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FBI offers $200,000 reward for ex-Air Force agent accused of spying for Iran

The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of a former Air Force counterintelligence specialist accused of defecting to Iran and passing along classified national defense secrets. Monica Witt, a former active-duty Air…

What did we learn from Trump’s visit to China?

President Trump has concluded a two-day visit to Beijing at a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The US leader hailed the trip as a success, saying he had struck “fantastic trade deals”, but little detail is known about…

Strike deadline nears for New York-area train system with 250,000 daily commuters

NEW YORK — North America’s largest commuter rail system is facing a potential shutdown as a deadline nears to reach a deal with unionized workers to avert a strike. The Long Island Railroad that serves New York City’s eastern suburbs…

Delivering Mail on Ukraine’s Front Line

Larysa Navrotska is part of a quiet, but brave army of postal workers connecting remote Ukrainian communities close to the battlefield with the outside world. Working for the national postal service in eastern Ukraine often means entering dangerous frontline areas…

Beijing trip ends with Zhongnanhai tour

When Trump asked about other foreign leaders who had been inside the compound, Xi said it’s “extremely rare”, before adding that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had been there. Belarus’s president Alexander Lukashenko also visited Zhongnanhai last year. Source link

Antipoverty advocate Global Citizen hopes the World Cup halftime show drives money for education

NEW YORK — The antipoverty nonprofit Global Citizen is no stranger to big stages. The advocacy group rallied more than 60,000 festivalgoers at its Central Park concert last year around issues of rainforest protection and energy access. But Global Citizen…

'Pretty miraculous' – 11 rescued after pilot ditches plane in Atlantic

The survivors spent about five hours on a life raft before being rescued by the US Air Force off Florida’s coast. Source link

Senate parliamentarian pushes GOP to rework immigration funding bill after initial rules review

Senate Republicans will need to rewrite portions of their $72 billion immigration-enforcement funding package to preserve its filibuster-proof status. The Senate parliamentarian advised that parts of the bill as written do not comply with the chamber’s budget reconciliation rules and…

Hundreds of illegal motorbikes bulldozed in NYC crime crackdown

The New York Police Department bulldozed more than 200 scooters, mopeds, and motorbikes in Staten Island on Tuesday as part of the city’s crackdown on illegal and unregistered bikes. The NYPD said at least 5,700 ‘dangerous illegal vehicles’ had been…

Judge blocks Texas law allowing state arrests, deportations of illegal immigrants

A federal judge ordered Texas not to enforce parts of a law that would allow state authorities to arrest and deport illegal immigrants independent of the federal government, saying only Congress has the power to control the borders. U.S. District…