Long Island Newsday: World
- NATO chief: U.S. allies to spend $12 billion more this year
Wednesday - 06/28/2017 - 07:36 AMNATO's chief says U.S. allies are projected to spend around $12 billion more on defense this year, after President Donald Trump berated them for failing to boost military budgets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prison inmates remove statehouse furniture before renovation
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 05:33 PMNew Jersey prison inmates are moving desks and other items out of the statehouse ahead of a $300 million renovation
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big delivery: South Carolina mom gives birth to 14-pound son
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 01:46 PMA South Carolina couple is looking for some bigger baby clothes after their son was born at a whopping 14.4 pounds
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winners and losers in Trump's new rules on Cuba travel
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 12:25 PMPresident Donald Trump's new policy on Cuba travel has winners and losers: Group tour operators hope to sell more trips, but bed-and-breakfast owners in Cuba say they're losing business.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Not quite warp speed: Speeding man had alien doll passenger
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 04:57 PMPolice say a suburban Atlanta motorist was carrying 'out-of-this world passenger' when he was stopped for speeding
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fact check: Trump team lacks a straight story on Russia
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 03:35 PMMonths after U.S. intelligence settled on Russia as the instigator of interference in the U.S. election, President Donald Trump's team struggles to tell a straight story on the matter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Air bag recalls, lawsuits lead Takata to file for bankruptcy
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 06:28 AMShattered by recall costs and lawsuits, Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. filed Monday for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., saying it was the only way it could keep on supplying replacements for faulty air bag inflators linked to the deaths of at least 16 people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Transplanted: 10-story Sequoia moves 2 blocks
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 03:30 PMA sequoia tree seedling sent more than a century ago by naturalist John Muir to Idaho and planted in a Boise medical doctor's yard has become an obstacle to progress
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 153, official says
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 09:42 AMAn overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, a hospital official said as the death toll continued to rise.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Top dog, Brynneth Pawltro, elected mayor of Kentucky town
Saturday - 06/24/2017 - 09:24 PMA small Kentucky town has, for the fourth time, elected a dog to be its mayor
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- Venezuelan President: Helicopter fired on Supreme Court
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 11:42 PMPresident Nicolas Maduro said a police helicopter fired on Venezuela's Supreme Court on Tuesday in a confusing incident that he called a thwarted "terrorist attack" aimed at ousting him from power.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sheriff: Altercation over dead raccoon prompted shooting
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 04:09 PMAuthorities say an altercation over a dead raccoon led to a shooting in rural Washington state
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Embarrassing' Berlin police removed from G20 security duty
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 11:35 AMA group of Berlin police officers sent to Hamburg to help with security ahead of next week's Group of 20 summit has been sent home after some reportedly partied excessively at the barracks where they were staying
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hackers strike Europe, hitting Ukraine especially hard
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 09:56 AMA new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across Europe, hitting Ukraine especially hard.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 20-pound live lobster found in luggage at Boston airport
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 03:12 PMThe Transportation Security Administration says a roughly 20-pound live lobster was spotted in a person's luggage at Boston's Logan International Airport
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Town limits councilman's broadcast of taps over loudspeaker
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 03:53 PMA Pennsylvania town says a councilman who broadcast taps at his home through loudspeakers every night must limit the activity
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colombia tourist boat sinking leaves 9 dead, 28 missing, officials say
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 09:21 PMRescuers including firefighters from nearby cities and air force pilots were searching for survivors at the Guatape reservoir where the four-story El Almirante ferry sank.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Transplanted: Large Idaho sequoia tree finds new home
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 03:38 PMA large sequoia tree with a history rooted in conservation was standing in the way of progress, so on Sunday, it was moved
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Air bag maker Takata expected to file for bankruptcy in U.S., Japan following lawsuits, recalls
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 08:34 AMDrowning in a sea of lawsuits and recall costs, Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. is expected to seek bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the United States early Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 15 bodies found after landslide buries scores in China
Saturday - 06/24/2017 - 09:37 PMCrews searching through the night in the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tons of soil and rocks in southwestern China found 15 bodies, but more than 110 more people remained missing.
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- China frees 3 activists who probed Ivanka Trump supplier
Wednesday - 06/28/2017 - 08:15 AMChinese authorities have released on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 80-year-old woman attacked, mauled by rabid bobcat in garden
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 01:04 PMAn 80-year-old New Hampshire woman fought off a rabid bobcat with the help of her two dogs and her gardening sickle
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Greek weapons enthusiast charged over balcony shooting range
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 02:11 PMGreek police say they have arrested an elderly man for allegedly setting up an improvised firing range on his balcony in a densely populated city area with guns he owned illegally
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Syria denies U.S. allegations of coming chemical attack
Tuesday - 06/27/2017 - 06:11 AMSyria has denied White House allegations that it may be preparing a new chemical attack, insisting again that it has never used such arms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man accused of driving car onto Missouri basketball court
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 05:58 PMA 23-year-old man has been arrested after smashing through two gates and driving onto the basketball court at the University of Missouri, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - "Explicit" show at South African prison ignites scandal
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 09:39 AMAT least 13 South African officials face possible suspension after photos showing scantily clad female entertainers with inmates at a Johannesburg prison circulated on social media
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama and family go river rafting during Indonesia vacation
Monday - 06/26/2017 - 07:41 AMFormer U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were seen on a river rafting trip Monday as they vacationed in Indonesia, where he lived for several years as a child.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Forest fire in Spain threatens renowned national park
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 05:08 PMA forest fire in southern Spain forced the evacuation of at least 1,000 people and threatened a national park famous for its biodiversity and endangered species, authorities said Sunday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Norwegians collect money to fix penis-shaped rock formation
Sunday - 06/25/2017 - 08:12 AMNorwegian activists collect money to fix vandalized penis-shaped rock formation near Stavanger
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Al Capone song, pocket watch fetch over $100K at auction
Saturday - 06/24/2017 - 06:22 PMArtifacts connected to some of the nation's most notorious gangsters have sold for more than $100,000
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