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2+ min ago  (1825+ words) More than 1,000 Kenyans and people from 36 African countries are fighting for Russia, many of them recruited fraudulently. Kimende, Kenya " Several weeks after Dancan Chege left his home in Kimende town in Kenya's Kiambu County for Russia, having been promised a…...

6+ min ago  (365+ words) The pullout, which is to be completed in the coming weeks, comes after Syrian forces take control of northeast region from Kurdish forces. The United States has started withdrawing from a key military base in northeastern Syria and redeploying its…...

8+ min ago  (186+ words) President Donald Trump briefly paused his remarks at an event recognizing angel families to talk to a woman about an eye procedure that he's paying for. On Monday morning, the president hosted angel families " those who have lost loved ones…...

11+ min ago  (448+ words) Most people agree that air travel can be an uncomfortable experience. For hours, you're sandwiched next to (or sometimes between) strangers, hoping no one invades the little space you have until landing. If you thought full-service legacy carriers were restrictive,…...

18+ min ago  (606+ words) On Sunday, Mexican Special Forces shot and killed El Mencho, ne" Nemesio Rub"n Oseguera Cervantes, AKA the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the cocaine, heroin and meth king of Mexico. Nine of his hench-people were killed…...

24+ min ago  (367+ words) Inset: William Elwood Simmons (Orange County Jail). Background: The 8000 block of Romerly Court in Orlando, Florida, where Simmons allegedly shot his wife to death (Google Maps). An 80-year-old Florida man shot his 83-year-old wife who suffered from dementia during an…...

26+ min ago  (126+ words) Seventeen organizations filed an amicus brief calling out pretextual federal investigations and arguing for judicial oversight. Seventeen nonprofit organizations, led by The Intercept's Press Freedom Defense Fund, filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit…...

26+ min ago  (601+ words) Inset, left to right: Emmitt Gresham (GoFundMe), Anisha D. Washington (Oklahoma County Detention Center). Background: The area in Oklahoma City where Gresham was killed (Google Maps). A 21-year-old woman in Oklahoma is accused of setting up a 19-year-old tattoo artist who…...

31+ min ago  (293+ words) President Donald Trump got sidelined Monday during a solemn event to boast about having given "a lot of money" to a woman for eye surgery " a woman that the president singled out from the crowd. Held at the White House,…...

34+ min ago  (398+ words) But it is not always the case that a cleaner environment cost money. Natural gas is a much cleaner energy source by almost every measure than coal and it is also cheaper. When we switch to natural gas, we are…...