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BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian activists and the Western-backed opposition accused the government Tuesday of carrying out a chlorine gas attack against a rebel-held town that killed at least six people and left dozens, including children, choking and gasping for breath. The purported use of poison gas on the town of Sarmin in northwestern Idlib province […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog is refusing to concede defeat in Israel’s closely fought parliamentary election. Herzog told supporters early Wednesday that he will make “every effort” to cobble together the next coalition government. Initial results showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Herzog’s Zionist Union in a tight race. But […]

WESTON, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida high school teacher is being suspended without pay for a week for calling a Muslim student a “raghead Taliban.” The Broward School Board approved the suspension Tuesday against Cypress Bay High School teacher Maria Valdes. She must also attend diversity training. The 14-year-old boy’s father, Youssef Wardani, wanted […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Four more American aid workers arrived back in the United States on Tuesday from West Africa to be monitored for Ebola, health officials said. The latest arrivals bring to 15 the number of aid workers who have returned from Sierra Leone since Friday. None of them have been diagnosed with Ebola, […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- WINK News was there as Florida Fish and Wildlife officials took away an injured bald eagle. The eagle was found near the train tracks at Palm Beach Boulevard and Van Buren Street. People showed up to help the injured eagle after finding it dazed on the ground. FWC is taking the eagle […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Penn State University fraternity was suspended for a year Tuesday after police began investigating allegations that members used a private, invitation-only Facebook page to post photos of nude and partly nude women, some apparently asleep or passed out. A former member of Kappa Delta Rho at the university’s flagship campus […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Penn State University associate sociology professor says she doesn’t know why her onboard speech about U.S.-Venezuela relations got her pulled off a flight in Miami. Authorities say 52-year-old Karen Halnon, who lives outside Philadelphia, is facing disorderly conduct and breach of peace charges for going on a rant and lighting a […]

UPDATE: Damien Licquia, 17, was located in North Fort Myers and was taken into custody without incident. Deputies located Licquia and arrested him at 10:38 p.m. Tuesday evening. ——————————————————————————— LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Four teenagers are under arrest following a violent and brazen crime spree that began early Saturday morning in North Fort Myers. The teens […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – Opening statements in the Colorado theater shooting case have been set for April 27 – at least a month earlier than expected in the death penalty case. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. made the decision on Tuesday and said the trial could run through October. The trial was initially expected to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats blocked legislation Tuesday to help the victims of human trafficking amid a partisan dispute over abortion that threatens to sink the once-uncontroversial measure. The outcome left the fate of the legislation uncertain and the president’s attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, caught in the crossfire. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has […]