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Judge acquits Mississippi lawmaker accused of punching wife
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:13:10 -0400
2015 North Dakota liquid gas spill much bigger than reported
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:06:00 -0400
Search intensifies for 2 missing firefighters off Florida
Authorities say they are ramping up the search for two missing firefighters who set out by boat last week from the state's Atlantic coast. Jacksonville Interim Fire Chief Keith Powers said the agency was calling for as "many boats" as could be mustered Tuesday in the ongoing search for Brian McCluney and Justin Walker. The firefighters departed last Friday on their outing aboard a 24-foot (7.3-meter) vessel from Port Canaveral. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:02:18 -0400
Homophobia seen rising in European countries without gay marriage
Homophobia has risen in European countries that do not legally recognise same-sex relationships, while acceptance of gay and lesbian people has jumped in states where they can marry, research released on Wednesday showed. Most European countries saw a rise in acceptance of same-sex relationships between 2002 and 2016, according to Hungarian researchers who analysed results from the European Social Survey, carried out every two years. "I think it is very important that we can unlearn prejudice," said Judit Takacs, a researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and one of the study's authors. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:01:00 -0400
WIDER IMAGE-"I don't recommend you do this": Thailand's stealthy snake wrangler
In the dead of night, Thai firefighter Pinyo Pukpinyo stealthily approaches a python coiled around the rafters of a home in Bangkok, and quickly grabs its head with his bare hands. "This job makes me feel like I'm a superhero," he said. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:00:33 -0400
INSIGHT-"You prepare for war": how one U.S. firm tried escaping Trump's China tariffs
When Larry Sloven heard last year that U.S. tariffs threatened his China electronics business, he knew that setting up shop elsewhere would be a slog rather than an adventure. The 70-year-old had spent half his life building supply chains in southern China to produce goods for big-box U.S. retailers. "It is the hardest thing I've ever had to do in all my 30 years in the business," said Sloven, president of Capstone International HK Ltd, a division of Florida-based Capstone Companies. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:00:00 -0400
U.S.-China trade war 'very worrying'- Australia c.bank chief
Heightened tensions between the United States and China represent the biggest risk to global economic stability, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe said in a private meeting late on Tuesday. Lowe said the U.S.-China trade war was hurting global investment, wages and economic growth, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported, citing sources who attended the business event. The remarks came as U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up tensions with China, saying the Asian giant had to be taken on even if it caused short-term harm to his country's economy. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:55:35 -0400
Migrant children programs report drivers harassing buses
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:54:06 -0400
TSA says traveler forgot snake at Newark security checkpoint
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:47:31 -0400
City: Philadelphia police head quits over bias in department
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:44:57 -0400
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