China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills

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BEIJING — China said Sunday it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island, despite international calls to calm the tensions. The People’s Liberation Army said the exercises […]

Multiple injuries in shooting in downtown Cincinnati

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At least nine people were injured in a shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Gunfire broke out at about 1:45 a.m. near the 1300 block of Main Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, the Cincinnati Police Department told ABC News affiliate WCPO. The total number […]

Cancer-causing chemical found in Michigan pond

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Michigan state investigators said test samples taken Thursday from Hubbell Pond in Milford showed low-level presence of a toxic chemical that was released into the Huron River System by the Tribar Manufacturing company in Wixom last weekend. Two crews from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy sampled […]

Officer once charged in Freddie Gray case gets promoted

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BALTIMORE — One of the six police officers who faced charges in the 2015 deadly arrest of Freddie Gray has been promoted from lieutenant to captain. The Baltimore Sun reports that Alicia White will serve as captain of the department’s Performance Standards Section, which conducts audits and inspections to make […]

Taliban: Bomb blast kills 2 people in Shiite area of Kabul

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ISLAMABAD — A bomb went off Saturday in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing at least two people and wounding 22, a Taliban official said. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the explosion occurred in western Kabul’s Puli-e Sokhta area. One […]