DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) — Syrian security forces on Tuesday killed four gunmen after they tried to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, the Syrian Information Ministry said.
No American diplomats were harmed.
A fifth attacker was wounded and in custody, officials said. It was …
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TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s new prince, the first male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne to be born in four decades, on Tuesday was named Hisahito — meaning “virtuous, calm and everlasting,” the Imperial Household Agency announced.
The infant, who was born September 6 …
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush told the American people Monday night that the country faces “a struggle for civilization” as it fights the war on terrorism sparked by the 9/11 attacks five years ago.
In an address from the Oval Office, the president stressed the necessity …
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(CNN) — Five years after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, President Bush on Monday saluted the nearly 3,000 people who were killed on September 11, 2001.
On a drizzly, chilly day near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Bush exchanged hugs and greetings with people who lost family members onboard United Airlines Flight 93.
DOVER, Delaware (AP) — The director of the Delaware State University band has been charged with raping a student, state police said Monday.
Miguel A. Bonds, 31, was arrested Sunday night and charged with second-degree rape, two counts of third-degree unlawful sexual contact, and providing alcohol to an underage person.
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The 20-year-old son of Anna Nicole Smith died while visiting his mother in the hospital where the reality TV star and former Playboy playmate had given birth last week, a Bahamas police official said Monday.
Daniel Wayne Smith was visiting his mother in her …
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MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — Tropical Storm Ernesto was weakening early Friday as it continued moving inland over eastern North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center said.
As of 5 a.m. ET, Ernesto was packing winds of 60 mph. Its center was located about 20 miles south-southwest of …
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CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (CNN) — Hurricane John strengthened early Friday to Category 3 status as it neared the Baja California peninsula.
Ahead of the powerful storm — which was packing maximum sustained winds of 115 mph — government officials ordered the evacuation of 15,000 people from low-lying areas.
HUTCHINSON, Kansas (AP) — The regular customer eating dinner at the end of the bar always tipped well — $15 or so on $30 tabs. The $100 tip two weeks ago was a nice surprise, but the amount he left bartender Cindy Kienow this week left her stunned. On the check, the tip read: $10,000.
(CNN) — Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs warned a teenage girl forced into a “spiritual marriage” to submit to sex with her husband or face “losing your salvation,” Utah authorities claimed in an affidavit.
The five-page document was filed in Las Vegas, Nevada, …
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