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US Air Force veteran accused of having explicit images of a child enlists with Russian army
A U.S. Air Force veteran and former city councilor in Holyoke, Massachusetts, told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army after fleeing a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child. Video appears to show Wilmer Puello-Mota signing documents in a military enlistment office in Siberia. The former elected official was expected to enter a guilty plea in Rhode...
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NH town manager quits over anti-gay pressure: ‘My son is not an abomination'
Last year, a Littleton, New Hampshire, selectboard member said that “homosexuality is an abomination” and spoke of regulating art on public property, prompting a backlash and now the resignation of the town manager, whose late son was gay.
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Australian Village Scorched by Wildfires Struggles With Loss
Ash Graham’s dog, Kozi, wakes him at 8 a.m., eager for his morning walk. Then Graham realizes he was dreaming, and gets up from the one-man tent he’s been sleeping in each night since a wildfire swept through his village on New Year’s Eve.
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Australia Turns From Defense to Offense in Wildfire Battle
Crews battling Australia’s wildfires said Sunday that they have been able to turn from defense to offense for the first time in weeks thanks to a break in the weather.
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Australians on SE Coast Urged to Flee as Fire Risk Escalates
Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don’t intend to defend their homes as hot and windy conditions are forecast to escalate the danger over the next two days.
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2 More Missing in Australian Wildfires as Rain Brings Relief
Two more people are missing in remote parts of New South Wales state as rain and cooler temperatures brought some measure of relief Monday to Australian communities battling wildfires. But the rain was also making it challenging for fire crews to complete strategic burns as they tried to prepare for higher temperatures that have been forecast for later in the…
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6 Dead from New Zealand Volcano as Helpers Describe Horror
Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash and emerged covered in burns, say those who first helped them. The accounts Tuesday came as some relatives were forced to continue waiting for news of their loved ones, with authorities deciding it remained too dangerous for crews to land…
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US Helping Rescue Fishing Crew on Grounded Pacific Ship
A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...
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US Helping Rescue Fishing Crew on Grounded Pacific Ship
A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...
