WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House is trying a new tactic in its battle with Senate Republicans over proposed interrogation rules for suspected terrorists.
John Ullyot, a spokesman for Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner, said Monday that draft legislation was headed to …
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (CNN) — Protesters stormed the headquarters of Hungary’s state television network and set fires in and around the building early Tuesday after the country’s prime minister admitted lying about the economy “throughout the past one and a half or two years.”
UNION, Missouri (CNN) — Investigators searching for a newborn girl who was reportedly snatched by a knife-wielding woman asked the public Monday to watch their neighbors for new infants.
Missouri police released a composite sketch of an unidentified female suspect Monday, along …
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene continued to gain strength as a major Category 3 storm Monday, posing a potential threat to Bermuda later in the week, while a hurricane warning was issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gordon intensified to Category 2.
It was too soon to tell …
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Celebrities and ordinary Texans gathered Monday for a final farewell to former Gov. Ann Richards, likening her to a rock star and a force of nature who “gave it her all every single minute of every single day.”
Richards, a Democrat who led the state from …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Just hours after a suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Iraq, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday that the nation is in “grave danger” of falling into civil war.
At least 17 people were wounded in Monday’s attack, when a bomber detonated …
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LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (AP) — Willie Nelson and four others were issued misdemeanor citations for possession of narcotic mushrooms and marijuana after a traffic stop Monday morning on a Louisiana highway, state police said.
The citations were issued after a commercial vehicle inspection …
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TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — Teenage actor Pablo Santos, who starred in the television series “Greetings from Tucson,” died in a small plane crash in central Mexico, a hospital official said Saturday. He was 19.
Santos and six friends were flying from Monterrey to Acapulco …
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Hurricane Florence blew out windows, peeled away several roofs and knocked out power to thousands in Bermuda on Monday but spared the wealthy British island chain massive damage as it skirted past.
Authorities reported a few minor injuries but no deaths …
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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — At least 10 stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia’s eastern coast since “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin was killed by one of the animals last week, an official said Tuesday, prompting concerns of revenge attacks on the normally docile fish.