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› Two men stabbed to death on Oregon train trying to stop anti-Muslim rant
(Reuters) - A man fatally stabbed two passengers aboard a Portland, Oregon, commuter train after they tried to stop him from harassing two young women who appeared to be Muslim, police said on Saturday. |
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› Mother of Uber CEO killed in California boating accident
(Reuters) - The mother of ride-hailing firm Uber's chief executive has died in a boating accident near Fresno, California on Friday, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday |
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› Hillary Clinton attacks proposed Trump budget cuts as 'cruelty'
WELLESLEY, Mass. (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton assailed the man who beat her to the White House, slamming as "unimaginable cruelty" President Donald Trump's proposal to cut $3.6 trillion in government spending over the next decade in a speech on Friday. |
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› Fingers crossed! Washington zoo hopes to get panda pregnant again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Zoo officials in Washington hope they can get lucky again with female giant panda Mei Xiang. |
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› Accused South Carolina serial killer pleads guilty to seven murders: reports
(Reuters) - An accused serial killer pleaded guilty to seven murders at a court in South Carolina on Friday and was given seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, avoiding the death penalty, local news reports said. |
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› Texas teacher disciplined for 'terrorist' award for student
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - At least one Houston-area teacher has been disciplined after presenting a seventh grade student with the mock award "most likely to be a terrorist," a school district official said on Friday. |
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› Judge overturns life sentences for D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday tossed out life prison terms for one of two men convicted in a deadly Washington, D.C. area shooting spree, saying he must be re-sentenced in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the Washington Post reported. |
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› Sponsors abandon Puerto Rican parade in NY after nationalist honored
(Reuters) - Sponsors have been fleeing next month's National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City since organizers decided to honor an activist recently freed after more than three decades in prison for ties to a nationalist group that carried out more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and 1980s. |
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› U.S. says Hezbollah associate pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy
(This story has been refiled to fix garble at start of quote in fourth paragraph) |
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› Before the White House, Kennedy was a high-school prankster
BOSTON (Reuters) - Years before he captained the torpedo boat PT-109, ran for office or set the United States on a path to put a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy was a troublesome teen whose hijinks nearly got him kicked out of his prestigious boarding school. |
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