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Training kids to kill at Ukrainian nationalist camp
KIEV, Ukraine - The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don’t think of your target as a human being. So when these boys and...
Nov 12, 2018
Dead in cars and homes: Northern California fire toll at 42
PARADISE, Calif. - The dead were found in burned-out cars, in the smouldering ruins of their homes, or next to their vehicles, apparently overcome by smoke and flames before they could jump in behind ...
Nov 12, 2018
Options limited, North Korea lit by flashlights, creaky grid
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - More than 20 years after his father almost bargained them away for a pair of nuclear reactors, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has his nuclear...
Nov 12, 2018
Democratic coalition won back House, fell short elsewhere
NEW YORK - For much of the country, the 2018 midterm season is over. But unresolved races for governor in Georgia and Florida are raising major strategic questions for Democrats as they turn their att...
Nov 12, 2018
'Public hanging' remark puts spotlight on Miss. Senate race
JACKSON, Miss. - A video of a white U.S. senator from Mississippi making a flip reference to a “public hanging” is incensing voters in a special election runoff, drawing attention to the s...
Nov 12, 2018
Police: Children watch 2 women slash each other at bus stop
NORTH PORT, Fla. - Police say two women wielding shards of a broken coffee mug attacked each other at a Florida school bus stop in Florida. News outlets cite a North Port police release as saying doze...
Nov 12, 2018
Australia's 'Trolleyman' hailed for ramming street attacker
SYDNEY, Australia - A homeless man who rammed a shopping cart at a knife-wielding attacker who was threatening police is being hailed and rewarded for his actions, but he insists he isn’t a hero...
Nov 12, 2018
Police: Man broke into home, got in bed naked with residents
AUGUSTA, Ga. - A Georgia man is accused of breaking into an Augusta home, rummaging around and then jumping naked into bed with two residents. News outlets report 29-year-old Christopher Lindner has b...
Nov 12, 2018
Israel, Hamas trade heavy fire after deadly incursion
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Monday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in what appeared ...
Nov 12, 2018
Pence in Japan to discuss trade, N. Korea before summits
TOKYO - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence arrived in Tokyo on Monday to discuss North Korea and other issues with Japanese officials before heading to two regional summits. Pence is expected to also disc...
Nov 12, 2018