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UK police charge man with murder in Jo Cox slaying

Saturday, 18 June 2016, 06:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

British police on Saturday charged a reclusive gardener with murder and other offenses in the slaying of a popular Labour Party lawmaker, Jo Cox, as evidence emerged the 52-year-old had decades-old...

A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard gets five years in prison

Friday, 17 June 2016, 14:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served as a guard at Auschwitz has been found guilty of more than 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he helped the Nazi death camp kill 1.1...

Egypt pulls second black box of doomed plane out of the sea

Friday, 17 June 2016, 14:41 Last update: about 11 years ago

The second black box of the doomed EgyptAir plane that crashed last month killing all 66 people on board was pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, a day after Egypt's investigation committee...

Watch: Singer Meat Loaf collapses during concert in Canada

Friday, 17 June 2016, 08:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Rock singer Meat Loaf collapsed on stage during a concert in Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday night and was taken to a hospital in unknown condition. The 68-year-old had canceled two other concerts...

After fatal alligator attack, theme parks review policies

Friday, 17 June 2016, 06:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

It's an unwritten rule for Florida residents: Keep your kids away from ponds and lakes because alligators are everywhere. But after a gator killed a 2-year-old Nebraska boy at a Walt...

Updated (4): British Labour MP who campaigned for Britain to stay in EU killed, man arrested

Thursday, 16 June 2016, 15:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A British lawmaker was shot and killed Thursday in a daylight attack in the town she represented, police said. Labour legislator Jo Cox was attacked just before 1 p.m. in Birstall, northern England, Acting Chief Constable Dee Collins of West Yorkshire Police said. She was pronounced dead by a doctor less than an hour later....

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