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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 06:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked...

UK finds 34 high-rise apartment buildings with unsafe siding

Sunday, 25 June 2017, 06:03 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Britain's fire-safety crisis expanded substantially Saturday as authorities said 34 high-rise apartment blocks across the country had cladding that failed fire safety tests. London officials scrambled...

Spain rescues 224 migrants from five boats in Mediterranean

Saturday, 24 June 2017, 16:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 224 migrants from five different boats trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The rescue service says it reached two boats, carrying 66 and 77...

Huge, homely mastiff named Martha wins world's ugliest dog

Saturday, 24 June 2017, 06:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Martha (above) is big, ugly, lazy and gassy. And a world champion. In a competition annually dominated by the old, the tiny, and the hairless, the 3-year-old, 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff used...

Suicide bomber blows himself up as Saudis foil Mecca plot

Saturday, 24 June 2017, 06:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque at Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, Saudi security forces said...

EU leaders boost support for Libya to halt migrant exodus

Friday, 23 June 2017, 17:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders pledged today to boost their support for conflict-ravaged Libya as the number of people fleeing Africa on crowded, unsafe boats for better lives in Europe continues to...

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