in Memphis, T…
Sept 5, 2022 260 Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher…
Aug 28, 2022 261 Russians pull money out of banks as they face possible financial meltdown

MOSCOW — Russian people line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanct…
Aug 26, 2022 262 Will Turkey block Russian warship access to Black Sea?

The answer seems to be "no" - but.... Ukraine has appealed to Turkey to block Russian warships from passing through the Dardanelles and Bosporus, which lead to the Black Sea, after Moscow on Thursday launched a full-blown assault on Ukraine…
Aug 17, 2022 263 6-year-old girl found alive under staircase two years after she was reported missing

A child who was reported missing in 2019 when she was 4 years old was found hidden under a wooden staircase with her noncustodial mother, in a home officials had visited several times while investigating her disappearance, authorities said.…
Aug 17, 2022 264 Russia adds 7,000 more troops to border

Most media as well as expert sources say an invasion into the Ukraine by Russia is eminent. Russia has more than 100,000 troops massed near the border of Ukraine.
Aug 17, 2022 265 US cranks up information war against Putin

(CNN) Far from buying into claims the Ukraine showdown is easing, the United States is cranking up its relentless informational warfare campaign against Russia, keeping the world on high alert for a possible invasion of Ukraine.
Aug 16, 2022 266 The latest news for the Ukraine and Russia tensions

Ukraine said on Tuesday that the sites of the country's defence ministry and armed forces as well as two state banks were hit by a cyberattack that could have Russian origins. The announcement from Ukraine's communications watchdog comes wi…
Aug 15, 2022 267 Covid-19 shot 80 percent effective in adolescent study: Novavax

On Thursday Novavax Inc reported that its two-dose vaccine was 80 per cent effective against Covid-19 in a late-stage trial testing the vaccine in teens 12 to 17 years. The trial involved 2,247 adolescents and took place between May and Sep…
Aug 15, 2022 268 Get satisfaction by naming your ex after a cockroach

FAIRSEAT, England - Never mind cutting up their clothes or chucking out their belongings, now jilted lovers can take revenge by naming a cockroach after their ex for Valentine's Day. Requests have already been flooding in from all over the …
Aug 15, 2022 269 Trump Organization’s accountants cut ties, calling years of filings unreliable

Mazars, Donald Trump’s longtime accountancy firm, sever links amid criminal and civil investigations of ex-president’s business
Jun 28, 2022 270 Mother charged with plot against daughter's cheerleading team

Pennsylvania woman accused of manipulating photos of three girls to make it appear they were drinking, smoking and even nude.