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Nearly 30 Dead In Taliban Attack On Pakistan Air Base

Friday, September 18, 2015

Updated at 10:40 a.m. ET

Taliban militiamen attacked an air force base in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 29 people, including more than a dozen attending Friday prayers at a mosque inside the military compound, but there are reports that the death toll could be higher.

NPR's Philip Reeves says ...

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Virginia School Suspends Students For Confederate Flag Clothing

Thursday, September 17, 2015

More than 20 students missed a day of classes in rural Virginia after they were suspended for violating their high school's dress code that bans wearing Confederate flag emblems.

Brenda Drake, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Public Schools, says that about 24 students arrived Thursday morning at Christiansburg High ...

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'Computer Issue' Grounds American Airlines Flights

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET

This tweet from American Airlines:

Our original post is here:

American Airlines flights have been temporarily grounded across the country because of an apparent glitch in one of the carrier's computer systems.

CNBC first reported the delays.

Numerous customers tweeted complaints about delays and ...

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Bergdahl Faces Hearing To Determine If Court-Martial Is Warranted

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Updated at 4 p.m. ET

Army Sgt. Robert "Bowe" Bergdahl appears Thursday before a military hearing at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to determine whether he will face a full court-martial for allegedly deserting his post in Afghanistan. The soldier was captured by Taliban militiamen and held for five years before ...

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Archbishop Of Canterbury Calls For Global Meeting Of Anglican Leaders

Thursday, September 17, 2015

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for a meeting of Anglican leaders early next year to discuss the future of the faith amid a growing split with its African churches over female priests and same-sex relationships.

In a letter to church leaders, Justin Welby also said that it is time ...

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Unable To Get Into Hungary, Thousands Of Migrants Try Croatia

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Updated at 5:20 p.m. ET

With Hungary sealing its southern border with Serbia, thousands of migrants are turning west instead, pouring into Croatia, making the Balkan nation the latest intermediate stop for a surge of humanity trying to reach the European Union.

By Thursday morning, Croatian police said more than ...

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Ringo Starr Cleaning House, Will Auction Beatles 'Stuff' For Charity

Monday, September 14, 2015

Ringo Starr seems to be on a bit of a cleaning binge.

And that can be a chore when you own an estate in London, one in Beverly Hills and another in Monaco.

Last week, the Beatles drummer announced that he was preparing to publish a new book of ...

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WATCH: Japanese Volcano Erupts

Monday, September 14, 2015

Updated at 3:35 p.m. ET

Mount Aso — a volcano on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu — has erupted, spewing black smoke and ash more than a mile into the air, the Japanese Meteorological Agency says.

So far, there have been no reports of injuries or damage, but ash ...

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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free More Than 350 Inmates

Monday, September 14, 2015

Taliban militiamen have stormed a prison in Afghanistan, freeing more than 350 inmates, nearly half of whom have been deemed especially dangerous. Four policemen were killed in the assault in the country's eastern Ghazni province.

The BBC quotes Ghazni's deputy governor, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, as saying that one of the ...

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Hungary Seals Its Border, As EU Meets On Migrant Crisis

Monday, September 14, 2015

Updated at 11:45 a.m. ET

Here are the latest developments in the ongoing migrant crisis in Europe:

-- Lauren Frayer, reporting for NPR from Hungary's southern border with Serbia, says: "Hundreds of Hungarian police and soldiers have just moved in to make a human chain along the border. Trucks have ...

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Kim Davis Back At Work, But Remains Defiant

Monday, September 14, 2015

Updated at 3:20 p.m. ET

Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is back to work today — saying she will neither authorize such licenses nor stand in the way of her deputies if they wish to do ...

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U.S. 'Disrupted' Threat Ahead Of Pope's Visit, Congressman Says

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says he's "concerned" about security for Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. next week after Washington "disrupted" one threat and continues to monitor others.

Asked about the pope's upcoming visit, McCaul, appearing on ABC's This Week, said: "I'm ...

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Mayweather Says He's Fought His Last, Ending A 49-0 Career

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has fought his 49th and, he insists, final bout, remaining undefeated at age 38.

Mayweather easily outboxed Andre Berto, winning their welterweight match in a unanimous decision Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

"My career is over. It's official," said Mayweather, who spent ...

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Deal To Remove Heavy Weapons From Ukraine 'Very Close'

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Two weeks after a cease-fire that appears to have held in eastern Ukraine, Germany's foreign minister says the warring sides are "very close" to a broader agreement to remove heavy weapons from the front lines.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who met in Berlin with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister ...

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Israeli Police Clash With Palestinians Near al-Aqsa Mosque

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Updated at 3:25 p.m. ET

Israeli police clashed briefly with Palestinians near the religiously sensitive al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem, but there were no reports of arrests.

Police said they entered the site to prevent riots after they received reports that protesters planned to "disrupt visits to the area ...

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Calif. Governor Declares Emergency Amid Massive Wildfires

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Updated at 8 a.m. ET on Sept. 14

At least one person reportedly has been killed in an area where wildfire is raging in Northern California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Local law enforcement is investigating the report.

Two of the fastest-burning wildfires in decades ...

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Germany Imposes Border Controls To Stem Flow Of Migrants

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Updated at 3:10 p.m. ET

Germany's interior minister confirmed Sunday that his country would impose temporary controls on its border, halting trains between Austria and Germany for a 12-hour period to stem the flow of refugees flooding into Munich.

"The aim of these measures is to limit the current inflows ...

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Russian Cosmonaut Returns From Record-Breaking Space Mission

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka's safe return from months aboard the International Space Station has put him in the record books for spending more time in space than any other human — the equivalent of nearly two and a half years on five different flights.

Padalka, whose latest 168-day stay on ...

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Merkel Says Allowing Migrants Into Germany 'Right Thing To Do'

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Germany's southern city of Munich was expecting 10,000 migrants to arrive by train in a single day, with officials saying that 40,000 in all could arrive in the next few days.

By this morning in Munich, 3,600 had already arrived.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing criticism at home, said taking in ...

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Leftist Jeremy Corbyn Wins Leadership Of Britain's Labour Party

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Left-wing British MP Jeremy Corbyn has been elected in a landslide to head the country's Labour Party.

As the BBC explains:

"Mr Corbyn, who began the contest as a rank outsider, saw off a challenge from frontbenchers Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.

"He gained 251,417 or ...

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