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Fort Bragg Families Hold It Together While Troops Deploy

6:56am January 08, 2020

by Jay Price

The 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg can deploy at a moment's notice. In response to rising tensions in the Middle East, it did just that. Their families in North Carolina are left behind.

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Puerto Rico Rocked By Series Of Powerful Earthquakes

5:57am January 08, 2020

by Luis Trelles

The governor of Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake left at least one person dead, damaged buildings and knocked out most of the island's power supply.

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American Family Shot At In Mexico, 13-Year-Old Killed. FBI Offers Help In Probe

11:31pm January 07, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

A family was en route to the U.S. when they were attacked Saturday in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The shooting is similar to one in which nine Americans were killed driving in Mexico in November.

This aerial photo shows Ain al-Assad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, in December 2019.

Iran Launches Missile Attacks On Military Bases Housing U.S. Troops In Iraq

10:08pm January 07, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Iran says the airstrikes were carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in retaliation for the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Jozef Dudek was 2 when he was killed by an Ikea dresser that fell on top of him at his family's home in California.

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Ikea Reaches $46 Million Settlement Over Death Of Toddler Killed By Dresser Tip-Over

9:50pm January 07, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

Jozef Dudek was 2 when an Ikea dresser fell on top of him and killed him. His family sued the furniture giant in a wrongful death lawsuit. Millions of the recalled dressers may still be in use.

The Latest On Iran's Missile Attacks On U.S. Troops In Iraq

9:41pm January 07, 2020

by Greg Myre

The Pentagon says Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops are based.

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Iran Fires Rockets On Airbase In Iraq Housing U.S. Troops

8:52pm January 07, 2020

by Franco Ordoñez

Iranian state-run television says Iran has targeted a U.S. airbase in the Anbar province of western Iraq, after vowing to retaliate for the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

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The FBI on Tuesday arrested a New Jersey police sergeant, accusing him of stealing thousands of dollars in cash from suspects in drug cases and dividing up the money among officers he supervised.

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FBI Arrests New Jersey Police Sergeant Accused Of Stealing Money From Drug Suspects

7:06pm January 07, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

He is the eighth and highest-ranking police officer arrested in connection with a corruption scandal that has rocked the department in Paterson, N.J.

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivers a foreign policy statement on Iran at Chelsea Piers in New York on Tuesday.

In Iran Speech, Biden Calls Escalating Tension Avoidable And Dangerous

6:27pm January 07, 2020

by Scott Detrow

The former vice president blasted President Trump's decision to kill Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. So too did Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. strike against a top Iranian military commander "fit perfectly within our strategy in how to counter the threat of malign activity from Iran."

Trump, Pompeo, Esper Defend Killing Of Soleimani; Iranians Vow Revenge

5:50pm January 07, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The president and some of his top lieutenants stated and restated on Tuesday that they feared a new attack was imminent and that they were justified in hitting the Quds Force leader.