The new push for aid came in the final hours before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which could start as early as Sunday evening, depending on the sighting of a crescent moon.
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Nearly 300 students were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis plaguing Africa’s most populous country.
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A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the U.S.
Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.
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Boeing says it can’t find work records related to door panel that blew out on Alaska Airlines flight
The company said its ‘working hypothesis’ was that the records about the panel’s removal and reinstallation on the 737 MAX final assembly line in Renton, Washington, were never created.
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Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday
Police and palace guards are working to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations in the capital.
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Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria
Saturday’s attack was the third mass kidnapping in northern Nigeria since late last week.
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Report and letter signed by ‘Opie’ attract auction interest ahead of Oscars
RR Auction in Boston is taking bids on the rare 1945 report, as well as a letter signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April
Researchers and citizen scientists will observe how animals’ routines at several zoos are disrupted during the April 8 total solar eclipse.
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The U.S. is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion
For residents of the Navajo Nation, the beginning of daylight saving time means the beginning of an annual headache.
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A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip
International donors launched a sea corridor to supply aid for the besieged territory facing widespread hunger after five months of war.