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Xjqy U.S. jury fines Palestinian officials $218M for terror
Nearly all the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for, authorities said over the weekend as crews battled wildfires that have killed at least 35 from California to Washington state. The flames up and down the West Coast have destroyed neighborhoods, leaving nothing but charred rubble and burned-out cars, forced tens of thousands to flee and cast a shroud of smoke that has given Seattle, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, some of the worst air quality in the world. The smoke filled the air with an acrid metallic smell like pennies and spread to nearby states. While making it difficult to breathe, it helped firefighters by blocking the sun and turning the weather cooler as they tried to get a handle on the blazes, which were slowing in some places. But warnings of low moisture and strong winds that could fan the flames added urgency to the battle. The so-called red flag warnings stretched from hard-hit southern Oregon to Northern California and extended through Monday evening. Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph while wrapped in a blanket after several days stanley cup of staying in a tent at an evacuat stanley cup ion center at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge on Sunday, September 13, 2020, in Oak Grove, Oregon. John Locher / AP stanley cup Lexi Soulios, her husband and son were afraid they would have t Rzde Washington state troopers sue Ford, saying patrol vehicles gave them carbon monoxide poisoning
WASHINGTON -- In its first official account of Iran s seizure and subsequent release of 10 U.S. sailors in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military said Monday the only items found missing from their two recovered boats were SIM cards for two satellite phones.But key questions, such as why the sailors had deviated from their planned route to enter Iranian territorial waters, remain unanswered in the account released by U.S. Central Command. It s calling the description a preliminary timeline of the events of Jan. 12-13. reebok Iran releases video showing U.S. sailor admitting mistake 02:39 A Navy command investigation initiated Jan. 14 will provide a more complete accounting of events, Central Command said. The investigation will focus on the U.S. sailors treatment while in custody, including any interrogation by Iranian personnel, the command said.Defense Secretary Ash Carter said last week while visiting Central Comman air max d headquarters in Florida that the boat crews had misnavigated. He did not say how that mistake happ adidas originals ened or provide other substantial details about an episode that posed a potential complication to efforts by Washington and Tehran to establish better relations. The boat seizure happened just hours before President Barack Obama delivered his Sta |
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