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Archived image accompanying: Venezuela Twin Earthquakes Kill at Least 188, Thousands Feared Dead as Rescue Race Intensifies

Venezuela Twin Earthquakes Kill at Least 188, Thousands Feared Dead as Rescue Race Intensifies

Back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck northern Venezuela 39 seconds apart on Wednesday, killing at least 188 people and trapping hundreds more in rubble. The USGS warns the final death toll could exceed 10,000, prompting a state of emergency and an international aid mobilization.

4 months ago

Archived image accompanying: Supreme Court Greenlights Trump's Asylum Turn-Away Policy, Strips TPS for Haitians and Syrians

Supreme Court Greenlights Trump's Asylum Turn-Away Policy, Strips TPS for Haitians and Syrians

In a pair of 6-3 rulings Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's "metering" policy that blocks asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border and cleared the way for deporting over 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians by ending their Temporary Protected Status. Justice Sotomayor read a blistering dissent from the bench, warning that "more people will die."

4 months ago

Archived image accompanying: Trump Tells NATO Allies They 'Let Down' the US Over Iran War at Tense White House Meeting

Trump Tells NATO Allies They 'Let Down' the US Over Iran War at Tense White House Meeting

President Trump publicly rebuked European NATO allies for failing to support the U.S. during its war with Iran, demanding "loyalty" in a tense Oval Office meeting with Secretary-General Mark Rutte just two weeks before the alliance's summit in Ankara.

4 months ago

Archived image accompanying: Supreme Court Reinstates Pedro Hernandez's Murder Conviction in Etan Patz Cold Case

Supreme Court Reinstates Pedro Hernandez's Murder Conviction in Etan Patz Cold Case

A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on Monday restored the 2017 murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 kidnapping and killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, ending preparations for a third trial and closing nearly five decades of legal uncertainty in a case that transformed how America protects missing children.

4 months ago

Archived image accompanying: UK's Deadliest Rail Crash in Two Decades: Bedford Train Ran Red Signal, Investigators Find

UK's Deadliest Rail Crash in Two Decades: Bedford Train Ran Red Signal, Investigators Find

Investigators have found that the East Midlands Railway driver killed in Britain's deadliest rail crash in two decades passed a red danger signal moments before striking a stationary train near Bedford. Driver Shaun Burton, 60, died in the June 19 collision, which left 162 injured, as a RAIB interim report reveals a missing safety system may have been key to preventing the crash.

4 months ago