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Survivors of slain Ohio-based Marines mark grim anniversary
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jason Dominguez remembers vividly his last conversation with David Kreuter, as they were doing an overnight security watch from a rooftop in western Iraq. Marine Cpl. Dominguez and Sgt. Kreuter usually joked around, but this night 15 years ago was different. Kreuter proudly showed him a...
Afghan troops kill senior Islamic State militant
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's intelligence service said the country's special forces killed a high-ranking official with the local Islamic State group affiliate in an operation in eastern Afghanistan. A statement late Saturday by the National Directorate of Security said the slain militant was...
The Latest: SKorea holds leader of church with virus cluster
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors have arrested the elderly leader of a secretive religious sect as part of an investigation into allegations the church hampered the government’s anti-corfonavirus response after thousands of worshipers were infected in February and March. Prosecutors are...
Marine vehicle deep under sea, complicating rescue search
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A military seafaring assault vehicle that sank off the coast of Southern California is under hundreds of feet of water, putting it beyond the reach of divers and complicating rescue efforts for eight missing troops, officials said Friday. Still the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. David...
UN says over 100 civilians killed in 2nd quarter in Libya
CAIRO (AP) — More than 100 civilians including women and children were killed by ground fighting, explosive remnants and airstrikes in Libya between April and June, an increase of 65% from the first three months of the year, the United Nations said Wednesday. The U.N. Support Mission in Libya said in a...
UN says Afghan civilian casualties down by 13% this year
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan saw a 13% drop in the number of civilians killed and wounded in violence across the country in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year, according to a U.N. report released Monday. The report credited the drop in casualties in part to...
Police investigating latest shooting death in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating Kansas City’s latest shooting death as debate roils over a massive federal operation that has sent 225 additional federal agents from four different agencies into the city to combat violent crime. The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. Wednesday in...
Witnesses: Afghan government airstrike kills at least 14
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A government airstrike killed at least 14 people in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, many of them women and children, witnesses said Thursday. Hundreds of people had gathered in Herat’s Adraskan district to welcome home a former Taliban fighter freed from jail...
Fort Hood soldier's body found near base; 3rd death in month
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Army officials on Tuesday said that the body of a Fort Hood solider was found near the Texas army base, marking the third time in a month that a Fort Hood soldier’s body has been discovered. Pvt. Mejhor Morta, 26, was found unresponsive July 17 in the vicinity of Stillhouse...
Miami-Dade plans to fine people not following COVID rules
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Miami-Dade County plans to start aggressively enforcing rules designed to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus as Florida reported more than 11,000 new cases Friday adding to a caseload that is straining the state's hospitals. The Miami-Dade County Commission unanimously...
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