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Philadelphia’s 4th transit shooting in five days wounds 8 youths at bus stop
Bethel said the Northeast High School students, ranging in age from 15 to 17, were waiting for the bus around 3 p.m. when three people emerged from the car, and fired more than 30 shots.
Biden to give high-stakes address as Trump rematch looms
The speech is expected to trumpet achievements on infrastructure, student debt etc with Biden saying that he had done "more over three years than most presidents have in eight."
Biden will propose a temporary Gaza port to increase humanitarian aid
Biden last week first raised the idea of establishing a “maritime corridor,” saying the U.S. was working with allies on how it might provide assistance from the sea to those in Gaza.
Six people stabbed to death by 19-year-old student from Sri Lanka at Ottawa home
Ottawa police chief Eric Stubbs said the deceased are Sri Lankan nationals who recently came to Canada.
Nikki Haley suspends her campaign, leaving Donald Trump as last major Republican candidate
Haley leaves the 2024 presidential contest having made history as the first woman to win a Republican primary. She beat Trump in the District of Columbia on Sunday and Vermont on Tuesday.
US elections: McConnell weighs endorsing Trump in a stark turnaround since Jan 6 Capitol riot
In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, key Republicans, including McConnell, signalled unequivocally that they were done with Trump.
Goose intestines hidden under rattlesnakes & duck blood illegally imported from China, federal…
The complaint says 1,966 cartons of goose and duck intestines were shipped in August 2022 from China to the Port of Long Beach, where they were identified as nail clippers and other pet grooming products on customs forms.
International crew of four launches to Space Station amid delays and technical glitches
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin.
Nine people are dead following a van crash in a largely Indigenous area on Mexico’s Caribbean…
Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said that the van carrying the victims apparently collided with a truck.
Former top Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than USD 128 million in…
“Musk doesn’t pay his bills, believes the rules don’t apply to him, and uses his wealth and power to run roughshod over anyone who disagrees with him," the lawsuit said.
Masked shooters kill four people and injure three at an outdoor party in California, police say
Several people were at the party outside a residence when three men with dark masks and clothes got out of a silver car and fired at the group.
Mexican president acknowledges that 7 National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident
The drownings occurred on a beach near a military base in Ensenada, Baja California.
Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention
Two days later is Super Tuesday, when 16 states will hold primaries on what will be the largest day of voting of the year outside of the November election. Trump is on track to lock up the nomination days later.
Georgia teen critically injured after police trade gunfire with a group near Six Flags
Authorities said the 15-year-old was taken to Grady Hospital and determined to be in critical condition.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office dismisses US “directions” on probing alleged election…
Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch in her weekly press address on Friday categorically said that "no country could give directions" to Pakistan, an independent and sovereign nation.
Nikki Haley hammers Trump for being all about himself; faces protests in Virginia
Addressing overflowing halls in Virginia, Haley hammered Trump for being all about himself and alleged that he cares little about the country and its people.
Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich at G20 meeting in Sao Paulo
Fernando Haddad said tax evasion can be resolved through international cooperation so that “these few individuals make their contribution to our societies and to the planet’s sustainable development.”
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity
By embracing a close relationship with Microsoft, OpenAI and its top executives have set that pact "aflame" and are "perverting" the company's mission, Musk alleges in the lawsuit.
Mexico election race heats up as two women vie for presidency
Mexico, Latin America's second-largest economy, is a key trading partner of the US and a major tourist destination but faces huge challenges from illegal migration and drug-related violence.
Biden says Gaza ceasefire unlikely by Monday as Israeli attack on aid point set to complicate talks
The US president said he did not yet have clarity on what happened in Gaza City earlier Thursday, when one of the worst single incidents of the nearly five-month war occurred.