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Microwave weapon could fry North Korean missile controls, say experts

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2017

The U.S. has microwave weapons that proponents believe could stop North Korea from launching missiles by frying their electronics. The weapons were discussed at an August White House meeting related to North Korea, according to two U.S. officials with direct knowledge. The microwave weapons,

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Texas cop shot dead in line of duty while serving warrant

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2017

A police officer in San Marcos, Texas, was shot and killed Monday afternoon when he was serving a warrant, police said. Officer Ken Copeland, a veteran of the San Marcos Police Department since March 1998, was serving a warrant in the El Camino Real subdivison of the city when he was fatally shot, Police Chief […]

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10-Year-Old Girl Hangs Self After Fight With Bully Was Posted Online

Daily Dispatch December 5, 2017

A 10-year-old Colorado girl committed suicide after a video of a fight with an alleged bully was posted online, her parents said. Ashawnty Davis’ parents said the fifth-grader at Sunrise Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., wanted to grow up to be a WNBA star, but that dream was cut short when the little girl was […]

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Breaking: Yemen’s Houthis announce former President Saleh ‘killed’

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2017

Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed, the rebel Houthi-affiliated Interior Ministry said on Monday, less than a week after disputes erupted between the former allies. Saleh ruled Yemen for more than three decades, carrying out several wars against the Houthis before he was forced to step down in 2012. He then formed […]

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UK warns its citizens of terrorist attacks in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2017

The United Kingdom has asked its citizens to avoid traveling to Nigeria during the Christmas and New Year holiday period, owing to possible militant attacks in the capital Abuja and other volatile areas. “Terrorist groups have threatened to conduct bombings and attacks in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) area during this period,” the British Foreign […]

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EU says needs concrete evidence from Turkey to deem Gulen network as terrorist

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2017

The European Union does not share Turkey’s view that the network of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen is a terrorist organization and would need to see “substantive” evidence to change its stance, the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator said. The comments by Gilles de Kerchove are likely to infuriate Ankara, which accuses Gulen of