• Dozens of Russian troops 'flee unit, fearing Ukraine deployment'

    Dozens of Russian soldiers are facing trial for fleeing their unit, fearing deployment to Ukraine, a news site and a lawyer for five of the men said Saturday. The popular Gazeta.ru website said several dozen soldiers would be prosecuted after fleeing a training ground in southern Russia where they…

    AFP
  • Giant Redheaded Centipede Photo Goes Viral, Horrifies the Internet

    Last week, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) posted a picture of a giant redheaded centipede to its social media pages that met all of the above criteria. However, giant redheaded centipedes (Scolopendra heros) — which can be found in certain regions of the southern United States and…

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  • California Town on High Alert after Coyotes Attack Children

    California residents are being warned to be more vigilant about coyotes after four attacks on children in the past month in the Irvine area. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported four incidents involving coyotes and young children in the past month in Irvine, where the children…

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  • Wife's Future Is A Difficult Subject For Dying Husband

    DEAR ABBY: My husband has stage 4 cancer and is in constant pain. A big worry for him is my being alone in life after his passing. Several months ago when the subject came up, I told him that while I'm not a prophet, I know I'll be OK. I'm a social person. I have a nice support group with various…

    Dear Abby
  • Teen who tried to charge phone on Broadway stage says sorry

    NEW YORK (AP) — It's nearly every day that a politician or CEO or government official or celebrity displays contrition for their wrongdoings. On Friday it was the turn of a New York teen who bizarrely clambered onto a Broadway stage to try to recharge his phone in a prop outlet.

    Associated Press
  • Burr vs. Hamilton: Their deadly duel 211 years ago today

    Today marks the 211th anniversary of the deadly duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. What caused the sitting vice president to gun down a Founding Father on the cliffs overlooking New York City?

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  • 7 Photos That Show Just How Fed Up Some Women Are With the Gluten-Free Craze

    Hop on any hot diet bandwagon—paleo, we’re looking at you—and one of the rules will likely be that you need to steer clear of gluten. Given the pressure on women to stay trim and slim, plenty of ladies are eager participants in the gluten-free craze. Avoid gluten and you conveniently avoid…

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  • Evacuations as Mexico's 'Volcano of Fire' erupts

    Ash rained down from the so-called "Volcano of Fire" in western Mexico and people living in its shadow were evacuated Saturday after it spectacularly erupted. The interior ministry said the volcano in Colima state could continue to spew lava before waning in a few weeks -- or possibly experience…

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    Californian prison inmate nearly cut in two, with organs missing, after riot

    On May 4th, young Californian prison inmate Nicholas Anthony Rodriguez was murdered, disemboweled and nearly cut in two, his butchered body left in a garbage can. The strange crime is detailed in an Associated Press report based on a post-mortem report the news agency obtained under a public…

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  • 6 teens accused of murder in New Mexico man's shooting death

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Six New Mexico teens face murder charges after authorities say one of them gunned down a 60-year-old man in his driveway while the group was prowling through a neighborhood, burglarizing cars and homes and stealing vehicles.

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  • France says 'decision time' has come in Iran nuclear talks

    By Louis Charbonneau and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) - France's foreign minister appeared to put pressure on the United States and Iran on Saturday to speed up nuclear talks, saying all issues were now on the table and that the time had come to make a decision. Western and Iranian diplomats close…

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  • Russell gets his first look at the NBA's bright lights

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Welcome to life in the spotlight, D'Angelo Russell.

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  • How FBI's Dylann Roof gun snafu hurts Obama's gun control agenda

    What the President likely didn’t know when he made those comments is this:  It wasn’t a lack of gun controls, but a bureaucratic failure, that led to Roof obtaining the gun legally, due, it turns out, on a senior FBI document examiner’s unfamiliarity with South Carolina geography. As such, details…

    Christian Science Monitor
  • Worldwide, women often face abuse during childbirth

    By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) - Around the world, women giving birth are facing physical and verbal abuse, neglect, and discrimination, largely because of health system failures, a new study suggests. “Every woman has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the…

    Reuters
  • Emotional Muguruza given standing ovation at Wimbledon

    LONDON (AP) — When it was over, when she was assured of being this year's Wimbledon runner-up and not this year's Wimbledon champion, Garbine Muguruza shed some tears.

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  • Afghanistan-Pakistan IS chief killed in drone strike

    The head of the Islamic State group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials and militant commanders said Saturday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Afghan spy agency, said Hafiz Saeed was among 30 IS-linked…

    AFP
  • Typhoon Chan-hom swipes eastern China

    Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China on Saturday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authorities evacuated more than a million people, the government and state media said. The storm, which killed five people in the Philippines earlier in the week and injured more than 20 people…

    AFP
  • Two arrested in shooting of volunteer policeman near Arizona marijuana farm

    The volunteer followed a speeding quad bike to the entrance of a residence near Ash Fork, about 140 miles north of Phoenix. When he exited his police car, he was shot in the hip by three of about twenty rounds aimed at him and his vehicle, according to a statement from sheriff's office on Saturday.…

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