After much speculation, Pope Francis did not use the word Rohingya in a speech Tuesday in Myanmar, instead emphasizing religious tolerance amid the country’s ongoing crackdown on the Muslim minority, which has included mass shootings, systemic rape and the burning of villages by the armed forces. The pope had been […]
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Georgia postal worker fatally shot in head while on duty
Federal authorities in Georgia are investigating the death of a female postal worker who was shot and killed while on duty Monday evening. The woman, whose identity was withheld, was shot in the head near a post office in Decatur, Georgia — about 20 minutes northeast of Atlanta, ABC affiliate […]
North Carolina mom desperate to find missing 3-year-old daughter
A North Carolina mom reached out to the public in an emotion-filled plea after her 3-year-old daughter disappeared on Sunday night. “Please, bring her back … She’s my baby, she’s my everything,” said the child’s mother, Kristy Woods, in a press conference. “Just to be able to touch her and […]
Planes’ wings clip each other at JFK in New York
Two planes clipped each other on the taxiway at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Monday evening. “Egypt Air Flight 986, a Boeing 777, was moving on Taxiway Kilo when its right wing touched the left wing of Virgin Atlantic Airlines Flight 4C, an Airbus A333 … at […]
Trump makes ‘Pocahontas’ quip at Navajo code talker event
During an Oval Office event honoring Native American code talkers for their service during World War II Monday, President Donald Trump made a quip about Sen. Elizabeth Warren, terming her “Pocahontas” in an aside that received swift backlash shortly afterward. “We have a representative in Congress who has been here […]
Defiant Mulvaney pledges to run CFPB ‘differently’ amid leadership fight
Office of Management and Budget director-turned acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Mick Mulvaney detailed the plans he has for the agency Monday, in the midst of an ongoing battle over whether President Donald Trump had the right to make his appointment. “I’m not here to shut it down,” Mulvaney […]
Argentine navy: Submarine’s battery short-circuited before it went missing
The battery on an Argentine submarine that went missing earlier this month short-circuited shortly before the vessel’s last communication, the country’s navy said Monday. The submarine’s captain had informed the navy that water had entered the vessel while it was charging its battery, causing a short circuit, navy spokesman Enrique […]
US Navy plane has unsafe encounter with Russian fighter over Black Sea
A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane had an “unsafe interaction” with a Russian SU-30 fighter jet this Saturday that used its afterburners as it flew in front of the American plane over the Black Sea, according to a U.S. official. It was the first unsafe encounter for a U.S. […]
Return of Cold War-era alarm has some Hawaii residents concerned about nuclear attack
News of a reinstatement of a nuclear alarm system in Hawaii amid tension with North Korea seems to have sent mixed signals among residents in Honolulu. The island state is going to reinstate an alarm that will tell residents to “Get inside, stay inside, and stay tuned.” The alarm, which […]
Aid reaches Yemen as blockade eases, but shipments still few
A ship and planeloads of aid have reached Yemen in recent days after a Saudi-led closure on the war-torn country eased, but after weeks of blocked shipments, the United Nations’ food assistance program said the flow was far from ideal. After almost three weeks of blocking access to the country […]