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Media captionKurdish TV showed the SDF raising a yellow flag on top of buildings seized from IS in Baghuz US President Donald Trump has promised to “totally crush” remaining Islamic State group militants after its five-year “caliphate” came to an end. Mr Trump’s remarks came after Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) raised victory flags in the Syrian town of Baghuz, the IS’s last stronghold. He vowed to fight “until it…

An off-duty police officer with the Chicago Police Department was killed on Saturday morning after being shot while sitting in a vehicle with three other people. The 23-year-old officer, who has not been identified, had just finished his shift and was planning on going to a nightclub with his friends when the shooting happened, according to officials. It is unclear what provoked the shooting. Officials said that another man in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Record flooding along the Missouri River has impaired treatment of drinking supplies in Kansas City, raising health risks for infants, the elderly and other people with compromised immune systems, the municipal water service warned on Saturday. The public health advisory came as utility crews struggled to replace broken pumps at a wastewater treatment plant submerged by floodwaters about 30 miles upstream in Leavenworth, Kansas, a…

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Leaders from a number of countries are reacting to the announcement by US-backed forces that they have captured the last enclave held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in Syria, eliminating the group’s so-called caliphate. After weeks of heavy fighting and aerial bombardment, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday declared victory over ISIL, saying they had flushed the group’s fighters from their last…

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Leaders from a number of countries are reacting to the announcement by US-backed forces that they have captured the last enclave held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in Syria, eliminating the group’s so-called caliphate. After weeks of heavy fighting and aerial bombardment, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday declared victory over ISIL, saying they had flushed the group’s fighters from their last…

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Leaders from a number of countries are reacting to the announcement by US-backed forces that they have captured the last enclave held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in Syria, eliminating the group’s so-called caliphate. After weeks of heavy fighting and aerial bombardment, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday declared victory over ISIL, saying they had flushed the group’s fighters from their last…

Police say a cruise ship with engine problems has sent a mayday call off Norway’s western coast and is making plans to evacuate its 1,300 passengers and crew. Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship ran into propulsion problems as strong winds and heavy seas hit Norway’s coastal regions Saturday. Police in the western county of Moere og Romsdal said Saturday the ship has managed to moor in…

The fallout — and fascination — continues from the massive college admissions scandal. The University of Southern California has “placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the alleged admissions scheme,” the school said in a statement on its website. And lawmakers in Congress have already introduced legislation aimed at leveling the playing field for college students. But many of those students say they aren’t surprised…

Selene Saavedra Roman, 28, is a DACA recipient who flew from Houston to Mexico in February because her employer, Mesa Airlines, told her that her “Dreamer” status meant she could leave the U.S. and return without incident. She is also married to a U.S. citizen.

A brief timeline of the investigation Here are some key dates from the Mueller probe: 2013: The FBI conducts interviews of Trump associates Paul Manafort and Carter Page as it relates to conducting business with foreign actors. 2014: The Internet Research Agency (IRA) leads Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S political system, including the 2016 presidential election. July 2015: The FBI opens investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of private…

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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said it is “startling” that there were no indictments following the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Matthews questioned why there was no “interrogation” of President Trump following the announcement that Mueller submitted his report to the U.S. Attorney General on Friday. “Why was there never an interrogation of this president?” Matthews asked. “We were told for weeks by experts, you cannot deal with an…

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Video The politics and the fallout from the completion of the Mueller report MSNBC host Chris Matthews expressed outrage on Friday upon hearing reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had completed his Russia investigation and submitted it to the attorney general — with further indictments not expected. SCHIFF REJECTS REPORTS THAT INDICTMENTS ARE OVER Matthews began his show by summarizing the breaking news, but stressed that Mueller handed his report to the…

The passenger jets that recently crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia had something in common: They lacked safety features that could have helped prevent the deadly accidents, which Boeing charges extra for, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Both upgrades were related to the plane’s angle of attack sensors, devices that read whether a jet’s nose is pointing up or down relative to oncoming air. One upgrade, called the angle…

President Trump must respond forcefully to Nicolas Maduro’s arrest on Thursday of interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaido’s chief of staff, Roberto Marrero. In allowing its rhetoric to exceed its actions, the Trump administration has ceded the strategic initiative to Maduro. In recent weeks we’ve seen repeated pledges for new tough action against Maduro from officials such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton. But President…