A Mexican drug cartel was so bold in operating frauds that target elderly Americans that the gang’s operators posed as U.S. Treasury Department officials, U.S. authorities said Thursday. The scam was described by the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. The agency has been chasing fraudsters using call …
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Military officials have identified the service members who were on board the U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan. An Air Force spokesperson said after days of “intensive, 24/7 search and rescue operations” for the eight Airmen involved in the crash …
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Passengers on an international flight experienced severe turbulence Tuesday, which left around 14 people injured. The incident happened on Emirates flight EK421 from Perth to Dubai when the plane began shaking violently, according to The West Australian. Around 14 people were injured when the plane hit severe turbulence as the …
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Juanita Castro, the sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raúl Castro who worked with the CIA against their communist government, has died in Miami at 90. Florida had been her home since shortly after fleeing the island nearly 60 years ago. Journalist María Antonieta Collins, who co-wrote Juanita Castro’s 2009 …
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A Russian girl shot several classmates at school Thursday, killing one person and wounding five others before killing herself, state news agencies and authorities said. The shooting happened at a school in Bryansk, a city in a region of the same name that borders Ukraine, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. RUSSIA …
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Russian election authorities on Monday said balloting in next year’s presidential election will be conducted in four partially occupied Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed in 2022 following its invasion. The Central Election Commission adopted the decree to proceed with the vote in the Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, …
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Legendary broadcaster Al Michaels is reportedly off NBC’s NFL postseason coverage with the playoffs a few weeks away. NBC is set to have three playoff games in January. Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth are scheduled to handle two, while Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn Teppen will be on the …
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Russian officials again extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Thursday. A Moscow court rejected the American journalist’s appeal for his release Thursday, deeming he must remain in custody until at least Jan. 30, 2024, Reuters reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed calls for the …
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JERUSALEM – Media outlets, humanitarian organizations and the United Nations continue to report and rely heavily on death toll data shared by Hamas-run ministries in Gaza, even though they recognize that the figures are no longer reliable and are now only an “estimate,” as the Israeli military offensive to wipe …
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The Pac-12, as we know it, is all but over. Ten of the 12 teams in the conference will defect elsewhere beginning next year, leaving Washington State and Oregon State as the only teams standing. UCLA will play its final game as a member of the conference Saturday night when …
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