Editor’s Note 2/10/24 — Police charged 15-year-old Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa as an adult after this story was filed. Click here to read more. NEW YORK— A teenager was arrested Friday in connection witha shooting that wounded a tourist in New York City’s Times Squareon Thursday night. It was a manhunt for most of the day before U.S. Marshals found the …
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9 February
5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Hawaiis Big Island
HAWAII – A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii Friday afternoon. The U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) reports that the earthquake was centered southwest of Pahala at 12:06 p.m. PST. The exact coordinates are 19.188°N 155.493°Wand 23 miles below sea level. Aftershocks have been reported in the same area and the USGS said aftershocks are possible in the coming …
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9 February
5 Marines killed in helicopter crash are identified: "Every service familys worst fear"
The fiveMarines who diedwhen their helicopter crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego have been identified. The servicemembers were aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that was traveling during bad weather from Creech Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California for “routine flight training.” The crashed helicopter …
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9 February
CIA Director William Burns to travel to Cairo for further hostage talks
CIA Director William Burns is expected to travel to Cairo next Tuesday for further hostage talks after a new set of terms was delivered by Hamas days ago to the Qatari government, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will also attend. While Israeli Prime …
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9 February
Camilla says King Charles doing extremely well after cancer diagnosis, but what is her role?
London —Queen Camilla said Thursday evening that King Charles III was “doing extremely well under the circumstances,” several days after Buckingham Palace revealed that the monarch had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer and was undergoing treatment. Speaking at a concert celebrating the work of local charities in England’s Salisbury Cathedral, Camilla said Charles was “very touched by …
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9 February
2 dead after plane crashes onto highway near Naples, Florida, and bursts into flames
Two passengers died when a small plane crashed onto a South Florida highway Friday afternoon, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said. Three people were able to exit the plane, said Robin King, a spokesperson for the Naples Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said there were five passengers aboard the flight. Pilot Edward Daniel Murphy, 50, of Oakland Park, Florida, and …
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9 February
Israels Benjamin Netanyahu indicates war in Gaza may escalate, orders evacuation plan for Rafah
A day after President Biden called Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip “over the top,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that the war was likely to escalate. The Israeli leader said Friday that he’d ordered his forces to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern …
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9 February
At Texas border rally, fresh signs the Jan. 6 prosecutions left some participants unbowed
Quemado, Texas – Three years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, some of the same defendants who were arrested and convicted for their role in the violent insurrection were embraced by an emboldened fringe movement at the nation’s southern border. The Take Our Border Back rally last weekend brought anti-immigration hardliners, MAGA conservatives, and other fringe elements …
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9 February
The differences between the Trump and Biden documents cases
Washington – Special counsel Robert Hur’s report detailing his investigation into President Biden for allegedly retaining sensitive government information as a private citizen drew immediate comparisons to the case against former President Donald Trump, who faces 40 federal charges for obstruction and allegedly keeping dozens of sensitive documents once he left the White House. The charges against Trump were filed …
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8 February
Hottest January on record pushes 12-month global average temps over 1.5 degree threshold for first time ever
The world just had its hottest year ever recorded, and 2024 has already set a new heat record for the warmest January ever observed, according to the European Union’s climate change monitoring service Copernicus. The service said that January 2024 had a global average air temperature of 13.14 degrees Celsius, or 55.65 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperature was 0.70 degrees Celsius …
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