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Shooting At Rhode Island Youth Hockey Game Leaves 3 Dead, Including Shooter, And 3 More Wounded
A shooting during a Rhode Island youth hockey game left three people dead, including the shooter, and three more hospitalized Monday night in critical condition, authorities said. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that someone helped bring a swift end to the violent scene Monday afternoon by intervening and trying to subdue the shooter,...
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Shares Fall In Japan, While Most Asian Markets Are Shut For Lunar New Year
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell Tuesday following a U.S. national holiday, while most markets in Asia were closed for Lunar New Year holidays. U.S. futures declined and oil prices were mixed. Prices for gold and silver also fell. Weak economic data released Monday appeared to be clouding sentiment in Tokyo, and a 5.4% decline...
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Riku Miura And Ryuichi Kihara Win Japan’s First Olympic Pairs Gold With A World-Record Free Skate
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an uncharacteristic slip-up during their short program at the Milan Cortina Games. Turns out they were just making it more dramatic. The two-time defending world champions rebounded Monday night with a world-record free skate...
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Man In Northern Sweden Suspected Of Selling Sex With His Wife To At Least 120 Men
A man in northern Sweden is suspected of exploiting his wife and selling sex with her to at least 120 men, the prosecutor in charge of the case told The Associated Press on Monday. The man has been in custody since October, after the woman reported the incidents to police, and investigators have been preparing...
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Injured Seabird Desperately Pecks At Hospital Door For Help
An injured seabird sought help by pecking at the door of an emergency room at a hospital in Germany until medical staff noticed it and called firefighters to help with its rescue. The cormorant, a shiny black waterbird, had a triple fishing hook stuck in its beak when it made its presence known at the...
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FIFA President Infantino Celebrates In Beirut After Receiving A Lebanese Passport
FIFA President Gianni Infantino received a Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut on Monday, months after he was granted citizenship by the country’s president. Infantino, who is married to Lebanese citizen Lina al-Ashkar, thanked President Joseph Aoun at a meeting at the Interior Ministry where Infantino filed documents and had a photograph and...
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Costa Rican Authorities Investigate Killing Of A US Citizen In An Apparent Robbery
Costa Rican authorities said Monday they were investigating the killing of a U.S. citizen in an apparent robbery. Kurt Van Dyke, a 66-year-old Costa Rica resident and local hotel owner in Puerto Viejo on the country’s Caribbean coast, was killed Saturday, according to the Judicial Investigation Agency. His body showed signs of strangulation and stab...
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A Writer Is Cleared By Thai Court After Malaysian Agency Withdraws Defamation Case
A defamation case by Malaysia’s telecoms regulator against an Australian resident in Thailand was formally withdrawn from a Thai court on Monday after mediation, the sued man and his lawyer said. The case has caused concern among free speech advocates because it was seen as a form of cross-border repression. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia...
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Russian Woman Carries Ukraine Placard At Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: Carrying the Ukraine team placard during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Kucherova was swathed in a long, hooded silver puffer coat, her eyes covered with dark glasses — like...