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Hours After CIA Drone Strike, al-Qaeda Attacks Yemeni Base, Kills 20

TruthNews.US - News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
Associated Press | Al-Qaeda militants stage surprise attack on Yemeni base killing 20 soldiers, capture 25, hours after U.S. drone strike killed senior al-Qaeda member.

Small-town Ill. official pleads not guilty to stealing $53 million

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation's foremost horse-breeding operations.

Rita Crundwell and her attorney, Paul ...

Abbott Labs agrees to pay $1.5B over Depakote

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion over allegations that it promoted the anti-seizure drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration....
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Video of crash opens Pa. trial in duck boat deaths

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Video footage played Monday at the opening of a trial stemming from the boat crash that killed two Hungarian tourists shows the teenage girl killed in the collision toss a deckhand her life jacket moments before the doomed vessel is driven under by an unmanned barge....
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Ill. official pleads not guilty to stealing $53M

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) -- The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation's foremost horse-breeding operations....
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New video of US aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The White House called for his immediate release....
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Cities seek more money from tax-exempt colleges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

On College Hill sits Brown University, with a $2.5 billion endowment ...

Evidence in CA homeless man's death airs in court

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Evidence is being presented to a judge who will decide whether two California police officers should stand trial on charges of killing a mentally ill homeless man they stopped while investigating a report of car burglaries....
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Seller of suicide kits sentenced on tax charges

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 92-year-old woman who sold $40 suicide kits has been sentenced in San Diego for failing to file federal tax returns....
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Cities seek more money from tax-exempt colleges

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-08 15:45
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass....
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