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Otto Warmbier's mother slams diplomacy with North Korea

Washington — The mother of Otto Warmbier made a rare appearance in Washington on Friday, joining other families whose loved ones were abducted or imprisoned in North Korea. Cindy Warmbier lashed out at North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, calling…

Venezuela's opposition leader calls for protests to continue

Caracas, Venezuela — After days of protests, Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for demonstrations to continue until President Nicolás Maduro steps down. Guaidó is hoping to regain the momentum after Tuesday's attempt to spark an uprising within the military…

Trump says he discussed Mueller report with Putin

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a more than hour-long conversation Friday in which Mr. Trump said the two leaders discussed the "Russian hoax," but Mr. Trump did not ask Putin to stop meddling in U.S. elections. White…

At least 3 dead amid Midwestern flooding

The latest round of Midwestern flooding has claimed at least three lives, closed hundreds of roads and forced residents of threatened towns to shore up threatened levees with sandbags. In some communities, waters are rising to historic levels. The National…

Pictures show snakes found at Soddy Daisy Middle School

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - School Board Member Rhonda Thurman said efforts are being made to alleviate what appears to be a problem with snakes at Soddy Daisy Middle School. Pictures show some of the snakes that have been found…

Fisherman drowns wading in Ocoee River

BENTON, Georgia (WDEF) - Polk County officials have recovered the body of a man who drowned in the Ocoee River Thursday evening near the Grassy Creek community. Witnesses told deputies that Brian Bates was wading and fishing with friends when…

Trump administration loosing offshore drilling rules

PORT FOURCHON, La. — The Trump administration moved Thursday to give oil and gas companies more flexibility in meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed nearly a dozen people and was the worst offshore…

260,000 new jobs in April as unemployment drops to 3.6%

Businesses hired 263,000 people in April, again defying many economists' expectations that a tight labor market would slow down job creation. Economists were expecting about 190,000 jobs to be added for the month. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.6…

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