Ex-Miss Austria dies after mountain fall
Former Miss Austria Ena Kadic died on Tuesday from injuries sustained during a mountain fall while jogging in her home state of Tyrol, police said. The 26-year-old had been in a critical condition after plunging off the side of the Bergisel mountain near the city of Innsbruck on Friday. Shortly…
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Man Chokes Woman on Southwest Airlines Jet for Reclining Her Seat, Witnesses Say
Southwest Airlines flight forced to return to gate at LAX after man chokes woman for reclining her seat, authorities said.
Signs of alien life? Mysterious star stirs controversy
Mysterious light on a distant star could be a sign of alien civilisation, some astronomers have claimed, stirring controversy among their peers. "The mysterious star, KIC 8462852, does have an odd light curve," said Steve Howell, a US space agency scientist working on the Kepler space telescope's…
Driver Shot During Road Rage Incident With Child In Backseat
At 9 a.m. Monday on 294 South in Markham, Ill., someone shot at a vehicle that had a baby in the backseat. Police are calling it a road rage incident.
Cambodian on trial for infecting more than 100 with HIV
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An unlicensed medical practitioner who infected more than 100 villagers in northwestern Cambodia with HIV by reusing unclean needles went on trial Tuesday, facing three charges including murder, his lawyer said.
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Police say father meant to drive family into Arizona lake
PHOENIX (AP) — The deaths of two adults and three young children who were in an SUV that plunged into an Arizona lake are being investigated as a murder-suicide as police said Monday that the father of the youngsters deliberately drove the vehicle into the water.
US F-16 struck by enemy fire in Afghanistan in rare attack
A US F-16 was struck by enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan, military officials have confirmed to AFP, in a rare instance of an advanced fighter jet coming under a Taliban-claimed attack. The multi-million dollar jet sustained significant damage, forcing it to jettison its fuel tanks and munitions…
Half-Century Later, US Promises to Clean Up Spanish Nuke Accident
The U.S. and Spain announced their intention today to work to once-and-for-all “remediate” a coastal region of Spain, just shy of 50 years after the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped four nuclear bombs there – two of which partially exploded and radiated the countryside. The “statement of…
450-Year-Old Church Emerges From Mexican Reservoir After Water Levels Drop
A 16th century church looks as if it was risen from the ground thanks to low water levels that normally swallowed the house of worship.
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Actress on 'Petticoat Junction' dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Pat Woodell, a former actress and singer who played the brainy sister Bobbie Jo Bradley for two seasons in the 1960s sitcom "Petticoat Junction," has died.
Secret source in Hillary Clinton email was no secret: CIA
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA has told Congress that the name of an alleged secret agency source, mentioned but then partially redacted by the U.S. State Department from an email received on Hillary Clinton's private server was not considered by the agency to be secret at all. At…
Freezing migrants cry foul as German cold bites
As the thermometer dips towards zero in Germany, thousands of asylum seekers spending their nights in tents are pleading for authorities to find them alternative housing. Maybe we are all going to turn to ice," said a 25-year-old Afghan who went by the name Hussein, and who has been living in one…
Alaska to Resident Hunters: Go Shoot Musk Oxen Before They Drown
Big game officials in Alaska have opened hunting season on musk oxen, a few weeks after the first musk oxen draw of the season, because unusually warm temperatures mean the sheets of ice the animals inhabit are melting and drifting into the Bering Sea. “This occurs every couple of years,” Patrick…
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Man charged in girl's death says he pushed her down stairs
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man charged with murder in the disappearance 33 years ago of a 13-year-old Milwaukee girl confessed to police that he pushed her down a flight of stairs because she didn't want to make out with him and that he "had his way with her" before realizing she was dead, according to a…
Body Believed to Be Missing 11-Year-Old Girl Found in Freezer, Mom Arrested
Relatives broke into a locked freezer the little girl's mother left at their home and discovered the body.
Moscow fury as Swiss jet comes 'dangerously' close to official plane
Russia on Monday lashed out after a Swiss warplane flew "dangerously close" to one of its passenger jets carrying a senior parliamentary delegation, although Switzerland defended it as a routine check. The incident, which took place on Monday morning, initially sparked a diplomatic spat between…
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Undercover stings nab 76 illegal contractors in California
As a result of undercover sting operations by the California Contractors State Licensing Board, 73 people statewide face criminal charges for failing to have a valid contractor's license.
Man Dies on Aer Lingus Flight After Biting Fellow Passenger
A woman believed to be traveling with man was found to have five pounds of a "suspected amphetamine powder" in her suitcase.
Many Uruguayans fed up with complaints from Syrian refugees
JUAN LACAZE, Uruguay (AP) — When Uruguay announced last year that it would be taking in five families fleeing Syria's devastating civil war, residents of this small town pulled together and lobbied to host one.
