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Stun gun used on 'Pokemon-Go' player who resisted arrest

Friday, 22 July 2016, 13:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Police in Florida used a stun gun on a "Pokemon Go" player who resisted arrest when officers chased about 150 people out of Tampa's Ballast Point Park after closing time. Lt. Ricardo Ubinas said...

Attacks, coups, Brexit: European airlines warn of turbulence

Friday, 22 July 2016, 10:16 Last update: about 9 years ago

It's time for European airlines to fasten their seatbelts. Two of the region's top carriers have warned that demand for flights is being weighed down by extremist attacks, shocks like Britain's...

Strong smell of cooked urine prompts apartment evacuation

Friday, 22 July 2016, 08:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The strong smell caused by a man cooking urine has prompted the evacuation of an apartment building in Massachusetts. Police responded to the Amherst apartment complex Wednesday afternoon after...

17 bodies found, 1,128 migrants rescued from Mediterranean

Friday, 22 July 2016, 07:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Rescue boats recovered the bodies of 17 migrants and plucked 1,128 survivors from the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily on Thursday, a day after 22 corpses were found at the bottom of a...

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