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Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations
Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country.
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FlyDubai co-pilot intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says
The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel's main international airport, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Friday.
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Lightsaber Darth Vader used in ‘I am your father’ duel in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ goes up for auction
n July, a lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” sold for $3.75 million at auction, the highest price ever fetched for a prop used in a “Star Wars” film according to the auction house. Now, someone can buy the saber that did the severing.
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How Texas landowners are fighting back against Trump’s border wall
The message from the Trump administration has been clear: It is moving ahead with a $46 billion border wall project stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices
President Donald Trump said Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not done enough to end his country’s war with Russia and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S.
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Georgia-Alabama game on schedule despite Isaias, but Trump will skip it
The SEC showdown between No. 2 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama remained on schedule for Saturday night in Tuscaloosa despite the arrival of Hurricane Isaias on the Gulf Coast.
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Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle and Alabama
Hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle were without power early Saturday after Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast as a dangerous hurricane and left flooded roads and downed trees in its wake as it moved inland.
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Videos show ICE shooting in NYC unfolded in a few chaotic seconds
U.S. Homeland Security officials said Friday that immigration officers feared for their lives when they shot a man driving with his young son in New York, wounding him and sparking protests in the city.
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Windy weekend expected in Chattanooga thanks to Hurricane Isaias
It's looking like a windy weekend in the Chattanooga area.
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Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, "I'm not going to be watching it."
