Kurdish media says Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region has sent 6,000 reinforcements to the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Rudaw News, quoting Kurdish Vice President Korsat Rasul, says the reinforcements were sent to Kirkuk late Thursday in response to what it says are threats from Baghdad to attack the oil-rich city, […]
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Social Security benefits to get another small boost in 2018
Millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees can expect another small increase in benefits next year. Preliminary figures suggest that the annual increase will be around 2 percent, which would mean an extra $25 a month for the average beneficiary. The Social Security Administration is scheduled to announce the […]
President Trump expected to ‘decertify’ Obama-era Iran deal
President Donald Trump is expected to announce Friday that the Iran nuclear deal no longer serves U.S. national security interests. This decision, which has been referred as “decertification,” would be a significant declaration but would put Congress in charge of whether or not to follow up with action, triggering a […]
Crocodile suspected of killing Australia woman with dementia
Authorities in northern Australia were searching on Friday for a crocodile suspected of killing a dementia patient who wandered from a nursing home, police said. Human remains along with Anne Cameron’s clothes and walking stick were found near a creek bank on Thursday two days after the 79-year-old woman wandered […]
Manhunt underway for suspect accused of killing 4 in Ohio, including young boy
A manhunt is underway for a suspect accused of killing four people — including a child who had been reported missing — inside a home in Pedro, Ohio, according to ABC Charleston, West Virginia, affiliate WCHS. The suspect, identified by police as Aaron Lawson, 23, was last seen after a […]
2 dead, 10 injured after attempted prison break in North Carolina
Two prison employees were killed and 10 others hospitalized with injuries after an attempted prison break in North Carolina, officials said. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced the fatalities Thursday evening, following the earlier announcement about the injuries. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said in a statement, “Those […]
At least 31 dead in horrific California wildfires, hundreds missing
Massive wildfires sweeping through California have killed at least 31 people and damaged thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings, authorities said. More than half of the deaths occurred in Sonoma County alone, officials said. Taken together, the death toll from this week’s fires exceeds the number of fatalities in […]
How this week’s wildfire outbreak became one of California’s deadliest
What started as just a spark on Sunday raged into a full-blown inferno in a matter of hours, threatening thousands of lives in Santa Rosa, a picturesque city with a population of over 175,000 situated in Northern California’s wine country. The so-called Tubbs fire was just 10 percent contained on […]
Famine threatening 4 nations casts shadow over global hunger progress
The number of hungry people around the world has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but famine has cast a dark shadow over four countries in the past year where conflict and climate shocks are threatening to reverse this progress, according to results from an annual global hunger index. […]
At least 29 dead in horrific California wildfires, hundreds missing
Massive wildfires sweeping through California have killed at least 29 people and damaged thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings, authorities said. More than half of the deaths occurred in Sonoma County alone, officials said. The collective death toll from this week’s fires matches the number of fatalities in the […]