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NATO chief Rutte calls for 400% increase in the alliance’s air and missile defense
NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400% to counter the threat from Russia, the head of the ...
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump ...
London’s V&A Storehouse museum lets visitors get their hands on 5,000 years of creativity
A museum is like an iceberg. Most of it is out of sight. Most big collections have only a fraction of their items on display, ...
Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures 4 Japanese soldiers
An explosion at a storage site for unexploded wartime ordnances at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries ...
Who’s that knocking at your door? It’s Anthony Weiner on a comeback tour
You’re home for the evening, winding down. There’s a knock at the door. Who’s there? It’s Anthony Weiner. And he wants your ...
Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too
A.M. ON MONDAY JUNE 9TH When the FBI arrested an accused leader of the MS-13 gang, Kash Patel was there to announce the case, ...
Unsubstantiated ‘chemtrail’ conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses
As Louisiana Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates stood before her colleagues in the state’s Legislature she warned that the bill she ...
Pacers fail to sweep Games 1 and 2 in a series for the first time in these playoffs
For the Indiana Pacers, a chance at being perfect in Games 1 and 2 of these playoffs went awry. They’ll have to settle for a mere split of the opening two games in the NBA ...
As the UN Ocean Conference opens in France, a push to turn promises into protection
The third United Nations Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real ...
Red Sox hit 5 homers to overcome 2 by Judge in 11-7 win over Yankees
Carlos Narváez put Boston ahead with a three-run homer against his former team in the sixth inning, and the Red Sox overcame two home runs by Aaron Judge in an 11-7 victory over ...
Mike Swafford running for Hartselle City Council Place 5
Mike Swafford with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday that he will be running for Place 5 on the Hartselle City Council.
A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel
Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists early Monday and diverted it to Israel, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the ...