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A Florida man who invoked the state's controversial "stand your ground" law

In a message on twitter, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said it had restored power to the last customer that was still offline, a family in Ponce, on the island's southern side. Hurricane Maria devastated the island last September and the bankrupt utility struggled to restore service to its customers.

A sweeping grand jury report on Tuesday found credible allegations against more than 300 predator priests and identified over 1,000 victims in decades of child sex abuse covered up by the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. It was not immediately clear how many fresh charges could be brought following what the report called the most comprehensive to date about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church, investigating all but two of the US state's dioceses. Testimony from dozens of witnesses and... Читать дальше...

Police said the intruder could face charges of trespassing.

Katie Stubblefield's story is the center of a new National Geographic documentary.

Among the enemies, rivals and random targets he has compared to a dog are Mitt Romney (“he choked like a dog”) Ted Cruz (he “lies like a dog”) and conservative writer Brent Bozell (came “begging for money like a dog”).

Nebraska hasn't executed an inmate in more than two decades

Carey Dean Moore, who was on death row for 38 years over the killing of two cab drivers in 1979, was put to death on Tuesday. Nebraska has carried out the first execution in the US using fentanyl, the opioid painkiller that killed Prince and has a central role in America’s overdose epidemic. The state put Carey Dean Moore, a double murderer, to death on Tuesday morning, the first execution there for 21 years.

Officials say a firefighter from Utah was injured while assisting with the Ranch Fire, the bigger of the two in the Mendocino complex. An emergency crew airlifted him to the hospital where he died.

“There can be no tradeoff between fiscal rules and the safety of Italians”

Afghan security forces pushed back the Taliban from the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday and were trying to flush the insurgents out of the city's outskirts. (Aug. 14)

Kellyanne Conway's husband, George Conway, slammed President Donald Trump's

Lawyers for former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort concluded their case on Tuesday without calling any witnesses, opening the way for closing arguments and for judge TS Ellis III to turn the case over to jurors. Manafort’s legal team elected not to call him as a witness in his own defense.

British group Quercus, an investor in renewable energy, said Tuesday it will halt work on a major solar plant in Iran after the country was hit by US economic sanctions. "Following the US sanctions on Iran, we have decided to cease all activities in the country, including our 600 MW (megawatt) project," Quercus chief executive Diego Biasi said Tuesday in comments later confirmed by a company spokesman. The US last week reimposed sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump's withdrawal from a nuclear accord in May. Читать дальше...

As many as 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy. The Morandi viaduct, less than five kilometres (three miles) to the west of Genoa's old port, was built in the 1960s and completed in 1967. Genoa's rugged terrain means that motorways that run through the city and the surrounding area are characterised by bridges and tunnels.

A North Carolina mother is warning others about mosquitoes as her son recovers from a potentially life-threatening mosquito-borne virus called La Crosse Encephalitis.

He was denied access — and not just because he was lacking ID

London (AFP) - Turkey's lira recovered steadily Tuesday, taking the pressure off stock markets although a boost from early bargain-hunting fizzled out, leaving most European share indices little changed on the day.

Chris Cox says the iconic motorcycle manufacturer's plan to move production overseas was planned years before the current trade dispute and is not a response to tariffs.

Ethan Sonneborn is running for governor of Vermont. He's also 14 years old. This is perfectly legal, which he explains on his very adorable and surprisingly professional website. All that's required for someone to run for governor in Vermont is that they have lived in the state for a minimum of four years. For the skeptics, a link to the Vermont constitution is also provided on Sonneborn's website. Sonneborn, who is a Democrat, also runs down the issues that are important to him, such as LGBTQ rights... Читать дальше...

A Disney Imagineer, who programmed theme park rides all around the world, was killed in a small plane crash.

That’s for a fully loaded Lariat SuperCrew with four-wheel drive.

Australian Model Robyn Lawley posted photos on Instagram from an accident where she had a seizure and fell down a flight of steps, resulting in a large scar on her face.

A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital that used vehicles as weapons.

Mollie's father Rob Tibbetts and her boyfriend Dalton Jack believe she is still alive nearly a month after her disappearance.