Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Italy Recovers 2015 Sunk Migrant Boat, Hopes to ID Victims and other top stories.

  • Italy Recovers 2015 Sunk Migrant Boat, Hopes to ID Victims

    Italy Recovers 2015 Sunk Migrant Boat, Hopes to ID Victims
    The Italian navy said Wednesday it has recovered the migrant ship that sank off Sicily last year with an estimated 700-800 people aboard in one of the worst known tragedies of the Mediterranean migrant crisis. The navy said it had raised the boat from a depth of 370 meters (1,214 feet). The wreck is being kept in a refrigerated transport structure for the trip to port in Sicily, where forensic experts will begin trying to identify the victims. A press conference to explain details of the op..
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  • Alleged killer of pregnant woman and unborn child added to FBI Most Wanted list

    Alleged killer of pregnant woman and unborn child added to FBI Most Wanted list
    Shanika Minor has been added to the FBI's most-wanted list after she allegedly killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child. (Youtube/FBI) Tamecca Perry was nine months pregnant. Her baby was due within the week. But on March 5, the neighbor’s daughter started an argument with Perry over loud music and perceived disrespect, the FBI said. The dispute escalated, and Perry was shot just outside of her Milwaukee home. After she retreated back inside, Perry died in front of her two children, th..
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  • Records: City lawyers weak link in police accountability

    Records: City lawyers weak link in police accountability
    By Michael Tarm, The Associated Press Posted Jun. 29, 2016 at 2:23 AM Updated at 6:03 AM
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  • Three crew members missing after Texas train collision triggers massive fireball

    Three crew members missing after Texas train collision triggers massive fireball
    Three crew members were missing Tuesday and a fourth was injured Tuesday after a head-on train collision in the Texas Panhandle ignited a massive fireball, and forced the evacuation of the surrounding area. The two BNSF Railway freight trains were on the same track when they collided about five miles east of the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo. Each train carried two crew members; one man jumped before the collision, according to BNSF spokesman Joe Faust. The Federal Rai..
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  • Highlights of North Carolina government budget agreement

    Highlights of North Carolina government budget agreement
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Highlights of the final North Carolina budget agreement as proposed in legislation and the related “money report” crafted by House and Senate leaders. The $22.3 billion plan adjusts the second year of the already-approved two-year budget.The Senate gave preliminary approval to the measure Tuesday evening. The House was expected to take up the measure later in the week.Monetary figures are adjustments to what the legislature already budgeted for the year in the two-year plan:..
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  • Newly Released Call Logs Reveal Chaos Inside Pulse Nightclub

    Newly Released Call Logs Reveal Chaos Inside Pulse Nightclub
    An injured person is escorted out of the Pulse nightclub after a shooting rampage June 12 in Orlando, Fla. Steven Fernandez/AP hide caption toggle caption Steven Fernandez/AP An injured person is escorted out of the Pulse nightclub after a shooting rampage June 12 in Orlando, Fla. Steven Fernandez/AP Auth..
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  • Benghazi panel caps 2-year probe: No bombshell, faults administration

    Benghazi panel caps 2-year probe: No bombshell, faults administration
    The more than 800-page report paints a picture of a perfect storm of bureaucratic inertia, rapidly worsening security in Libya and inadequate resources in the months that led up to the killings of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three colleagues on September 11, 2012. The administration initially claimed the attack was carried out by an angry mob responding to a video made in the U.S. mocking Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. But the assault was later determined to be a terrorist attack -- a finding ..
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  • Donald Trump Repeatedly Compares Trade Deal to “Rape of Our Country” During Campaign Speech

    Donald Trump Repeatedly Compares Trade Deal to “Rape of Our Country” During Campaign Speech
    During a campaign rally in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Tuesday, Donald Trump took a moment to criticize the often-criticized Trans-Pacific Partnership. Railing against the as-of-yet unratified trade deal has been a popular tactic on the campaign trail this year on all sides, but Trump, as he often does, took his rhetoric one step farther than is necessary, or appropriate, and characterized the trade agreement as "a continuing rape of our country”—three times. Here’s exactly what he had to say: *..
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  • 2 women killed in Arizona courthouse shooting

    2 women killed in Arizona courthouse shooting
    HOLBROOK, Ariz. (AP) — Shooting erupted outside a courthouse in eastern Arizona following a custody hearing, leaving two women dead and a suspect in custody, officials said. The gunfire came during a dispute stemming from the hearing at Navajo County Superior Court, county government spokesman Adam Wolfe said. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage your account. ..
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  • Utah man, son who kidnapped mom and daughters charged with murder

    Utah man, son who kidnapped mom and daughters charged with murder
    The Harrisons kidnapped Kay Porter Ricks and drove his work truck 250 miles while fleeing Utah from Wyoming. (Jeffrey D. Allred/AP). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 6:57 PM. SALT LAKE CITY — A father and son on the run from police ...
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