The blast wounded nine, including a 3-year-old child and another United Nations staffer.
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Family remembers Freeport teenager who drowned as ‘good, clean, happy fun’
Steel Crawford, who was playing with friends Friday on a rope swing on the Saco River, was a star lacrosse player who happily ceded the limelight to new teammates.
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Saturday’s NFL notebook: Titans Pro Bowler Casey cleared to return
Defensive lineman Jurrell Casey is removed from the physically unable to perform list.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Democrats converge at Iowa State Fair, trying to balance serious and silly
Normally candidates take lighthearted photos with the fair’s famed butter cow and barn animals but this year, that has been overtaken by last weekend’s mass shootings.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Uncategorized
Henri Belolo, Village People co-founder and songwriter, dies at 82
He co-wrote the band’s classic hits ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ ‘Macho Man’ and ‘In the Navy.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump says Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests
North Korea has launched missiles 5 times in less than 3 weeks.
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Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests
The president tweeted details from the ‘beautiful’ letter he received from the North Korean leader and says Kim assured him that ‘testing would stop when the exercises end.’
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Former Illinois Rep. Paul Findley, champion of agriculture, dies at 98
He also had been a small-town newspaper publisher with a passion for foreign policy.
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Amid protest, Hawaii astronomers lose observation time
Astronomers across 11 observatories on Hawaii’s tallest mountain have cancelled more than 2,000 hours of telescope viewing over the past four weeks because of protesters blocking the summit road.
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Takis, Greek artist who harnessed the power of magnetism, dies at 93
In the late 1960s, with a fellowship to MIT, he developed the scientific foundation of his artistic work.