Reuters

(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control of the key regional army headquarters.

Myanmar junta says senior officers held as rebels take over major base

Myanmar's military withdrew from some positions close to China's border to prioritise the "safety of people", the junta chief said, days after an alliance of ethnic armed groups said they had routed state troops in the area. "With regard to the situation of Shan State, security forces withdrew their positions by considering the security of current areas and safety of people," Min Aung Hlaing said in a speech on state television on Monday night.

Myanmar military says it withdrew 'for safety of people'

BANGKOK -- BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military regime acknowledged Monday it had lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast, adding credence to a militia group's claims it had captured the base. The fall of the army's Northeast Command in Lashio city would...

Strategically important Myanmar military HQ appears to fall to the resistance, in a blow to regime

U.S. military forces were forced out of Airbase 101 in Agadez, Niger on Monday. Prior to the U.S. military’s withdrawal, Airbase 101 served as an important base for counterterrorism efforts in the region. In a joint statement released on Monday by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department...

US military pushed out of foreign country amid ongoing terrorism, instability

Georgia State

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Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Virginia State

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Ronkonkoma, NY

Cheryl E Preston

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

California State

A resurfaced video shows that Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris supported police going door-to-door and seizing firearms from individuals on state lists of prohibited gun owners and people considered a danger to themselves and to others. According to The Washington Times, Harris outlined her position on...

Video: VP Harris supported sending cops to seize guns from ‘lists’ of gun owners

New Boston, TX

Boston Marathon bombing victims say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attempt to get his old legal team back together is a waste of taxpayers’ money. Tsarnaev, locked up in a Colorado Supermax, has an Aug. 21 court date in Boston where his lawyers will begin to try to keep him out of the electric chair.

Boston Marathon bombing victims rip Tsarnaev’s latest legal appeal

New York City, NY

A robber who shot and wounded two New York Police Department sergeants with one bullet after a wild chase on a Lower East Side street has been charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, cops said Friday. Joshua Dorsett, 22, was being pursued by cops after...

Armed robber accused of shooting two NYPD sergeants charged with attempted murder

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday following weeks of deadly protests that culminated in nearly 100 fatalities in a single day. The military has announced the formation of an interim government in the wake of her departure. Unrest and resignation. The nationwide protests against Hasina’s...

Bangladeshi Prime Minister flees country amid deadly protests, military announces interim government

The Independent

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister of 15 years, has fled the country after protesters demanding that she step down stormed her residence on Monday.Ms Hasina, 76, reportedly handed over the country’s reins to the military before flying out in a helicopter to India, her strongest ally, bringing to an ignominious end her iron-fisted rule.Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people, plunged into turmoil in late June when Ms Hasina’s government launched a crackdown on mainly student protesters demanding the rollback of a contentious quota system for government jobs. The crackdown saw dozens of protesters killed, many more injured and thousands...

Sheikh Hasina: The woman who ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for 15 years

Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO

Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage that shows a veteran LAPD officer chasing a young man through a Pacoima housing project before fatally shooting him in the back as he ran away.

20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects

Former President Donald Trump issued a statement claiming that voters have a choice between “Trump prosperity” or the “Kamala Crash & Great Depression of 2024” as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted roughly 1,000 points on Monday morning. As stock markets plummeted on Monday morning, Trump...

Trump responds to stock market crash, warns of another ‘Great Depression’

Tampa, FL

On a wall at Allie Cone III’s C.C. Marine shop, which repairs boats and sells bait, he displays his grandfather’s bullet-punctured military helmet and news clippings detailing Allie Cone Sr.’s heroism. It’s his way of honoring the man who enlisted to serve in World War I less...

Tampa man was first American officer wounded in World War I

The Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi accused former leader Joseph Kabila of backing a U.S.-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups during an interview with a private radio station on Tuesday. “Joseph Kabila boycotted the election and is preparing an insurrection because he is the AFC,” Tshisekedi said,...

Congo’s president accuses former leader of backing a US-sanctioned rebel coalition

Alaska State

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. The North American Aerospace Defense Command on Wednesday “detected, tracked, and intercepted” two Chinese and two Russian military aircraft operating together in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, but said the activity was “not seen as a threat.”

Chinese and Russian bomber jets intercepted near Alaska

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A man died in police custody Sunday after he was arrested when he scuffled with firefighters and police, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Joseph Lawson, 43, was the second person to die in the past week while in police custody. Both were hospitalized at the time they died, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Suspect dies in custody; he’s the second in six days

(Reuters) - Just over a month after he became Bangladesh's army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been thrust into the limelight, announcing the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who fled the country on Monday.

Who is the Bangladesh army chief who announced Hasina's resignation?

Savannah, GA

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Anchorage, AK

Daily Express reports that Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., a Virginia pastor, has been accused of hitting his wife while on an Alaskan Airlines flight from Seatle to Anchorage. Holberg allegedly verbally and physically abused his wife, who said she has epilepsy, and her husband hit her in the head, knowing it could cause a seizure.

Virginia pastor facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife on an Alaskan Airlines flight

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Top Myanmar army officers seized by insurgents in Shan state, junta says

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. A Myanmar insurgent group has captured senior army officers after seizing their...

Top Myanmar army officers seized by insurgents in Shan state, junta says

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