usa-and-canada
Shooting victim was recent immigrant from Nepal
Aberdeen, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — A family friend says one of the victims killed in a shooting at a drugstore distribution center in Maryland was a mother of two who had recently moved to the U.S. from Nepal to try to give her kids a better life.
7 years ago
Funerals held for 2 women allegedly killed by border agent
Laredo, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — Friends and family gathered for funerals in Laredo, Texas, for two of the women authorities say were killed by a Border Patrol agent who has been described as a serial killer.
7 years ago
Myanmar refugees evacuated from squalid Omaha apartments
Omaha, Sept 22 (AP/UNB) — About 500 refugees have been relocated from a Nebraska apartment complex after units were deemed unlivable.
7 years ago
Kremlin slams new US sanctions affecting arms exports
Moscow, Sept 21 (AP/UNB) — The Kremlin has dismissed the latest round of U.S. sanctions that affected an aircraft-making factory as an "unfair" move to undercut Russia as a major arms exporter.
7 years ago
Trump: Declassified Russia probe papers expose 'bad things'
Washington, Sep 19 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is flexing his executive power to declassify secret documents in the Russia investigation, an extraordinary move he says will ensure that "really bad things" at the FBI are exposed. But the decision, made against the backdrop of Trump's spiraling outrage at the special counsel's Russia investigation, may expose sensitive sources and methods and brush up against privacy law protections, experts say.
7 years ago
US again slashing number of refugees it will accept
Washington, Sep 18 (AP/UNB)— The U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept for a second straight year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, insisting amid criticism from human rights groups that the country is still committed to providing sanctuary to people fleeing the world's danger zones.
7 years ago
GOP, White House fret about election prospects
Washington, Sep 17 (AP/UNB) — The prognosis for President Donald Trump and his party was grim.
7 years ago
2 storms, Florence and Mangkhut, different as water and wind
Washington, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread devastation was as different as water and wind.
7 years ago
Gunmen wearing mariachi garb kill 5, wound 8 in Mexico City
Mexico City, Sep 16 (AP/UNB) — Mexicans heading into the weekend's Independence Day celebrations were jolted by a brazen shooting by men dressed as mariachi musicians who killed five people and wounded eight in Garibaldi Plaza, an iconic square in the capital where the bands serenade tourists.
7 years ago
Ex-UN climate chief faces trial in India for sexual offenses
New Delhi, Sep 15 (AP/UNB) — An Indian court has ruled there is enough evidence to send former U.N. climate chief Rajendra Pachauri to trial on charges of stalking and sexual harassment in a case filed by a former female colleague in New Delhi.
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