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Suspect put needles in strawberries for revenge, court told

Last Updated Nov 12, 2018 9:31 AM EST Police investigating a major Australian strawberry needle contamination scare that sparked nationwide panic on Monday identified a former farm supervisor as their main suspect. Pins and needles were found stuck into the…

Israel-Gaza violence erupts after botched covert operation

Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday after dozens of rockets were fired from the Palestinian territory into Israel. Clashes which erupted during an Israeli special forces operation in Gaza late Sunday had threatened to derail efforts…

Pilots report seeing UFO in sky off Ireland

A British Airways 747 approaches Heathrow airport over Richmond in west London, June 19, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett Irish aviation officials are investigating after two airline pilots reported seeing unidentified flying objects off the southwest coast of Ireland last week, the…

U.S. Navy F/A 18 fighter jet crashes into Philippine Sea

Sailor signals FA-18 Hornet fighter jet to take off during routine training aboard U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in South China Sea in April 2018 Ted Aljibe / AFP/Getty Images A U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jet crashed into the Philippine…

A slice of Japan: Tokyo's pizza makers

If you're searching for the best Neapolitan pizza in the world, you'd probably head to Naples, Italy. After all, it is the birthplace of the namesake pie known for its San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella di bufala. But now some…

Current Ebola outbreak is the worst in Congo's history

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo's current Ebola outbreak is the worst in the country's recorded history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said. The deadly virus has killed about 198 people since the outbreak was declared Aug. 1…

Trump and Macron seek to ease tensions before WWI anniversary

President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron worked Saturday to ease tensions after a dustup over their comments about European security that threatened to divert attention away from a weekend celebration marking 100 years since the end of World War…

3 reports sound alarm on warming oceans

The climate science printing press has been working overtime the past two weeks spitting out study after study. Even for a discipline used to eye-opening research, the recent revelations have been particularly alarming, and for scientists like myself, they deserve…

Stephen Hawking's thesis, wheelchair get big bids at auction

LONDON -- A wheelchair used by physicist Stephen Hawking has sold at auction for almost 300,000 pounds, or $393,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds ($767,000), auctioneer Christie's said Thursday. The motorized chair, used by…

Melbourne attacker also planned to set off explosion

SYDNEY — An attacker who fatally stabbed one person and injured two others in central Melbourne had also planned to set off an explosion, Australian police said. Hassain Khalif Shire Ali, 30, had his passport canceled in 2015 after it was…

Bandits butcher vet school's horses for meat in Venezuela

MARACAY, Venezuela -- Rafael Toro, a student at Venezuela's top veterinary school, suspected something was amiss when a beloved horse called Miss Congeniality didn't greet him at the fence one recent morning along with others in the campus' small herd.…

Flight attendant breastfeeds passenger's hungry baby

A Philippines Airlines flight attendant breastfed a stranger's hungry baby mid-flight.  Ted Aljibe / AFP/Getty Images Flight attendant Patrisha Organo was just doing her job on a Philippine Airlines flight Wednesday when she received another call of duty. Organo, a…

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