Aug 09 For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits By Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. Continue reading
Aug 09 Puerto Rico cites storm death toll of 1,427 in damage report By Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is now estimating that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64, in a report to Congress seeking billions to help the island recover from… Continue reading
Aug 09 WATCH: Vice President Pence outlines Trump’s proposed Space Force By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Faced with growing competition and threats from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday said it will create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military service by 2020. Continue reading
Aug 09 Sons feel mixed emotions after North Korea returns dad’s dog tag By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The lone military identification tag that North Korea provided with 55 boxes of human remains last month belonged to Master Sgt. Charles H. McDaniel, an Army medic from Indiana who was killed in the opening months of the… Continue reading
Aug 09 Israel launches scores of airstrikes as Gaza fire persists By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and three people were reported killed there, while Palestinian militants from the territory fired scores of rockets into Israel in a fierce burst of violence overnight and into… Continue reading
Aug 09 Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 300 By Andi Jatmiko, Associated Press TANJUNG, Indonesia — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from the most powerful of the quakes topped 300. Continue reading
Aug 09 Argentine Senate rejects legalizing elective abortion By Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion, a defeat for a grassroots movement that came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalization of the procedure in the homeland of Pope Francis. Continue reading
Aug 08 Oscars to add ‘popular film’ category, drawing backlash By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press Big changes are coming to the Academy Awards, including the addition of a popular film award category and the promise of a shorter ceremony in an effort to combat declining viewership and criticisms that the awards are out of touch… Continue reading
Aug 08 Officials declare states of emergency ahead of anniversary of violent Charlottesville rally By Alan Suderman, Associated Press Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and the city of Charlottesville on Wednesday proactively declared a state of emergency ahead of the one-year anniversary of a violent white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens of others injured. Continue reading
Aug 08 Venezuela Supreme Court orders arrest of opposition leaders By Scott Smith, Associated Press The moves threaten to deepen the country's political crisis as opposition lawmakers accuse the government's ruling part of using the alleged attack to clamp down on the opposition. Continue reading