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US dive crew describe harrowing attempts to save passengers from flames

California's dive industry is left shocked by the deaths of 34 people, as surviving crew claim that they attempted to save the deceased to no avail.

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9/6/19

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US representative for Iran offered 'several million' to captain of Iranian ship seized off Gibraltar, Financial Times reports

Iran will now be forced to have political commisars in even more places, on the bridge of ships at sea as well as in every class-room.

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9/10/19

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An Admission Of Guilt - Former Boeing Official Invokes Fifth Amendment Protection In 737 MAX Scandal

While watching TV, you would sometimes hear about a lawyer telling his client to "plead the Fifth". In a nutshell, it's the constitutional right of a person

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9/10/19

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Microsoft president says US government isn't being open about Huawei ban

Brad Smith tells Bloomberg he wants evidence backing up the Trump administration's ban on the Chinese company.

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9/16/19

Pre-game fireworks display goes wrong in NFL match

The Tennessee Titans were forced to leave the field shortly after making their dramatic entrance when one of the pyrotechnic pylons burst into flames.

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9/17/19

Girl dies from rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in US river

A child described as a sweet and sassy 10-year-old dies from a brain infection after an amoeba enters her nose during a swim in a Texas river.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

10/2/19

How did she not recognize her own neighbour?

Off-duty cop guilty of murdering black neighbour while he ate ice cream

The former police officer said her actions were borne out of fear, but a jury decided she was guilty of killing her neighbour.

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From: Di (amina046)

10/2/19

I found this experiment quite interesting

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These 526 Voters Represent All of America. And They Spent a Weekend Together.

Four days at a resort outside Dallas, talking politics, with little bickering and no partisan labels. Here's what they learned.

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10/3/19

That would be a brilliant thing to go to!

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10/3/19

'I love you': Murdered man's brother hugs ex-cop as she is jailed for 10 years over shooting

Amber Guyger, a white US police officer, is sentenced to 10 years' jail for shooting dead an unarmed black neighbour in his home, which she claimed to have mistaken for her own.