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Rafael Cancel Miranda in June at his home in San Juan, P.R. His eyesight is failing, but he still turns out for the occasional independence event, where younger people receive him as a legend.

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A 57-year-old Eagle Point woman has drowned after she fell into the water during a rafting trip down the Rogue River.

Rent in July matched an eight-year high as a boom in apartment making hasn’t put a lid on costs.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A judge has set an Oct. 17 trial date for the whistleblower lawsuit filed by former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary. McQueary was placed on leave by Penn State in 2011 following revelations he reported that a boy was being sexually abused by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The school president

The extremist groups Islamic State and Nusra Front are targeted in attacks by long-range and tactical bombers, Russia’s defense ministry says.

ENSCHEDE - Het Gogbot Festival heeft er een bijzondere locatie bij. Het evenement slaat dit jaar zijn vleugels uit van de binnenstad naar de oude Coberco Melkfabriek.

Czech Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Marek Obrtel, who fought in Afghanistan and made the headlines with his decision to return his NATO medals, is now busy setting up a national militia force. This initiative has already drawn flak from Germany’s MDR television channel, which accused the militiamen of “rightwing extremism.”

Havelange, who was suffering from a respiratory infection, died early Tuesday while Rio de Janeiro was hosting the Olympic Games, according to the Samaritano Hospital

DETROIT — Ford and the Chinese search engine company Baidu will each invest $75 million in Velodyne, a company that makes laser sensors that help guide self-driving cars. Velodyne, based in The Morgan Hill, California, says it will use the $150 million investment to expand design and production and reduce the cost of its sensors.

The collection up to June indicate that 25.7 percent of the annual budget target of indirect taxes has been achieved in the first three months of the fiscal.

OMAHA -- Seven of nine former Winnebago Tribal Council members charged with theft of tribal funds pleaded not guilty to federal charges Monday.

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When he was a young boy, Percy Skinner marveled at the airplanes flying overhead and dreamed of himself in the cockpit.

De piepkleine Jelle krijgt de uitvaart waar zijn ouders zo op hoopten. Binnen een dag is er via een crowdfundingspagina meer dan genoeg geld ingezameld, bieden uitvaartondernemingen aan om te helpen en kan het jongetje dat vandaag wordt geboren en ook zal overlijden wel bij de verzekeraar terecht.

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Tehran’s top prosecutor said that the authorities had arrested a dual citizen who had been in contact with British intelligence services, the latest in a string of such detentions this year.

The train is believed to have disappeared during World War II in secret tunnels.

His prescriptions exploit the lingering fear and anger over 9/11 while proposing no substantive policies to prevent future tragedies

LOL Popular Nigerian comedian, Gordons has lambasted President Buhari and minister for power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola in a joking way. In the recently concluded comedy show, Seyi Law’s Fast and Funny, the comedian went from calling Buhari a motherfucker to mocking former Lagos state governor, saying he thought administration as a governor in […]

The Indian Independence Day celebrations, organized by South Western Indian Michigan Association (SMIA), were held at North Lake Park, Stevensville, Michigan on Saturday, August 13.

Are these ghosts real? Why do people see ghosts? Let’s try to answer these questions and look at the incredible photos. No one really knows if the ghosts are real. The Bible tells us that men die once and then they go to the judgment. So, they cannot be wondering on the Earth and spooking […]

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At the end of 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry will receive the first delivery of the renewed NK-32 engines for the Tu-160M2 strategic missile-carrying bombers.

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