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Spokesman: 8 factory workers dead, 8 missing from tornado

Spokesman: 8 factory workers dead, 8 missing from tornado

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Workers on the night shift at Mayfield Consumer Products were in the middle of the holiday rush, cranking out candles, when a tornado closed in on the factory and the word went out: "Duck and cover.
PM to make first official visit by Israeli premier to UAE

PM to make first official visit by Israeli premier to UAE

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister announced that he would make the first official visit by a sitting premier to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday as part of a blitz of regional diplomacy amid the backdrop of struggling nuclear talks with Iran
Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states

Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped across the middle of the U.S.
Man killed in shooting involving police near UK royal palace

Man killed in shooting involving police near UK royal palace

LONDON (AP) — British police say a man was shot dead during a confrontation with firearms officers on Saturday near the Kensington Palace royal residence in London.
4 women met Maxwell as teens. They're accusing her as adults

4 women met Maxwell as teens. They're accusing her as adults

NEW YORK (AP) — One was an aspiring musician looking for her big break in show business. Another was a model striving for a leg up in British society. A third was a struggling middle school dropout. The last was an impressionable high school student.
'Panther' the cat rescued after days-long utility pole perch

'Panther' the cat rescued after days-long utility pole perch

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — For at least two days and maybe more, residents of a suburban Denver neighborhood worried about the fate of a black cat called Panther who was perched atop a 36-foot (11-meter) utility pole.
Navy blames Hawaii water contamination on jet fuel spill

Navy blames Hawaii water contamination on jet fuel spill

HONOLULU (AP) — The Navy believes that contaminated tap water that went to Hawaii military households came from a one-time spill of jet fuel last month and was not caused by a leak from aging underground fuel storage tanks above an aquifer, a top Nav
Islamic State figure pleads guilty to aiding terrorist group

Islamic State figure pleads guilty to aiding terrorist group

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Canadian citizen who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State group nearly a decade ago pleaded guilty Friday to serving as one of the organization’s more prominent English-language propagandists.
Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite's sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, forced themselves on her when s
Accidental shooting leads police to home with over 70 cats

Accidental shooting leads police to home with over 70 cats

KENSINGTON, N.H. (AP) — An accidental shooting led police in New Hampshire to a house that was overrun with more than 70 cats and was declared uninhabitable because it was covered with feline feces and urine.
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