MADRID – Police say they have arrested 29 people on suspicion of smuggling drugs, dismantling a criminal organization that brought large quantities of hashish into Spain from Morocco. The investigation began in 2014 after police detected a drug-smuggling ring based near Cadiz in southwestern Spain and culminated in raids after …
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ATLANTA – Police say a woman who was reported missing after she failed to board a connecting flight in Atlanta has been found safe. Atlanta police spokesman Greg Lyon said Friday that 32-year-old Anne Giannini was found safe at the Atlanta Medical Center. Authorities say the woman was being treated …
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12:05 a.m. (CDT) A black man who says he saw an apparently white police officer restraining a black, bikini-clad teenage girl at a suburban Dallas community pool party says it wasn’t a racial incident. Benét Embry, who watched the disturbance unfold in McKinney on Friday night, told The Associated Press …
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FLINT, Mich. – A lawyer who wanted to enter his pet pig into the Flint mayoral race is calling off the effort. Michael Ewing started the “Giggles the Pig for Flint Mayor” campaign after learning that a mix-up by Flint’s clerk threatened to keep candidates’ names off the ballot. Gov. …
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BAUCHI, Nigeria – Police say three women wearing explosive vests blew up near Maiduguri in an apparent failed suicide bombing attack on Nigeria’s beleaguered northeastern city. Dozens have been killed in suicide bombings in Maiduguri over the last week blamed on the extremist Boko Haram group. A police expert investigating …
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BERLIN – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will hold meetings with Yemen’s warring factions and regional powers Sunday, kicking off the first substantive talks by all parties involved in the conflict. A U.N. spokesman told reporters in Geneva on Friday that Ban hopes the talks will produce a “new dynamic that …
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RECTORVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 4-year-old Mason County boy is being credited with saving the life of his mother. Shannon Jones, 28, was cleaning her Rectorville home recently when she suffered a low blood sugar spell caused by Type 1 diabetes, a chronic disease in which there are high levels …
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NEW YORK – An Italian truffle-sniffer, a French sheep herder and a small shepherd developed in California are joining the American Kennel Club’s roster of recognized dog breeds. The organization announced Monday that the lagotto Romagnolo (lah-GAHT’-toh roh-mahn-YOH’-loh), the berger Picard (behr-ZHAY’ PEEK’-ahr) and the miniature American shepherd will be …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s three-party opposition alliance, once touted as an alternative to the country’s long-ruling coalition, has collapsed over policy differences. The People’s Alliance, led by jailed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, made strong gains since 2008 polls and won the popular vote in 2013. However, a …
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WASHINGTON – A key arts panel has given final approval to a design for a memorial to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, another step toward groundbreaking. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted Thursday to give final approval to Frank Gehry’s design. The commission gave its preliminary approval …
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