China carfentanil trade thrives as seizures top 400 in US
By ERIKA KINETZ and RAPHAEL SATTER Seizures of the deadly chemical carfentanil have exploded across the United States, with more than 400 cases documented in eight states since July alone,…
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Islamic State group leader rallies his fighters in Mosul
By ADAM SCHRECK The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message urging his followers to keep up the fight for Mosul as they defend the…
Putin offers new pause, exits for Syrian’s besieged Aleppo
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and SARAH EL DEEB The Russian president on Wednesday offered a new unilateral humanitarian pause for Syria’s war-ravaged Aleppo, urging rebels to use it to leave the…
Police: 2 Iowa officers killed in 2 ambush-style attacks
Authorities apprehended a man Wednesday suspected in the early morning killings of two Des Moines area police officers who were shot to death while sitting in their patrol cars in…
Russians unconcerned by Kremlin’s saber-rattling
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russia (AP) — Russia held civil defense drills involving 40 million people this month, the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. State media broadcast instantly…
More migrants from around the world making way to US border
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL An increasing number of people from far-flung corners of the world quietly have tried to sneak into the United States among the hundreds of thousands of…
If elected, Clinton faces awkward coexistence with Comey
By ERIC TUCKER The relationship between James Comey and Hillary Clinton was never going to be tension-free, not when Comey’s FBI had conducted an election-year criminal investigation into the Democratic…
Jury acquits leaders of Oregon standoff of federal charges
By STEVEN DuBOIS and GILLIAN FLACCUS stified that 16,636 live rounds and nearly 1,700 spent casings were found. During trial, Bundy testified that the plan was to take ownership of…