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US seeks prison sentence for VW engineer in diesel scandal
DETROIT - U.S. prosecutors will seek a three-year prison sentence on Friday for a Volkswagen engineer who had a key role in the company’s diesel emissions scandal. Robert Liang, 63, was one of t...
Aug 25, 2017
South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped topple the country’s president, a stunning downfall tha...
Aug 25, 2017
Police: Mom fires gun found at mall to see if it was real
ATLANTA - Police say a boy found a gun in a dressing room at an Atlanta mall and it fired when the mother pulled the trigger to see if it was real. News outlets report the mother and son were inside a...
Aug 25, 2017
U.S. launches investigation into spate of North Atlantic right whale deaths
PORTLAND, Maine - Fearing an existential threat to one of the largest mammals in the sea, the United States government has launched an investigation into a string of deaths of endangered North Atlanti...
Aug 25, 2017
CARTOON 08-25-2017
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 08-25-2017
Aug 25, 2017
Judge extends detention of suspect in Dutch concert threat
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A man suspected of involvement in a threat that triggered the cancellation of a concert by American rock band Allah-Las will remain in custody until next week, after an invest...
Aug 25, 2017
Bus drives off a pier in southern Russia, killing 17 workers
MOSCOW - A bus carrying construction workers drove off a pier in southern Russia on Friday, killing at least 17 people, officials said. The bus was carrying workers who were building a pier for an oil...
Aug 25, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Aug. 25
Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 25 --- WILDFIRE FORCES MORE EVACUATIONS IN B.C. An evacuation order affecting about 1,100 people living east of Kelowna, B.C., is in effect because of a nearby...
Aug 25, 2017
Rising household debt could be drag on long-term growth: federal document
OTTAWA - Even debt-free Canadians could eventually feel a pinch from someone else’s maxed-out credit cards, suggests research presented to senior officials at the federal housing agency. Canada ...
Aug 25, 2017
Saudi-led airstrikes kill 14 civilians in Yemen's capital
SANAA, Yemen - Saudi-led coalition fighter jets rained bombs on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Friday levelling houses packed with civilians and killing at least 14 people, including eight members of a...
Aug 25, 2017