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Ruskpp/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Senior State Department officials are trying to tamp down concerns about the move to evacuate non-essential personnel from two diplomatic facilities in Iraq, while backing up the administration’s intelligence of an Iranian threat. “It would be an act of gross negligence if we did not take the necessary precautions in the light of …

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Toa55/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Investigators from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection have determined that the Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in the state’s history, was sparked by power lines, the agency announced Wednesday. The fire originated near Pulga in Northern California on the morning of Nov. 8 by electrical transmission lines owned and …

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U.S. Army(NORFOLK, Va.) — A member of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 will plead guilty on Thursday as part of a plea deal for his role in the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Green Beret, in Mali in June 2017. Navy Chief Petty Officer Adam Matthews was one of four elite …

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ABC News(NEW YORK) — It’s been a week since Amanda Eller mysteriously vanished while apparently going for a hike on Maui, but her boyfriend said Wednesday the search continues and he just wants her back home. Eller, a 35-year-old physical therapist and yoga teacher from the Hawaiian island, was last seen by her boyfriend, Benjamin …

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MattGush/iStock(APPLETON, Wis.) — A Wisconsin firefighter was shot and later died, and three other people were shot, at the scene of a medical emergency Wednesday night. The 14-year veteran of the Appleton Fire Department died after he was rushed to a local hospital, the department said in a statement posted to Facebook. One of the …

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ABC News(NEW YORK) — The unusually late winter-like storm that hit California on Wednesday is continuing through Thursday morning. About 5 inches of rain fell in Venado, California, Wednesday, making it the city’s rainiest May day ever. Santa Rosa also broke a record with more than 2 inches. Los Angeles and other parts of Southern …

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Dallas County Jail(DALLAS) — The health care worker who prompted the investigation of hundreds of deaths of elderly patients has been charged with 11 more murders. Billy Chemirmir, 46, was already being held on a charge of murdering a woman in March 2018, but he is now facing 12 counts of murder as well as …

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KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — Police charged a recent parolee and suspected gang member in connection with a Southern California crash that killed a local dog walker and five dogs in her care. Javier Olivarez, 43, was charged with vehicular manslaughter, fleeing a police officer and several other charges on Wednesday after he allegedly led officers on …

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Wolterk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Walmart topped Fortune’s list of the United States’ 500 largest corporations by revenue for the seventh year in a row, as online rival Amazon cracked the top five for the first time. The annual list ranked companies by their revenue in the 2018 fiscal year. “FORTUNE 500 companies represent two-thirds of the …

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chemistkane/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Georgetown University student facing possible expulsion over his father’s involvement in a college admissions bribery scheme is taking the school to court. Adam Semprevivo filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning against the private university in Washington, D.C., demanding that a district court judge block the school from taking disciplinary action against him that …

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