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Transmission Tower Falls In Brazil's Amazon, Killing 6
A transmission tower collapsed on Friday in the Brazilian Amazon, killing at least six people and injuring another 13.
Witness: Commissioner Used Arson Money To Buy Campaign Signs
Suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck improperly took money from the private insurer he led and used it to buy campaign signs when the Republican ran for office in 2018, a witness testified Friday in Becks trial.
Three Vaccine Doses Better Against Covid Than Two? Debate Over Third Booster Shot
Experts say it is too soon to know for sure if countries will need to organise a third vaccine round later in the year.
3 Decapitated Ducks Found Displayed In Honolulu Neighborhood
Three decapitated ducks were found in the middle of a road in a Honolulu neighborhood and residents upset by the gruesome discovery have raised about $1,500 in reward money to find those responsible.
1st Female Grizzly In 40 Years Collared In Washington State
Wildlife biologists have captured a female grizzly bear in Washington state for the first time in 40 years, fitting it with a radio collar so they can track its movements, officials said Thursday.
Colombia Seizes 5.4 Tonnes Of Cocaine Worth $185 Million -navy
Authorities in Colombia, working alongside counterparts in Panama and the United States, have seized 5.4 tonnes of cocaine worth $185 million, the Andean country's navy said on Wednesday.
Man Jailed For 208 Years Over Mexico School Quake Collapse
A Mexican court has sentenced a man to 208 years in prison for the criminal homicides of 26 people, most of them children, who died when a school collapsed during a powerful earthquake that struck Mexico City in 2017, authorities said on Wednesday.
Residents Remember Italian Killed In Southern Mexico
Dozens of residents of the southern Mexico city of San Cristobal de las Casas paid homage late Tuesday to an Italian man shot to death in an apparent robbery.
Prosecutors Rest Case In Newspaper Shooting Trial On Sanity
Maryland prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in a trial to determine whether a man who killed five people at a newspaper is not criminally responsible due to mental illness.
Lawyers: Prosecutor Won't Charge 17 With Pipeline Trespass
Lawyers for 17 people arrested at pipeline protests in Louisiana say a local prosecutor has rejected felony trespass charges against them all.
Rush For COVID Vaccines As France May Ask For Proof Of Immunization
Hundreds of thousands of people in France rushed to set up appointments to get vaccinated against the coronavirus after the president warned that the unvaccinated would face restrictions aimed at curbing the quick spread of the Delta variant.
Blast Kills Four Civilians, Wounds Five in Afghanistan's Kabul: Police
The rush hour blast occurred "in the centre of Kabul", police said.
At Least 42 Killed, 60 Injured In Coronavirus Hospital Fire In Iraq
At least 42 people were killed and over 60 injured in a fire likely caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nassiriya, health officials and police said on Monday.
US Begins To Ease Venezuela Sanctions Allowing Propane Deals
The U.S. government on Monday began to ease the crippling sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Venezuela by allowing companies to export propane to the troubled South American country, a step that could mitigate a shortage that has pushed peop...
3 Men Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 7-year-old Girl In Utah
Three men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 7yearold girl who was hit by a stray bullet inside her Utah home, authorities said.
Hundreds of Thai Medical Workers Test Covid Positive Despite Sinovac Vaccine Jabs
On Sunday (July 11), the country's health ministry said that over 600 of the nearly 700,000 medical personnel who’ve been fully vaccinated with Sinovac were infected between April and July.