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12-year-old died less than 24 hours after he arrived at North Carolina wilderness camp, officials say

12-year-old died less than 24 hours after he arrived at North Carolina wilderness camp, officials say

A 12-year-old boy died less than 24 hours after arriving at a North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled adolescents, according to authorities, who said the child’s death “appeared to not be natural.” The boy, who has not been publicly identified, was found dead at Trails Carolina Camp in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, on the morning of Feb. 3, the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. The day before, he had been “transported per parents by two men from New York to Trails… Source link

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An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 4 Iranian advisers, officials say

An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 4 Iranian advisers, officials say

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least four Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. The Syrian army said the building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh was entirely destroyed, adding that the Israeli air force fired the missiles while flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israeli military did not comment… Source link

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A Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot inside Russia causes a massive blaze, officials say

A Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot inside Russia causes a massive blaze, officials say

A Ukrainian drone struck an oil storage depot in western Russia on Friday, causing a massive blaze, officials said, as Kyiv’s forces apparently extended their attacks on Russian soil ahead of the war’s two-year anniversary. Four oil reservoirs with a total capacity of 6,000 cubic meters (1.6 million gallons) were set on fire after the drone reached Klintsy, a city of some 70,000 people located about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Ukrainian border, according to the local governor and… Source link

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Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout

Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout

Federal officials on Saturday ordered the immediate grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners until they are inspected after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage. The required inspections take around four to eight hours per aircraft and affect about 171 airplanes worldwide. As of Saturday morning, inspections on more than a quarter of the fleet were complete “with no concerning findings,” the company said. “Aircraft will return to… Source link

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As egg prices soar, so do attempts to bring them across the US-Mexico border: US officials

As egg prices soar, so do attempts to bring them across the US-Mexico border: US officials

With egg prices spiking 59.9% year-over-year, so have the number of attempts to bring them across the U.S.-Mexico border. “There has been a large increase in the volume of prohibited food items, such as raw eggs and raw poultry meat, brought by travelers from Mexico. We would like to remind the traveling public that federal agricultural regulations remain in effect,” said Jennifer De La O, CBP Director of Field Operations in San Diego, said in a recent release. Roger Maier, a U.S. Customs… Source link

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Fed officials see ‘eye-popping’ inflation data in rearview after December slowdown

Fed officials see ‘eye-popping’ inflation data in rearview after December slowdown

Inflation pressures eased again in December, giving some Federal Reserve officials more confidence that a continued slowdown in its interest rate increases is warranted. In the final month of 2022, inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index showed prices rose 6.5% over last year while falling 0.1% over the prior month. Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said Thursday morning he expects the “eye-popping” inflation readings of 2022 are behind us, and that it makes sense to slow… Source link

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