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Lebanese Shells Fired Towards Israel, Fall Short Of Border - Israeli Military
The Israeli military said that six shells were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Monday but fell short of crossing the border.
Biden Plan Would Pick Winners, Losers In Move To Green Jobs
In Georgia, school busmaker Blue Bird has visions of going from selling a few hundred electric buses annually to 15,000. In Michigan, Ford plans to produce an allelectric version of its F150 pickup truck.
Chile Begins Down Uncertain Road To Writing New Constitution
Chile's longstanding political parties were reeling on Monday following their bruising defeat in an election for delegates to rewrite the constitution that sowed doubts over their future as well as the fate of the country's freemarket model.
Crews Battle Los Angeles Wildfire That Forced Evacuations
A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents remained under evacuation orders, authorities said.
Calgary Stampede To Proceed With Limited Events: Report
The Calgary Stampede, an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival that is also Canada's biggest and booziest party, will go ahead this year after being pulled in 2020 due to the pandemic, though it will not look and feel the same, an event organizer told CBC...
Media Demand Israel Explain Destruction Of News Offices
News organizations demanded an explanation Saturday for an Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the offices of The Associated Press, broadcaster AlJazeera and other media outlets.
'Sins Of Our Past': Officials Apologize For Campus Shooting
The mayor of Mississippi's capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and state police officers that killed two people and injured 12 others on the campus of a historically Black college.
Wall Street Closes Sharply Higher, But Posts Weekly Loss
Wall Street ended higher at the close of a broad rally, an upbeat conclusion to whipsaw week of buying and selling as signs of a rebounding economy did battle with mounting inflation jitters.
Penpa Tsering Elected President of Tibetan Exile Government
Penpa Tsering, the former speaker of Tibet's parliamentinexile, has been elected the new president of the exile government, the election commissioner announced Friday.
Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory Cannot Be Ruled Out, Leading Scientists Say
COVID-19, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed 3.34 million people, cost the world trillions of dollars in lost income and upended normal life for billions of people.
State Street Corporation To Pay $115M Criminal Penalty
State Street Corporation has agreed to pay a $115 million criminal penalty to resolve charges that it schemed to defraud clients by secretly overcharging some of its customers for as long as 17 years, federal investigators said Thursday.
Hawaii Man Sentenced To Supervision Over Utah Cyberstalking
A Hawaii man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking a Utah family by sending more than 500 people to their house for unwanted services including food deliveries, plumbers and prostitutes was sentenced Thursday to three years of supervision and ordered to adh...
Jenner's Claim She Didn't Vote At Odds With LA County Record
Caitlyn Jenner wants to be governor of California but she took a pass on voting on some of the state's most critical issues last year, from worker rights to taxes and affordable housing to affirmative action. Or did she?
US Interior Secretary Approves Cherokee Nation Constitution
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland approved a new constitution for the Cherokee Nation on Wednesday, ensuring citizenship for descendants of its Freedmen, the Black people once enslaved by tribal citizens.
US Files First Trade Complaint With Mexico Under USMCA
The United States filed its first labor complaint with Mexico Wednesday under the U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement, after an oldguard union was caught allegedly destroying ballots at a General Motors plant in northern Mexico.
Russia Charges 19-year-old Over School Shooting
A 19yearold man was charged on Wednesday with multiple counts of murder over a school shooting in Russia that left nine people dead, as state investigators said that he was diagnosed last year with a brain disease.