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Fan charged after rushing onstage at Beyonce, Jay-Z concert

Published On: August 27, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

ATLANTA, Aug 27: Police say they are pursuing more charges against a man who rushed onstage during a Beyonce and Jay-Z concert in Atlanta.

8 people, 6 of them kids, killed in Chicago apartment fire

Published On: August 27, 2018 07:25 AM NPT By: Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug 27: Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out before dawn Sunday at a Chicago apartment in one of the deadliest fires in the nation’s third-largest city in years, officials say.

Iran’s parliament sacks finance minister in blow to Rouhani

Published On: August 26, 2018 02:38 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TEHRAN, Aug 26: Iran’s parliament has voted to sack the finance minister, dealing another blow to President Hassan Rouhani as he faces mounting discontent over the economy.

Kyle Pavone, vocalist for We Came as Romans, dead at 28

Published On: August 26, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Aug 26: Kyle Pavone, the vocalist for the metalcore band We Came as Romans, has died at age 28, band members said Saturday.

Star-studded tribute marks 100 years since Bernstein’s birth

Published On: August 26, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LENOX, Aug 26: Leonard Bernstein (BURN’-stine) is getting a musical tribute that’s off the charts on the 100th anniversary of the maestro’s birth.

War hero and presidential candidate John McCain dies at 81

Published On: August 26, 2018 09:23 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 26: Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.

Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea

Published On: August 25, 2018 04:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 25: President Donald Trump said Friday he has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a planned trip to North Korea, citing insufficient progress on denuclearization.

Powerful Hawaii hurricane downgraded to tropical storm

Published On: August 25, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HONOLULU, Aug 25: Hurricane Lane weakened to a tropical storm on Friday as it headed toward the Hawaiian islands. But it still brought torrential rains that immersed a city in waist-deep water and forced people to flee flooding homes, while others jumped off seawalls with boogie boards into the turbulent ocean.

Emmy nominee Millie Bobby Brown rises above the online hate

Published On: August 24, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug 24: Emmy nominee Millie Bobby Brown continues to show wisdom beyond her years. The 14-year old “Stranger Things” star, who is no stranger to social media trolls, hopes young people can “rise above the hate” and “not let anyone change you.”

Steven Tyler sends cease-and-desist to Trump for use of song

Published On: August 24, 2018 02:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BOSTON, Aug 24: Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is again demanding that President Donald Trump stop using the band’s songs at rallies.

Omarosa memoir sells 34,000 copies during its first week

Published On: August 24, 2018 02:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug 24: Omarosa Manigault Newman’s “Unhinged” had a strong first week of sales, although it seems unlikely to match the success of Donald Trump tell-alls such as “Fire and Fury” and “A Higher Loyalty.”

John Lennon's killer denied parole for 10th time

Published On: August 24, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug 24: John Lennon's killer has been denied parole for a 10th time and will remain behind bars for at least two more years.

Japanese teenager Ikee wins 5th gold medal at Asian Games

Published On: August 24, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press

INDONESIA, Aug 24: Rikako Ikee is turning Jakarta's Asian Games pool into her own golden pond. Every time she dives into the water, she comes out with another medal.

5 rescued from flooding as hurricane pelts Hawaii with rain

Published On: August 24, 2018 10:44 AM NPT By: Associated Press

HONOLULU, Aug 24: Hurricane Lane unleashed torrents of rain and landslides that blocked roads on Hawaii’s mostly rural Big Island on Thursday as residents and tourists in the state’s biggest city braced for the dangerous storm to come their way.

Man kills mother, sister; Islamic State group claims attack

Published On: August 23, 2018 04:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TRAPPES, Aug 23: A man flagged by French authorities as a suspected radical killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack Thursday that was quickly claimed by the Islamic State group.

US, China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute

Published On: August 23, 2018 02:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Aug 23:  The United States and China imposed more tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other’s automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Thursday in an escalation of a battle over Beijing’s technology policy that companies worry will chill global economic growth.

Insurers give Nepal ultimatum to end tourist rescue fraud

Published On: August 22, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

AUG 22: International insurance companies have set a September 1 deadline for Nepal to clamp down on fraudulent helicopter rescues of tourists or they will stop giving cover, industry sources say.

Facebook uncovers new global misinformation operations

Published On: August 22, 2018 02:14 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Facebook has identified and banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages engaged in misleading political behavior, a far larger discovery than a “sophisticated” effort it reported three weeks ago with great fanfare.

Italy bridge designer warned in 1979 of risk of corrosion

Published On: August 20, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ROME, Aug 20: The Italian engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed dozens warned four decades ago that it would require constant maintenance to remove rust given the effects of corrosion from sea air and pollution on the concrete.

Shots fired at gate of US Embassy in Turkey, but no one hurt

Published On: August 20, 2018 03:56 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISTANBUL, Aug 20: Unknown attackers fired shots at a security booth outside the U.S. Embassy in Turkey’s capital early Monday, but U.S. officials said no one was hurt.