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63 schools evacuated on Prince Edward Island for ‘potential threat’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save All schools on Canada’s Prince Edward Island have been evacuated “due to a potential threat,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement Wednesday. “School emergency evacuation plans have been activated,” the statement said. “Staff…
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63 schools evacuated on Prince Edward Island for ‘potential threat’
All schools on Canada’s Prince Edward Island have been evacuated “due to a potential threat,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement Wednesday. “School emergency evacuation plans have been activated,” the statement said. “Staff are taking students to safe locations in the community and buses are meeting them there. Parents need to meet their…
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Fact Check: Is marijuana safer than alcohol?
Arizona is one of five states with marijuana legalization on the ballot this fall, and the state’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey, is not happy about it. Ducey urged voters last week to reject legalization, saying it would exacerbate the state’s existing opioid problem. “If we want to expand this universe of people that are addicted…
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Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in the United States
WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in U.S. political institutions, intelligence and congressional officials said. The aim is to understand the scope and intent of the Russian campaign,…
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Suspected IS suicide bombers kill dozens at Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL — Three suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers targeted the international terminal of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and wounding many others, Turkish officials said. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said 36 were dead and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 147 were wounded. Another senior government official told The Associated…
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Suspected IS suicide bombers kill dozens at Istanbul airport
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ISTANBUL — Three suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers targeted the international terminal of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and wounding many others, Turkish officials said. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim…
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Egypt says signals picked up from doomed plane’s black boxes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CAIRO — Egypt said Wednesday that a French ship has picked up signals from deep under the Mediterranean Sea, presumed to be from black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, killing all…
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Egypt says signals picked up from doomed plane’s black boxes
CAIRO — Egypt said Wednesday that a French ship has picked up signals from deep under the Mediterranean Sea, presumed to be from black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, killing all 66 passengers and crew on board. The Civil Aviation Ministry cited a statement from the committee investigating the crash as…
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Official: Taliban leader Mullah Mansour likely killed in US airstrike
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the…
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Official: Taliban leader Mullah Mansour likely killed in US airstrike
WASHINGTON — The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He said the U.S. was still studying the results of…