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The Trump administration has been blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean — and now one in the Pacific — claiming without evidence that they’re “drug boats.” These are extrajudicial executions ...

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Ukraine has carried out a massive drone strike on a Russian dam, leading to widespread flooding in the country's southern Belgorod region which left Vladimir Putin's soldiers stranded. Russian ...

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Don Smiley, a 1973 graduate of St. Catherine’s High School, has been the CEO of Summerfest since 2004. He also was president of the Florida Marlins from 1994-2000. It's May 1973 at Horlick Field and ...