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Turkey’s Erdogan renews hold on power with election victory
Mustafa Kirazli/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated a sweeping re-election victory after a hard-fought campaign that proved to be his most challenging political battle after nearly 15 years in power. Erdogan [Read More…]
15-year-old reported missing from immigration facility
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(BROWNSVILLE, TX) — Authorities in Texas are searching for a 15-year-old boy who walked away from the nation’s largest children’s immigration center, police said Monday. Det. J.J. Trevino of the Brownsville Police Department [Read More…]
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ‘Making a Murderer’ subject
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the appeal of Brendan Dassey, whose murder conviction was the subject of the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” ABC News has reached out [Read More…]
‘Hateful’ woman threatened to call police on 8-year-old for selling water, mom says
ABCNews.com(SAN FRANCISCO) — A San Francisco mom says she was “shocked” when her neighbor threatened to call the police on her 8-year-old daughter for selling bottled water without a permit over the weekend. The story [Read More…]
More than 50 wildfires rage amid persistently hot, dry conditions
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 52 wildfires are burning throughout the United States, mostly out West, including Alaska. Very hot, very dry conditions have ignited dozens of fires from Texas to Oregon to California, forcing [Read More…]
EPA will reportedly increase biofuel target by 3 percent
Bloomberg reports that the EPA is on track to propose requiring 19.88 billion gallons of biofuels to be used in 2019 under the RFS. That is up 3 percent from 2018 requirements. The proposal would [Read More…]
In a royal first, Prince William visiting Israel and ‘occupied Palestinian territories’
Arthur Edwards – Pool/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — The Duke of Cambridge will land in Israel Monday evening for the first official visit to the Holy Land by a member of the British royal family. During his [Read More…]
‘Shark Tank’ stars give their advice to land a promotion
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Asking for a raise or promotion at work doesn’t have to be an awkward or painful experience — a lot of it comes down to simply knowing how to put your best [Read More…]
The best way to ask for a promotion or a raise, according to these ‘Shark Tank’ stars
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Asking for a raise or promotion at work doesn’t have to be an awkward or painful experience — a lot of it comes down to simply knowing how to put your best [Read More…]
Small plane crash kills 2 in Detroit as witnesses rescue pilot
ABCNews.com(DETROIT) — Two people died Sunday near Detroit Coleman A. Young International Airport when a Cessna 210 crashed and exploded. The third person on board, the pilot, appeared to have escaped the wreckage with help [Read More…]
‘He murdered my son in cold blood’: Mother of teenager fatally shot by Pennsylvania police officer
ABCNews.com(PITTSBURGH) — Michelle Kenney and Antwon Rose Sr. did something Sunday they never thought they would ever have to do: Go to a funeral home for the wake of their 17-year-old son, Antwon Rose II. [Read More…]
Increasing threats to Homeland Security include burned animal carcass left on staffer’s porch
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Department of Homeland Security employees are seeing violent threats with greater frequency because of the president’s immigration policy, according to an official with knowledge of a recent threat assessment. The department [Read More…]
Prince Harry makes emotional, ‘private visit’ to charity in South Africa
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry has returned to Lesotho — without his new wife, American Meghan Markle — for an emotional trip to his charity. The journey to the charity, Sentebale, which was set [Read More…]
Avoid mid-year balance sheet mistakes
When seeking a loan for the farm it’s important to provide accurate data on a mid-year balance sheet. Most farm businesses only have current balance sheets from the end of the year. Tommy Ayers of [Read More…]
Turkey heads to polls for 2nd time since Erdogan imposed emergency rule
iStock/Thinkstock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s voters will go to the polls Sunday for the country’s second election since emergency rule was imposed after the 2016 attempted coup. President Recep Erdogan has since the attempted coup acted [Read More…]
Suspect dead, 2 officers hospitalized after San Diego shooting
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — Two San Diego police officers were shot late Saturday and hospitalized responding to an incident they first thought may be an apartment fire. The suspect who allegedly shot the two officers was [Read More…]
Minneapolis police shoot, kill armed suspect
iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota) — Officers on Saturday shot and killed a suspect in Minneapolis who allegedly was firing a gun into the air and into the ground while walking down the street. Minneapolis Police Department personnel [Read More…]
Navy pilot dies in ‘mishap’ at New Mexico base
iStock/Thinkstock(OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico) — A pilot “involved in a mishap” at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico died on Friday, the Navy said. Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died in [Read More…]
Saudi women get behind the wheel of a car for the first time in history
iStock/Thinkstock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, women in Saudi Arabia got behind the wheels of their cars and drove in the streets of the conservative capital Riyadh, a daily mundane [Read More…]
Women will be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia on June 24
iStock/Thinkstock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Women in Saudi Arabia will be able to drive for the first time on June 24, ending a long-standing rule in the country. King Salman declared last September that the country [Read More…]