US Current Account Deficit Rises to $116.8 Billion
The Commerce Department said the deficit in the U.S. current account rose 2.4 percent. . A deficit in means the U.S. is not selling more abroad than it is consuming from overseas. US current...
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Teenage Boy Killed By Black Bear in Race
In a race for the juniors division of the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb Sunday, a teenage boy was mauled by a black bear. The 16 year old was running between Anchorage and Girdwood...
Seven Missing Sailors Found Dead in Flooded Compartments on US Navy Destroyer
The 10,000-ton USS Fitzgerald and the ACX Crystal, a 29,000-ton container ship collided early Saturday local time off Japan’s Izu Peninsula. Seven missing sailors were found dead in flooded compartments after the warship’s collision...
Escaped Georgia Prison Inmates Captured in Tennessee
The pair of inmates that escaped from a Georgia prison and suspected of killing two corrections officers have been captured in Tennessee after a chase that involved gunfire. Police were called when two Tennessee...
Amazon is Buying Whole Foods
Amazon is set to buy Whole Foods, the high end food retailer, in a deal worth $13.7 billion. Amazon will pay out shareholders the maximum amount of $42 a share. Whole Foods CEO and...
Dennis Rodman Visits Kim Jong Un in North Korea
Former NBA star, Dennis Rodamn goes to North Korea to have some “basketball talk” with Kim Jong Un. Rodamn gifted the totalitarian leader with some light reading as well, “Trump: The Art of the...
UPS Gunman Complained About Too Much Overtime
A San Francisco UPS driver who had killed 3 people, had previously complained about getting too much overtime, and asked to get less. He even filed a formal complaint about it. Jimmy Lam, 38, also...
What to Know About the Deadly Fire at London’s Grenfell Tower
A fire erupted at the 24-story Grenfell Tower in London around 1 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning. While help responded within 6 minutes of the fire, there has already been six confirmed fatalities,...
Steven Scalise Wounded in Shooting
Top US Republican, Steve Scalise, and aides have been shot during baseball practice in Virginia. They were practicing for the annual congressional ballgame between the Democrats and Republicans scheduled for Thursday at Nationals Park....
Prison Guards Shot and Killed During Inmate Escape
Two prison guards were shot and killed during an inmate escape at Baldwin State Prison. Inmates Donnie Russell Row and Ricky Dubose were both serving a life sentence for armed robbery, allegedly overpowered the...