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An attacker with a sword wounds several people at a school in Sweden

An attacker with a sword wounded several people Friday at a school in central Sweden, and police later arrested a suspect, officials said. The attack took place at the Brinell School in the city of Fagersta, northwest of the capital, Stockholm, the city government said. Police spokesperson Pel...

Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax

A Texas court has slashed the $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his ...

2 organizers of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils convicted in national security case

Two former organizers of Hong Kong's annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday for what the government-approved judges ruled was inciting others to overthrow China's communist leadership. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong ...

Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says

A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said. The crash happened near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles (725 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska. "This is a...

US sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal

The United States sent 20 deportees to Liberia, who arrived on Thursday as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal. The deportees arrived at the Roberts International Airport outside Monrovia. The Liberia-U.S. agreement is among the largest third-country depo...

A Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 16 in Ukraine's Kyiv region

Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack that lasted for hours and killed at least 16 people, officials said Thursday. Moscow's forces have in recent months intensified their ballistic missile attacks o...

North Korea fires barrage of missiles toward the sea after dismissing overture from Trump

North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after the North shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches of ab...

Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after the startup's Link spacecraft rocketed away to the telescope's rescue. Kataly...

Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics

Israel's military said Wednesday it would launch criminal investigations into two high-profile attacks on Palestinians during the war in Gaza, including the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics. The military said it would not launch criminal investigat...