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UN pays tribute to thousands of aid workers killed, injured
United Nations, Aug 20 (AP/UNB) — The United Nations paid tribute on World Humanitarian Day to the thousands of aid workers who have been killed, injured, assaulted and kidnapped, saying the world has become a more dangerous place for those who risk their lives to help people in need.
Reporter ID'd in New Orleans small plane crash
New Orleans, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — A New Orleans TV journalist and the pilot of a small plane are dead after their aircraft went down Friday in a field near a city airport.
Trump ties US success to 2nd term: 'You have to vote for me'
Manchester, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to reassure his supporters about the state of the U.S. economy despite the stock market volatility and told rallygoers in New Hampshire, a state that he hopes to capture in 2020, that their financial security depends on his reelection.
Trump focuses on mental illness, not gun control
Manchester, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump says that in the wake of two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas this month that he wants to focus on mental illness to prevent mass gun violence, not gun control.
Mexico finds 65 lost Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan migrants
Mexico City, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Mexican authorities say federal police found 65 severely dehydrated and hungry migrants from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka wandering on a highway in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Climate change threatens US West river despite wet winter
Flagstaff, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Snow swamped mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wildfire restrictions unnecessary. But the wet weather can be misleading.
After 1 death, Southern heat wave eases slightly with front
Birmingham, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — An oppressive heat wave blamed for a death in Mississippi eased a little across the Southeast on Wednesday after a cold front pushed through the region, bringing damaging storms along with lower temperatures.
Gunman wounds at least 6 Philadelphia police; 2 more trapped
Philadelphia, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — At least one gunman opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in a Philadelphia neighborhood, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the evening, including a potential hostage situation, authorities said.
Trump amplifies conspiracy theories from perch of presidency
Morristown, Aug 14 (AP/UNB) — With a pair of weekend retweets, President Donald Trump amplified an unfounded conspiracy theory.
Trump to promote turning natural gas into plastics in Pa.
Berkeley Heights, Aug 13 (AP/UNB) — Trying to hold support in the manufacturing towns that helped him win the White House in 2016, President Donald Trump is showcasing growing efforts to capitalize on western Pennsylvania's natural gas deposits by turning gas into plastics.