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Baton Rouge Police Hunt Fourth Suspect in Gun Burglary Tied to Plot to Kill Police
Baton Rouge police are hunting for the fourth suspect in a burglary at a pawn shop that's believed to be part of a wider plot to kill law enforcement in the Louisiana capital. Eight handguns and an airsoft BB gun were stolen from Cash America Pawn on Saturday before 2 a.m., police said. Of the four suspects who were...
Theresa May becomes UK prime minister
Theresa May has been formally appointed as the UK's new prime minister. The former home secretary travelled to Buckingham Palace where she officially accepted the Queen's invitation to form a new government. She becomes the UK's second ever female PM, after Margaret Thatcher. In his farewell statement outside...
Zika Virus Transmission Risk During Olympics Is Low, CDC Says
The risk of Zika virus transmission during the upcoming Olympic games in Rio will be low due to colder weather, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. In a new risk-assessment report, the CDC found that since the games are occurring during winter in Brazil, the cooler, drier weather will reduce mosquito...
Tesla says autopilot involved in second car crash
Tesla has admitted that its autopilot feature was activated when one of its cars crashed on Sunday. However, the electric carmaker has suggested that the function was not being used correctly at the time. The motorist survived the accident, but another Tesla owner died in an earlier crash blamed on the driver-assist function...
Donald Trump Up to Dead Heat With Hillary Clinton in 3 Swing State Polls
Donald Trump’s poll numbers have crept up on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, with Trump now within the margin of error in the three swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The latest Quinnipiac University polls, released today, show Trump leading in Florida and Pennsylvania and tied in Ohio. In Florida, Trump...
Privacy row over FBI iris scan ‘trial’
The FBI has collected nearly 430,000 iris scans over the past three years, an investigation by technology website The Verge, has revealed. What started as a pilot in 2013 has grown into a database "without any public debate or oversight", said the American Civil Liberties Union. It amounted to "runaway...
Turkey to develop ties with Syria — PM Yildirim
Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said his country will aim to develop relations with Syria. Mr Yildirim said Turkey needed to boost diplomatic relations in the region. His televised speech appears to suggest a sharp U-turn by the government. Diplomatic ties between Turkey and Syria were severed after the Syrian...
Scientists Break Down Why Flying East Is Worse for Jet Lag
When it comes to flying, many avid travelers may notice jet-lag symptoms are particularly bad when heading east instead of west. That may seem to be a figment of your imagination, but it's actually a known phenomenon confirmed by science. Today researchers from the University of Maryland's Institute for Research in...
Funerals Set to Begin for Police Officers Slain in Dallas
Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas. Funerals will be held later Wednesday for Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson. Ahrens' funeral will be held in Plano....
Death of Rebel Leader Fuels Renewed Anger in Kashmir
When Indian forces announced last week that they had killed a top Kashmiri rebel leader, they called it a major victory in the fight against militants in the disputed Himalayan region. They clearly didn't expect the backlash that followed — an outpouring of public anger, daily protests and dozens dead in the streets....
Amnesty: Hundreds ‘disappeared’ by Egyptian forces
"Officially, you do not exist." That's the alarming title of a new report published by Amnesty International alleging human rights violations occurring in Egypt. Activists say people are being detained without access to family or a lawyer, and held incommunicado without formal charges or a trial. They call it...
Relaxing on holiday just got easier! YOU could soon have your ice cream delivered by DRONE
HOLIDAY-makers will soon be able to have their seaside ice creams delivered to them by a flying drone. Initial trials of the pioneering scheme at Mablethorpe, Lincs, which boasts almost four miles of golden sands, have proved a success. Now Rock & Ices Limited, based just yards from the town's beach, is awaiting...