City of San Luis hosts parade to honor Cesar Chavez
The City of San Luis is hosting a two-day event to honor migrant farm workers activist Cesar…
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After tornado, harrowing tales of survival in Mississippi
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SILVER CITY, Miss. (AP) — Nothing remained of William Barnes’ home in the tiny western…
Continue Reading Court bars Robinho from leaving Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former soccer star Robinho has been ordered to hand over his passport while Brazilian judicial authorities determine if he…
Continue Reading Protests erupt in NYC — not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of protesters gathered at the courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their…
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Medal of Honor recognition ceremony took place at local VFW
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1763 held a Medal of Honor recognition ceremony…
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Storm damage and flooding take over Ozark
Storm damage isn’t the only thing Ozark, Missouri has to deal with. Flooding along the Finley River is also a significant…
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California sports memorabilia store robbed
A dramatic break-in at a sports collectible shop. The owners say more than a million dollars worth of memorabilia was taken, and they say they’re not…
Continue Reading Tornadoes deadliest in Mississippi since 2011
The Associated Press With at least 25 people dead in Mississippi, tornadoes that ravaged parts of the Deep South overnight were the deadliest in the…
Continue Reading Challenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A challenger defeated the president of the United Auto Workers in a close election and vowed Saturday…
Continue Reading Finnish leadership condemns attack on veteran lawmaker
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s leaders have strongly condemned an assault on a Jewish lawmaker who was assaulted and…
Continue Reading 2 dead in rail car; human smuggling investigation indicated
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Two people found dead in a railroad car in south Texas were Honduran men, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…
Continue Reading Israeli defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister became the first ally in Prime Minister Benjamin…
Continue Reading 2 Cuban migrants fly into Florida on motorized hang glider
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Two Cuban migrants used a motorized hang glider to fly the approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) from the communist island…
Continue Reading Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to…
Continue Reading French police, activists injured at anti-reservoir protest
PARIS (AP) — French police and environmental campaigners have fought violent pitched battles around a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir in…
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One person injured following attempted homicide
One person sustained a gunshot wound during an attempted homicide. The Yuma Police Department (YPD) said the incident took place on…
Continue Reading Israel: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two soldiers were wounded, one severely, in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the latest in…
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Two people dead in California helicopter crash
Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed into the hills in Hemet…
Continue Reading Mexican kid’s comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ dies at 88
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés…
Continue Reading Emil Bocek, last Czech RAF pilot during WWII, dies at 100
PRAGUE (AP) — Emil Bocek, the last living Czech pilot who fought the Nazis while serving with Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II,…
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