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Children as young as 10 fight, kill and die in Yemen’s war
MARIB, Yemen (AP) — The number etched on the bracelet around Mohammed’s wrist gave the 13-year-old soldier comfort as missiles fired from enemy warplanes shook the earth beneath him. For two years Mohammed fought with…
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SoftBank mobile subsidiary has bitter debut on Tokyo market
TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile subsidiary suffered a bitter debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, slumping 15 percent, hurt by a recent service outage and concerns about the use of…
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Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, offers rides to VIPs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech…
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US reviews report of imports from forced labor in China camp
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government said Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of forced labor at a Chinese internment camp where ethnic minorities are sewing clothes that have been shipped to the U.S. market.…
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Children fight, kill and die in Yemen’s civil war
MARIB, Yemen (AP) — At the age of 13, Mohammed was an unflinching fighter for Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Indoctrinated in their camps, he went into battle even as gunfire filled the air and the earth…
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Yemeni mom wins fight to fly to US to give dying son kiss
All Shaima Swileh wants is to give her son one more kiss before he dies. The Yemeni woman is about to get her wish after winning her fight for a waiver from the Trump administration’s…
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Madagascar goes to the polls in runoff presidential election
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Voters have begun casting their ballots are across the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar Wednesday to select a new president in a runoff election that pits two former leaders against…
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Judge’s rebuke of Flynn upends sentencing, prolongs case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who described himself as disgusted by Michael Flynn’s behavior upended a straightforward sentencing hearing, postponing punishment for President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser and telling him in a…
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Neighbors help firefighters save family from burning home
A 7-year-old girl, 5-year-old boy, 2-year-old girl and their mother and father were taken to hospitals but are expected to survive after the fire early Tuesday at a Virginia Beach mobile home park.
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Ex-police commissioner pleads guilty to failing to pay taxes
Darryl De Sousa pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of failing to file individual federal tax returns and admitted falsely inflating deductions.
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‘Twas the Night before Christmas’ is theme of Pence holiday
Every room on the main floor of the Naval Observatory represents a verse from the poem by Clement Clarke Moore, officially titled “A Visit from St. Nicholas.”
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Virginia museum to study potential Confederate flag exhibit
The Lynchburg Museum’s advisory board raised concerns about its history and associations when Museum Director Ted Delaney notified them of plans to display the flag.
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Manhunt for Florida dad in shooting deaths of daughter, niece ends
39-year-old Abdool Zaman was wanted in connection with the deaths of 18-year-old Vanessa Zaman and 18-year-old Leona Samlall, who were shot at an apartment complex Dec. 13.
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In farewell, Ryan sees solutions if ‘politics will allow it’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan is bemoaning America’s “broken politics” in a farewell speech in which he calls Washington’s failure to overhaul costly federal benefit programs “our greatest unfinished business.” “Our complex…
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Complaint: Scam cost health insurance companies millions
A criminal complaint released Monday charges Jonas Knopf with a conspiracy in which he created sham companies in Virginia and Pennsylvania as well as fake employees who actually were clients seeking health insurance.
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