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COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Trump identifies India among major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries

2:28 pm August 9, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump has designated India among the over 20 major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, Trump said that a country’s presence on the list is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s counter-narcotic efforts or level of cooperation with […]

Florida woman says alligator ate her 100-pound dog

3:17 am August 9, 2019

Auburndale, Florida: A woman in central Florida says an alligator ate her 100-pound (45-kilogram) dog. Cynthia Robinson told investigators in Auburndale, Florida that she was walking her 6-year-old dog, Tank, by a retention pond on Thursday when the gator attacked. Robinson told Spectrum Bay News 9 that she wanted to help her dog, but the […]

Montana: Man in anthem attack convinced Trump ordered it, lawyer says

2:29 am August 9, 2019

Missoula, Montana: A Montana man charged with assaulting a 13-year-old boy who refused to remove his hat during the national anthem believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do, his attorney said. Attorney Lance Jasper told the Missoulian he will seek a mental health evaluation for Curt Brockway, a U.S. Army […]

Experts push for domestic terrorism law after attacks

2:20 am August 9, 2019

Los Angeles: Seven days, three mass shootings, 34 dead. The FBI has labeled two of those attacks , at a Texas Walmart and California food festival, as domestic terrorism — acts meant to intimidate or coerce a civilian population and affect government policy. But the bureau hasn’t gone that far with a shooting at an […]

Attacker kills 4 in series of stabbings in California cities

2:09 am August 9, 2019

Garden Grove, California: Investigators believe a man who stabbed four people to death and wounded two others targeted his victims at random during a bloody rampage across two Southern California cities, authorities said. The 33-year-old man from the city of Garden Grove was “full of anger” when he carried out violent attacks and robberies at […]