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Sister: El Paso shooting victim, 25, 'gave her life' for son
El Paso, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Among the 20 dead when a young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area Saturday was a 25-year-old woman who was shot while holding her 2-month-old son, her sister said.
Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn't pay. When her partner was shot soon afterward, they sold everything and fled north.
20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting
El Paso, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state's governor said.
Collapsing California cliff claims 3 lives along beach
Encinitas, Aug 3(AP/UNB) — A popular surfing beach was closed Saturday after a cliff collapsed, sending tons of sandstone onto beachgoers and killing three people.
US to test new missile as arms treaty with Russia ends
Washington, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — With the scrapping of a landmark arms control agreement Friday, the U.S. announced plans to test a new missile amid growing concerns about emerging threats and new weapons.
Puerto Rico governor resigns as promised; successor sworn in
San Juan, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigned Friday as promised, clearing the way for veteran politician Pedro Pierluisi to be sworn in as his replacement, a move that threw the U.S. territory into a period of political uncertainty.
UN report: North Korean prisoners killed for escape attempts
United Nations, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — Secretary-General António Guterres says in a new report on North Korea's grim human rights record that prisoners who tried to escape or steal have reportedly been publicly executed, and detainees have been subject to sexual violence and severely beaten with clubs and metal rods.
Leaders of religious right balk at labeling Trump a racist
New York, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — Many religious leaders have strongly condemned President Donald Trump's disparaging remarks about minority members of Congress. Prominent figures on the religious right have not joined in, instead maintaining public silence or insisting that Trump's tactics reflect hard-nosed politics rather than racism.
Puerto Ricans have no idea who will be new governor Friday
San Juan, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — Less than 24 hours before Gov. Ricardo Rosselló was expected to leave office, Puerto Ricans had no idea who would replace him as political chaos threatened to paralyze the island with a constitutional crisis.
Kentucky pipeline blast leaves 1 dead, 5 injured
Junction City, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — A regional gas pipeline ruptured early Thursday in Kentucky, causing a massive explosion that killed one person, hospitalized five others, destroyed railroad tracks and forced the evacuation of a nearby mobile home park, authorities said.