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Trump plans to announce new troop reductions in Iraq
WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to announce further U.S. troop reductions in Iraq on Wednesday, an administration official said late Tuesday night. It was not immediately clear how many military personnel would be affected and when their withdrawal might begin. About 5,200 U.S. troops remain in the country. After sending...
Shark kills surfer on Australia’s Gold Coast tourist stripVideo
CANBERRA, Australia — A shark fatally mauled a surfer Tuesday on Australia’s Gold Coast city tourist strip in a rare attack off a beach protected by shark netting, officials said. The man, aged in his 50s, was was brought to shore by fellow surfers and lifeguards at popular Greenmount Beach...
From heat to snow: Rocky Mountains see 60-degree plungeVideo
Summer came to an abrupt halt in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday as temperatures reaching into the 90s plunged by around 60 degrees in less than 24 hours, with a powerful surge of cold air from Canada unleashing snow and damaging winds in several states. The roller coaster...
Greece to boost military amid tensions with neighbor TurkeyVideo
ATHENS, Greece — Greece will bolster its military with new arms, more personnel and by developing the country’s defense industry, the government said Monday, as a tense standoff with neighboring Turkey has led to concerns of open conflict between the two NATO allies. Ankara is facing off against Greece and...
Trump the environmentalist? President expands ban on new offshore drilling sites in Atlantic
JUPITER, Fla. — President Donald Trump sought to claim the mantle of environmental steward on Tuesday as he announced an expansion of a ban on offshore drilling and highlighted conservation projects in Florida. But his administration has overturned or weakened numerous regulations meant to protect air and water quality and...
Rochester police leaders retire in wake of calls for change
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Top police leaders in New York’s third-largest city are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city’s handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, the mayor of Rochester said Tuesday. La’Ron Singletary, the city’s police chief, is among those retiring, as is Deputy Chief Joseph M....
Girl, 8, among 10 dead in Chicago’s holiday weekend gunfireVideo
CHICAGO — An 8-year-old girl shot in the back was among 10 people killed in gunfire over the Labor Day weekend, police said Tuesday, marking the latest deadly holiday weekend in Chicago. More than 50 people were shot from Friday until just before midnight Tuesday during a year where violent...
Bill would give Black WWII medic posthumous Medal of Honor
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., a Black army medic who saved dozens of wounded troops on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day despite being severely wounded himself, deserves the Medal of Honor, said members of Congress on Tuesday as they announced legislation to posthumously award it to him. Cpl. Woodson nearly...
Census Bureau stops layoffs for door knockers after order
ORLANDO, Fla. — Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop winding down 2020 census operations for the time being, the statistical agency said Tuesday in court papers that it’s refraining from laying off some census takers and it’s restoring some quality-control steps. The Census...
Mitch McConnell: Senate to vote on ‘targeted’ virus aid
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, under pressure from GOP senators in tough reelection races, said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats’ insistence for more sweeping aid. “The Senate Republican...
Philippine leader pardons U.S. Marine in transgender killingVideo
MANILA — The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. President Rodrigo Duterte said he decided to pardon Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton...
Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon CapitolVideo
SALEM, Ore. — Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally — just over a week after a member of a far-right group was fatally shot after a Trump caravan went through Oregon’s largest city. Later, pro-Trump supporters...
California sets record with 2 million acres burned so far this yearVideo
SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — Wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical grid and threatened power outages for millions. The most striking thing about the record...
$35,000 reward offered in death of Ohio police detective
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Officials in Cleveland have announced reward money totaling up to $35,000 for information in the death of a police detective killed last week in the line of duty along with a civilian. The city’s mayor, safety director and police chief said Sunday night the reward was being...
British judge rejects bid to delay Assange extradition hearingVideo
LONDON — A British judge on Monday rejected a request by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to delay his extradition hearing until next year to give his lawyers more time to respond to U.S. allegations that he conspired with hackers to obtain classified information. The adjournment request came on...
Virus still throwing theme park attendance for a loop
TOLEDO, Ohio — Theme park operators who spent months installing hand sanitizing stations, figuring out how to disinfect roller coasters seats and checking the temperatures of guests at their gates so they’d come back in the midst of the pandemic are finding many reluctant to return. Some parks have reduced...
Georgia trooper charged in fatal shooting of Black man denied bail
A former Georgia State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a Black man over a broken tail light will remain behind bars after a judge denied his bail. Jacob Gordon Thompson, a 27-year-old former officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, has been in custody...
Wildfires, excessive heat and maybe blackouts in CaliforniaVideo
SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of fires burning Sunday amid record-breaking temperatures that strained the state’s electrical grid and could lead to planned...
Sheriff: Five boats sank in Texas Trump parade, no injuriesVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a nautical parade in support of President Donald Trump, but no one was injured or killed, officials said Sunday. Boaters began calling for help “almost immediately” after the procession for Trump’s reelection got underway on a lake west of...
Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September, according to a federal judge’s order. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, issued a...
States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid
Spending cuts to schools, childhood vaccinations and job-training programs. New taxes on millionaires, cigarettes and legalized marijuana. Borrowing, drawing from rainy day funds and reducing government workers’ pay. These are some actions states are considering to shore up their finances amid a sharp drop in tax revenue caused by the...
Northeastern University kicks out 11 students over party, keeps their $36,500 semester tuition
Does 11 people hanging out count as a “party?” Northeastern University dismissed 11 students Friday after they held a small party in a hotel room Wednesday, the school announced in a news release. The 11 students “are no longer part of the Northeastern community for the fall semester.” All 11...
Several boats sink during Texas parade for President Trump
AUSTIN, Texas — A spokesperson for the Travis County sheriff’s office in Texas says “several” boats sank Saturday while taking part in a parade in support of President Donald Trump. “We responded to multiple calls of boats in distress, several of them sank,” but there are no reports of fatalities...
Hurricane trackers focus on 3 potential systems as Omar fades away
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Depression Omar was hanging on to its strength Saturday but was expected to soon fade into a remnant low. After it dissipates, the tropics will remain a busy place as the National Hurricane Center tracks three systems with odds of development in the Atlantic. Omar was...
27 arrested as Portland protests reach 100 consecutive days
PORTLAND, Ore. — Law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly Friday night and arrested 27 people after protesters marched through the streets of Portland on to a police building, where officers stood waiting outside. A few hundred demonstrators had met at Kenton Park before making their way to the Portland Police...
