BEIRUT – A Lebanese official says authorities are searching for five Czech nationals and their Lebanese driver who have gone missing in eastern Lebanon. The police official says their car was found Saturday a few hundred meters (yards) away from a Lebanese army checkpoint in the town of Kefraya. A …
Read More »Amazon pushes for more subscribers to Prime with day of deals
NEW YORK – Amazon is trying to lure more subscribers to its $99 Prime loyalty program by pushing a day of discounts it calls “Prime Day.” The e-commerce retailer plans to offer thousands of deals on July 15 in the nine countries that have the Prime loyalty program, including the …
Read More »Why most Americans oppose more gun control
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that, for the first time in their surveys, the majority of Americans oppose more gun control. Gallup and CNN polls tell a similar story. Opposition to gun control has been increasing over at least the last couple of decades. Gun control groups have …
Read More »Magnitude-5.1 earthquake jolts Pakistan's capital and northwest, killing 3 people
MANSEHRA, Pakistan – Authorities in Pakistan say an earthquake that jolted the country early this morning has killed three people. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.1 quake rocked Islamabad and elsewhere in northwest Pakistan at 2 a.m. Saturday. The tremor was so strong that people came out of their …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo, joined by Biden, announces LaGuardia Airport will be rebuilt
NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday introduced a plan to redesign and rebuild LaGuardia airport, replacing the cramped, outdated hub with a unified terminal that will have more than double the operational space for airliners. “Welcome to the new LaGuardia Airport,” Cuomo said. “This is what New Yorkers …
Read More »Police: ATM workers forget bag of cash outside New Jersey business, man drives off with $150K
MAHWAH, N.J. – Police say a man drove off with a bag containing $150,000 in cash after two employees who were replenishing ATMs mistakenly left it on a lawn in northern New Jersey. Mahwah police say in a news release that the ATM employees had stopped at a business on …
Read More »Missing Brit Madeleine McCann ruled out as decomposed girl found dumped in Australian scrub
ADELAIDE, Australia – The decomposed remains of a young girl found in a suitcase dumped in Australia do not belong to missing British girl Madeleine McCann, police say. The bones were found earlier this month in bushes near the South Australia state capital Adelaide. South Australia Police Detective Police Superintendent …
Read More »Pakistani, Indian troops trade fire, killing 2 Pakistanis, 1 Indian in disputed Kashmir region
ISLAMABAD – Officials say Pakistani and Indian border guards have traded gunfire and mortar shells along their disputed border in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing two Pakistanis and an Indian villager. Pakistan’s military said six civilians also were wounded due to Tuesday’s “unprovoked” firing by Indian troops in the …
Read More »Money-laundering trial against Bank of China and 297 others in Italy scheduled for March
FLORENCE, Italy – Italy is moving ahead with its money-laundering case against the Bank of China. Florence’s deputy public prosecutor Giulio Monferini, who is in charge of the case, says the trial of the bank’s Milan branch and 297 others, mostly Chinese living in Italy, is scheduled to begin in …
Read More »What's a conservative?
It sounds like the setup of a joke — likely a bad one. What do Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Rand Paul have in common? For that matter, what do any of the 17 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination have in common that they would all belong on the …
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