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Florida man dumps dirt on girlfriend with tractor — sheriff

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:57:50 +0000

In this Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, booking photo from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office shows Hunter Mills. Authorities say the Florida man used a front-end loader to dump a large bucket full of dirt on a car with his girlfriend was inside. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office says Mills was charged with felony criminal mischief. (Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office via AP)

CRESTVIEW, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida man used a front-end loader to dump a large bucket full of dirt on a car with his girlfriend inside. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Hunter Mills was charged with felony criminal mischief. The girlfriend was not hurt. The sheriff’s office says Mills invited his girlfriend […]

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New York City subway scare suspect taken into police custody

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:53:11 +0000

FILE - This photo released by NYPD shows a person of interest wanted for questioning in regard to the suspicious items placed inside the Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 in New York. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea tweeted Saturday, Aug. 17, that the man seen holding one of the rice cookers in surveillance video was taken into custody. The discovery of the cookers Friday led to an evacuation and roiled the morning commute. (NYPD via AP, File)

NEW YORK — A homeless man from West Virginia faced charges Saturday for allegedly placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station, forcing an evacuation and snarling the morning commute, police said. Larry Kenton Griffin II, of Bruno, West Virginia, was awaiting arraignment late Saturday in Manhattan’s central […]

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Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:45:42 +0000

This combination of Sept. 14, 1986, left, and Aug. 1, 2019 photos provided by NASA shows the shrinking of the Okjokull glacier on the Ok volcano in west-central Iceland. A geological map from 1901 estimated Okjökull spanned an area of about 38 square kilometers (15 square miles). In 1978, aerial photography showed the glacier was 3 square kilometers. in 2019, less than 1 square kilometer remains. (NASA via AP)

REYKJAVIC, Iceland — Iceland on Sunday honors the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. A bronze plaque will be unveiled in a ceremony starting around 1400 GMT to mark Okjokull — which translates to “Ok glacier” — in […]

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China condemns US lawmakers’ support for Hong Kong protests

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:39:59 +0000

A pro-democracy protester holds eggs as he plan to throw them to the police station during a protest march in Hong Kong Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Another weekend of protests is underway in Hong Kong as Mainland Chinese police are holding drills in nearby Shenzhen, prompting speculation they could be sent in to suppress the protests. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

BEIJING — A spokesman for China’s ceremonial legislature has condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. You Wenze called the comments “a gross violation of the spirit of the rule of law, a blatant double standard and a gross interference in China’s internal affairs.” He says Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people […]

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At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Oregon protest

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:30:01 +0000

Members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators march across the Hawthorne Bridge during an "End Domestic Terrorism" rally in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. The group includes organizer Joe Biggs, in green hat, and Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, holding megaphone. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

PORTLAND, Ore.  — Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon. Authorities closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart. They were largely successful. “This was a dynamic event with demonstrators […]

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Angat Dam water level rises, nears minimum operating level

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:23:51 +0000

Water level in Angat, Ipo dams dip despite rainshowers in Luzon

MANILA, Philippines — After falling below critical level in July, Angat Dam slowly regained its water level as it nears its minimum operating level. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (Pagasa) dam bulletin showed that water level at Angat Dam further rose to 177.54 meters as of 6:00 a.m., Sunday. This is 0.37 […]

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LPA, southwest monsoon to bring isolated rain showers in parts of PH

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:30:05 +0000

rain Palace defers gov't work, classes in Metro Manila amid monsoon

MANILA, Philippines —  The southwest monsoon or habagat is expected to bring isolated rain showers in the northern and central part of Luzon, Pagasa said Sunday. Batanes, Babuyan Group of Islands, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales, and Bataan will experience cloudy skies and isolated thunderstorms and rain showers. Other areas in Luzon will experience […]

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Shadows still loom around Epstein after sexual predator’s death

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:20:39 +0000

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NEW YORK, United States — A week after his death, multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein is being seen not only as a sexual predator with an insatiable appetite but also one whose proclivities were known in his well-heeled world. Even in a country where numerous powerful men have been brought down by revelations of the #MeToo movement, Epstein’s […]

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Cardema cries extortion; all for publicity, says poll exec

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 22:10:37 +0000

Cardema cries extortion; all for publicity, says poll exec

MANILA, Philippines — He and his party mates are “the victims” here, Duterte Youth party list nominee Ronald Cardema said on Saturday as he claimed that Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, through an emissary, had asked favors from him in exchange for the party’s accreditation in January. Cardema was apparently responding to Guanzon’s recent claims that […]

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COA questions CAAP over P500M spent for 10 execs’ life insurance

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 22:00:55 +0000

CAAP steps up security in airports as Holy Week nears

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) for purchasing life insurance plans worth a total of P500 million for 10 of its officials, despite lack of board approval and proper selection criteria. In its annual audit report, the COA said the insurance plans, […]

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