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Two US Navy warships sail through Taiwan Strait
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait this weekend, the body of water separating China and Taiwan. The transit of American warships through the Strait are always sensitive because of [Read More…]

Thai cave rescuers at ‘war’ against water in race to evacuate boys’ soccer team
Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Decreasing water levels and relatively dry weather over the past few days have created more favorable conditions for evacuating the boys’ soccer team trapped inside a partly-flooded cave in [Read More…]

Four boys rescued from Thailand cave as divers work to retrieve others
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Four of the 12 boys trapped with their soccer coach in a cave in Thailand for 16 days were successfully extracted by divers in an hourslong subterranean rescue mission that [Read More…]

Four boys rescued from Thailand cave as second leg of rescue mission to begin in hours
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Confidence soared that all 12 boys and their soccer coach will be successfully rescued from a flooded jungle cave in Thailand by the end of Monday after divers safely emerged [Read More…]

JetBlue plane crew comes to rescue of dog with oxygen mask for flight
Steven and Michele Burt(WORCESTER, Mass.) — Plane passengers rarely describe air travel as a breath of fresh air, but it was literally that for one family’s bulldog on a recent JetBlue flight. The French bulldog, [Read More…]

Heat, fire danger lingers in western US for next several days
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Temperatures will linger at or near triple digits across much of the bone-dry West for a few more days before much-needed rain arrives. Red flag warnings are in effect across southern Oregon, [Read More…]

Two boys rescued from Thailand cave as divers work to retrieve others
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Rescuers in Thailand have retrieved the first of the 12 boys who have been trapped with their soccer coach in a cave for two weeks. Two of the boys were [Read More…]

Thai cave rescuers at ‘war’ against water in race to evacuate boys’ soccer team
Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Decreasing water levels and relatively dry weather over the past few days have created more favorable conditions for evacuating the boys’ soccer team trapped inside a partly-flooded cave in [Read More…]

Two US Navy warships sail through Taiwan Strait
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait this weekend, the body of water separating China and Taiwan. The transit of American warships through the Strait are always sensitive because of [Read More…]

Police officer receives ‘specialist tests’ in connection to UK poisonings
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — A police officer in southern England is being tested for possible exposure to Novichok, a Soviet-era nerve agent that’s believed to have sickened a couple in the area last weekend. The [Read More…]

Coach trapped with boys soccer team in Thai cave apologizes to parents in handwritten letter
Linh Pham/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI PROVINCE, Thailand) — The coach of a boys soccer team trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand has apologized to their parents in a handwritten letter and promised to take good [Read More…]

Thai cave rescuers at ‘war’ against water in race to evacuate boys’ soccer team
ABC News (CHIANG RAI PROVINCE, Thailand)– Decreasing water levels and relatively dry weather over the past few days have created more favorable conditions for evacuating the boys’ soccer team trapped inside a partly-flooded cave in [Read More…]

Two dead in New Jersey house explosion
WPVI(NEWFIELD, N.J) — Two people have died in a house explosion in New Jersey Saturday morning, officials said. The house at 329 Oakwood Drive in Newfield exploded just before 6:30 a.m., according to the Newfield [Read More…]

U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan insider attack
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A U.S. military service member was killed and two others were wounded Saturday in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan. The death is the third American military fatality in Afghanistan this [Read More…]

North Korea blasts ‘regrettable’ US attitude after talks with Pompeo
iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea blasted the U.S. on Saturday for making what it called “robber-like” demands in meetings between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pyongyang officials, calling the attitude and stance of [Read More…]

Two dead in house explosion in New Jersey, officials say
WPVI-TV(NEWFIELD, N.J.) — Two people have died in a house explosion in New Jersey on Saturday morning, officials said. The house at 329 Oakwood Drive in Newfield exploded just before 6:30 a.m., according to the [Read More…]

Hurricane Beryl takes aim at eastern Caribbean, could miss Puerto Rico
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl is churning in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and taking aim at the small islands that make up the eastern Caribbean. It appears, based on the current track, the [Read More…]

Wildfires spring up across western US as dry heat continues
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Three dozen large fires continue to burn in 11 states across the West on Saturday as dry air and hot temperatures have settled in. Gusty northern winds of up to 45 [Read More…]

Facebook blocks, then restores Declaration of Independence post
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A newspaper serially publishing the Declaration of Independence on social media this week got an unexpected surprise: Facebook had blocked one of the posts. The Liberty County Vindicator, a newspaper in southeastern Texas, [Read More…]

Clothing company ASOS introduces ‘wheelchair-friendly’ jumpsuit
ASOS(NEW YORK) — ASOS is becoming more inclusive than ever before. Earlier this week, the clothing company released a fully waterproof jumpsuit that its website noted has been adapted to be “wheelchair-friendly.” Reporter and Paralympic [Read More…]