DALLAS (AP) — A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the
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US steps up campaign to transform Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping force
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force, spurred
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CBP drug dog sniffs out marijuana mule from Orlando
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man was arrested and charged with drug trafficking offenses after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers allegedly found 27 pounds of
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Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was named in Monterey sex assault probe
SAN FRANCISCO — Seven years ago, Monterey police officers investigated an alleged sexual assault involving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, at a
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Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers
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Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence
GUANTANAMO BAY (AP) — A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet up violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital
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Undercover massage parlor sting lands nearly 2 dozen women behind bars
LAKELAND — Twenty massage therapists in Polk County are accused of offering sex acts to undercover detectives during a two-day sting called ‘Operation Skin So Soft.’ According
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Feds charge Fort Lauderdale man with killing wife in Madrid, in addition to kidnapping her
MIAMI — His wife’s corpse has still not been found in Europe. But on Wednesday, federal prosecutors obtained a grand jury indictment accusing David Knezevich
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Spiraling violence and airline shutdowns in Haiti cut families off from adoptive kids
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son, Esai Reed, in early November were: “Mom, come get me.” But after
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