| Venezuela arrests six over drone explosions during Maduro speech Posted: 05 Aug 2018 01:55 PM PDT  By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday they have detained six people over drone explosions the day before at a rally led by President Nicolas Maduro, as his critics warned the socialist leader would use the incident to crack down on adversaries. The suspects launched two drones laden with explosives over an outdoor rally Maduro was holding in downtown Caracas to commemorate the National Guard, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said. One was "diverted" by security forces while the second fell on its own and hit an apartment building, Reverol said.
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| Violent Proto-Fascists Came To Portland. The Police Went After The Anti-Fascists. Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:09 AM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. ― Police did a good job on Saturday preventing what could have
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| Vintage plane crash in Switzerland kills all 20 people on board Posted: 05 Aug 2018 07:30 AM PDT  A vintage propeller plane crashed near-vertically at high speed into a Swiss mountain, killing all 20 people on board, police said on Sunday. The Junkers Ju-52 plane, operated by the Swiss company Ju-Air, went down Saturday on the Piz Segnas mountain above the Alpine resort of Flims, striking the mountain's western flank about 2,540 meters (8,330 feet) above sea level. The mountainous area in southeastern Switzerland is popular with hikers and skiers and includes a glacier. Police said Sunday they have now determined that all 20 people on board the plane, including its three crew members, died. Eleven men and nine women between the ages of 42 and 84 were killed. Most of the victims were Swiss but they also included a couple and their son from Austria. Photos released by Graubuenden canton (state) police showed the crumpled wreckage of the plane lying on the mountain, with only the upside-down tail more or less intact. Police said they are not aware of any distress call from the aircraft before it crashed. Wreckage of the old-time propeller plane Ju 52 Credit: AP Daniel Knecht of the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board said the plane appears to have hit the ground near-vertically and at high speed. Speaking on Sunday at a news conference in Flims, he said the vintage plane presumably didn't have the crash-resistant cockpit voice and data recorders that more modern aircraft have. Officials can essentially rule out a collision with another aircraft or hitting an obstacle such as a wire, and there's no indication of foul play or that the aircraft lost parts or broke up before the crash, he added. He said that officials expect the investigation of the cause to be "relatively complex." A general view of the accident site of a Junkers Ju-52 airplane Credit: REUTERS The plane was flying the passengers back from a two-day trip to Locarno in southern Switzerland to its base at Duebendorf, near Zurich. Authorities were informed of the crash at 5 p.m. Saturday, 50 minutes after the aircraft had taken off from Locarno's Magadino airfield. Nearly 5,000 Ju-52 planes, a product of Germany's Junkers, were manufactured between 1932 and 1952. Locator: WWII vintage plane crash Ju-Air's Ju-52 planes are former Swiss military aircraft, built in 1939, that were retired by the air force in 1981. Ju-Air started operating flights with the old-timers in 1983, and the plane that crashed - with the registration HB-HOT - had been in service with the company since 1985. The aircraft have three engines, one on the nose and one on each wing. The company, which operates two other Ju-52s, suspended flights until further notice after the crash.
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| AMBER Alert Issued After Girl Abducted from Reagan Washington National Airport Posted: 05 Aug 2018 06:15 AM PDT  Virginia State Police have issued an AMBER Alert for a 12-year-old girl abducted at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday.
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| Immigrant parents fight chaotic system for their children Posted: 05 Aug 2018 03:35 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government's improvised system to reunite immigrant families it separated at the border has left hundreds of parents in limbo after they were deemed "ineligible" to get their children back.
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| Venezuela's Maduro says drone blast was bid to kill him, blames Colombia Posted: 05 Aug 2018 12:56 AM PDT  By Alexandra Ulmer and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving drones carrying explosives. Maduro said "everything points" to a right-wing plot that initial investigation suggested was linked to Colombia and the U.S. state of Florida, where many Venezuelan exiles live. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said drones loaded with explosives detonated close to the military event in downtown Caracas.
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| The Latest: Expert says Maduro may use attack for purge Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:18 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on explosions at speech given by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (all times local):
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| Venezuelan President Unharmed After Explosions Interrupt Speech Posted: 04 Aug 2018 07:09 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was unharmed after an explosion went off
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| The Latest: Hundreds attend service for fallen firefighter Posted: 04 Aug 2018 05:13 PM PDT  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
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| Right-wing Patriot Prayer rally and counter-protest in Portland, Ore. Posted: 04 Aug 2018 02:45 PM PDT ![Right-wing Patriot Prayer rally and counter-protest in Portland, Ore.]( "Right-wing Patriot Prayer rally and counter-protest in Portland, Ore.") A right-wing group and self-described anti-fascist counter-protesters rallied in Portland, Oregon, Saturday as police tried to prevent the gatherings from turning violent as they have before. Two previous events ended in bloody fistfights and riots, and one counter-protester was sent to the hospital with a skull fracture.
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