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Colonial Pipeline Begins Restart As Southeast U.S. Scrambles For Fuel
Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday it has begun to restart the nation's largest pipeline network, six days after a ransomware attack prompted it to shut the line, triggering fuel shortages and panic buying in the southeastern United States.
Fistfights Over Fuel In U.S. Southeast: Pipeline Outage Day 6
Fuel shortages worsened and tensions rose in the southeastern United States on Wednesday, as the shutdown of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline network entered its sixth day and Washington officials pledged new steps to alleviate supply issues.
US Hits China And Others For Repressing Religious Freedom
The Biden administration on Wednesday took aim at China and a number of other countries for repressing religious freedom as it forges ahead with its aim of restoring human rights as a primary focus of American foreign policy.
Embattled St. Louis Corrections Commissioner Stepping Down
The head of St. Louis' oft-criticized corrections department will resign at the end of the month, the new mayor announced Wednesday.
Prosecutors Shelve Probe Into 2014 Gang Rape That Shocked Egypt, Orders Release of All Suspects
Prosecutors said evidence collected during their nearly nine-month investigation was not enough to refer the case to a criminal court.
Afghan Officials: Taliban Gain Control Of A District HQ
The Taliban gained control Tuesday of a strategic district headquarters in a province in central Afghanistan, just south of the capital, Kabul, a provincial council official said.
Man Charged With Stabbing 2 Asian Women Pleads Not Guilty
A man charged with stabbing two women of Asian descent at a San Francisco bus stop last week pleaded not guilty Monday.
US Ship Fires Warning Shots In Encounter With Iranian Boats
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired two volleys of warning shots Monday as a group of 13 Iranian fast boats sped toward U.S. Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz in what the Pentagon called unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers by the naval arm o...
India Deaths Top 4,000 as EU Pressure Mounts on US to End Vaccine Export Limits
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU had exported much of its own production and the United States should follow suit.
Six Killed At Southern Nigerian Police Station - Spokesman
Armed attackers killed six people at a police station in southern Nigeria, a police spokesman said on Sunday, bringing the total number of officers killed over the weekend to 12 amid escalating violence nationwide.
String Of Satellites Baffles Residents, Bugs Astronomers
A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had some people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming, but it had others mostly amateur stargazers and professional astronomers lamenting the indu...
Police: 3 Hurt In Florida Mall Shooting, Suspects In Custody
A shooting at an upscale South Florida shopping mall that began as a fight between two groups of people left three people injured Saturday afternoon and sent mall patrons fleeing and ducking for cover, police and local news reports said.
Clashes, Prayers In Jerusalem On Muslim Laylat Al-Qadr
Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby AlAqsa Mosque on Islam's holy night of Laylat alQadr.
Police: Man Accused Of Assaulting Worker, Using Asian Slurs
Authorities in a Virginia suburb of the nation's capital say they are seeking to arrest a man who reportedly left a restaurant without paying, used racial slurs when confronted by two Asian American workers and assaulted one of them.
GOP Seeks A Candidate That Can End Its Exile In Virginia
Few places in the country have moved as quickly toward Democrats as Virginia, where Barack Obama ended his partys 44year presidential losing streak just 12 years ago.
Bye, Dad: Tennis Star Sofia Kenin Fires Father As Her Coach
Sofia Kenin no longer will be coached by her father, announcing just weeks before the French Open she is putting together a new technical team.