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THALI, Thailand — There were cheers and applause as Watchara Sriaoun stepped out of the white van, his hands clasped together to greet the crowd as he finally returned to his village in Thailand after being swept up in a war on the other side of the world. “I don’t …

WASHINGTON — At the start of the week, President Donald Trump warned ominously that the U.S. will retake the Panama Canal or “something very powerful is going to happen.” By week’s end, he announced that he was killing off a prior mandate for government to buy paper straws, the environmentally …

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Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity a the bureau’s acting head, effectively slowing a large portion of the bureau’s activity to a standstill. In the email to CFPB employees, which was …

Two people, including the husband of the victim, have been charged in connection with the death of a Fort Campbell soldier, officials said Saturday. Sofia Rodas, 35, was charged with murder and tampering with evidence, and Reynaldo Salinas Cruz, 40, was charged with tampering with evidence in connection with the …

All 10 people aboard a small plane that went missing and was later discovered crashed in Alaska have been confirmed dead, officials said in a statement. The Alaska Department of Public Safety said Saturday that all aboard the plane — nine passengers and one pilot — died. The plane had …

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that was soon canceled.   The temblor struck at 6:23 p.m. ET at a depth of about 6 miles below ground, about 130 miles south-southwest of George Town, …

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Several of R. Kelly’s victims filed a petition seeking to collect the more than $9 million still owed after they won a civil judgment against the disgraced singer. The petition, filed on Jan. 31 in New York County Supreme Court, names Kelly’s accusers Lizzette Martinez, Lisa Van Allen, and Faith …

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Friday called on several U.S. agencies to exempt seasonal wildland firefighters from the ongoing federal hiring freeze, as concerns about federal readiness for future blazes have intensified. Schiff’s letter follows an NBC News report that President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order instituting a federal …