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Probe expands into deaths of 39 in truck near British port

Friday, 25 October 2019, 07:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British police expanded an investigation into one of the country's deadliest cases of human smuggling after 39 people were found dead in a refrigerated container truck near an English port. Essex...

Pete Buttigieg says he used marijuana 'a handful of times'

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 15:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that he's used marijuana "a handful of times a long time ago," and that it's time for the U.S. to legalize marijuana. Buttigieg, of...

UK media: 39 truck death victims were all from China

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 13:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

British police raided two sites in Northern Ireland and questioned a truck driver as they investigated the deaths of 39 people found in a truck container at an industrial park in southeastern England....

Spain begins exhuming late dictator General Franco's remains

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 11:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Spain on Thursday began exhuming the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid so he can be reburied in a small family crypt elsewhere. The...

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