A spokesman for the federal agency said in a statement Friday that "we must stand as one community to focus on aiding the victims."
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Police have admitted that white powder seized during a "huge" drugs bust at Gatwick airport is actually cake mix for vegan bakery. Vegan pizza restaurant Purezza was transporting ingredients in a suitcase when a member of staff was stopped by the police on August 28. The white powder, which was divided into 25 blue bags, was sent for tests before officers accepted it was not illegal. British Transport Police said: "'Officers were called to Gatwick Airport station at 1.34pm on August 28 after a suitcase was found containing 25 bags of powder. "Following a number of inquiries and tests, it …
Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney proclaimed with a straight face on Friday morning that President Donald Trump has never lied to the American people, asserting that Trump has only ever exaggerated and spun.During an interview with former one-term tea party Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who recently announced a long-shot primary bid against Trump, the Fox host took issue with Walsh’s insistence that Trump is a pathological liar, asking the ex-congressman for specifics.Walsh, meanwhile, pointed to recent reports that White House aides have admitted that the president recently faked high-level phone calls with China regarding trade in an effort to …
On a warm day in June 2018, Stephen Kirchner was walking with a fellow neighbour when they came up on Josh Klingseisen's yard.They were not friendly with Mr Klingseisen. In fact, the woman walking with Kirchner, Elaine Natore, had a "no contact" order against Mr Klingseisen, who happened to be outside mulching in his yard in Manor Township, Pennsylvania, as the two neighbours passed. Kirchner stopped, and the two men made eye contact.
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Kay Ivey, the governor of Alabama, has apologised for wearing blackface during a skit in college more than 50 years ago, but says she will not resign.Ms Ivey, a Republican, said she did not recall the incident, but that she believed it must be true after a recording in which she discussed the skit surfaced.
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“Today we uncovered part of Iran and Hezbollah’s precision missile project. Hezbollah denies harboring missile factories. Israel considers Iran to be its greatest enemy and has identified Hezbollah as the most potent military threat on its borders.
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A 19-year-old freshman arrested in his dorm room at a North Carolina university with two firearms was planning a shooting spree, police say.
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A woman who spent 35 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit has been awarded $3m (£2.5m) as a partial settlement in her civil rights case, according to her lawyers.Cathy Woods, 68, was released from prison in 2015 after she was exonerated due to new DNA evidence found on a cigarette stub.
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Iran has tried three times this year to put a satellite into space, but each time, something has gone wrong with the rocket.
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Democratic White House hopefuls should ensure their Medicare for All proposals honor union-negotiated private insurance, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, head of the largest federation of U.S. labor unions, said on Thursday. How to best extend health coverage to millions of uninsured or under-insured Americans has been one of the early issues defining the Democratic nominating contest to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November 2020. “You can’t ask the American worker, who sacrificed wages and everything, to simply say: ‘Okay, I’ll accept this plan here,'” Trumka added, noting that some union plans likely provide more benefits than Medicare.
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