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Georgia State

Tulsa, OK

The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has ended with three more sets containing gunshot wounds, investigators said. The three are among 11 sets of remains exhumed during the latest excavation in Oaklawn Cemetery, state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Friday. “Two of those gunshot victims display evidence of munitions from two different weapons,” Stackelbeck said. “The third individual who is a gunshot victim also displays evidence of burning.” Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield, who will remain on site to examine the remains, said one victim suffered bullet and shotgun wounds while the second was shot with two different caliber bullets.

Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 more found with gunshot wounds

The Guardian

Human Rights Watch accuses RSF militia of ‘countless’ cases of rape and torture in Khartoum in 15-month civil war

Girls as young as nine gang-raped by paramilitaries in Sudan – report

Latin Times

SEATTLE - A new migrant caravan has left the southern Mexican city of Ciudad Hidalgo, next to the Guatemala border, with the goal of reaching the United States before the November elections. The follow-on group, formed by hundreds of people, started its long journey on July 21. As the presidential...

A new migrant caravan has left southern Mexico and is headed to the U.S. border

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Eight U.S. troops are being treated for traumatic brain injuries and smoke inhalation after a drone attack in northeastern Syria on Friday, Aug. 9. The attackers targeted the Rumalyn Landing Zone, which hosts both U.S. and coalition forces. “Following the attack, out of an abundance of caution, eight service members...

8 US Troops Wounded After Drone Attack on Syrian Base

An uncontrolled fire on the Portuguese island of Madeira was burning for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday. The fire, which has three active fronts, reached population centres from which at least 100 people were evacuated.

Advancing on three fronts, Madeira wildfire forces at least 100 people to evacuate

War History Online

Abu Tahsin al-Salhi was a veteran Iraqi soldier who volunteered to fight ISIS. His impressive record made him the "Sheikh of Snipers."

The Iraqi Sniper With an Unbelievable Kill Count In the Fight Against ISIS

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

UPI News

Israel has recovered the body of a woman who was taken hostage by Hamas during its bloody and surprise October assault and died while in captivity in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.

Israel retrieves body of Hamas hostage from Gaza

The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard. 

Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa

Hiram, GA

HIRAM, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed while responding to a reported domestic dispute in what police said was an ambush on officers by a suspect who took his own life. Two deputies responded to a call shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday and...

Georgia deputy killed in shooting during domestic dispute call by suspect who took his own life

Fox News

Dozens of Russia's Wagner mercenaries were killed in a brutal ambush over the weekend by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali following days of fighting near Algeria's border.

Dozens of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries massacred in Mali ambush

Ukrainian troops have struck 2 key bridges in Russia. Could it mean they’re there to stay?. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has destroyed a key bridge in Russia’s Kursk region and struck a second one nearby, less than two weeks into its stunning cross-border incursion, disrupting Russian supply routes and possibly signaling that its troops are planning to dig in. Russia’s pro-Kremlin military bloggers have acknowledged that the destruction of the first bridge, which spanned the Seim River near the town of Glushkovo, will impede deliveries of supplies to Russian forces repelling Ukraine’s incursion, although Moscow could still use pontoons and smaller bridges in the area. Ukraine’s air force chief, Lt. Mykola Oleshchuk, on Friday released a video of a Ukrainian airstrike that split the bridge in two.

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Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck in the Pacific off the far eastern coast of Russia near a major naval base early Sunday, but there were no early reports of damage or injuries. The earthquake occurred 18 miles (29 kilometers) below the surface and its epicenter was about 63 miles (102 kilometers) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Powerful earthquake hits off far east coast of Russia as nearby volcano erupts

A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

JERUSALEM (AP) — A crocodile attacked a zookeeper in Jerusalem on Sunday, leaving him hospitalized with severe injuries on his upper body, officials said. Israeli police said a security guard at the zoo likely saved the man’s life by firing stun bullets at the crocodile. It was not immediately clear if the animal was injured.

A crocodile attacks and wounds a zookeeper in Jerusalem

PARIS (AP) — Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported. With his handsome looks and tender manner, the prolific actor was able to combine toughness with...

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

ABC News

The horror Israeli settlers wrought on a Palestinian village: Reporter's notebook.

The horror Israeli settlers wrought on a Palestinian village: Reporter's notebook

In Bamako, Mali’s sprawling and rapidly growing capital, one piece of the city’s sparse skyline stands out from the rest: a giant mountain of trash, which has grown uncontrollably in recent months. Bamako, like many African capitals, has grown so quickly as people leave rural areas for the city that infrastructure has been unable to keep up.

Mali’s capital is drowning in trash, and donkeys are on the frontline against the battle to manage it

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