Taliban targets Mattis’ plane at Kabul airport

The Taliban fired several rockets at the Kabul international airport on Wednesday in an attack the insurgents claimed targeted the plane of visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.

Child injured when hit by vehicle in northeast Las Vegas

The child was taken to the trauma unit at University Medical Center after being struck Wednesday morning at the intersection of Lake Mead Boulevard and Clifford Street, near Pecos Road.

Recovery help after hurricane still lagging in Puerto Rico

Maribel Valentin Espino and her husband say they have not seen anyone from the Puerto Rican government, much less the Federal Emergency Management Agency, since Hurrican Maria tore up the island Sept. 20, killing at least 16 people and leaving nearly all 3.4 million people in Puerto Rico without power and most without water.

Maria regains hurricane strength off N.C. coast

Winds and storm surge from Maria lashed North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Wednesday as the storm regained strength, again becoming a hurricane.

 
‘Cannibal couple’ believed to have eaten up to 30 people

Investigators believe a Russian couple knocked their victims out with sedatives, then skinned them alive. Afterward, police say, they ate parts of their victims, froze the remains or packed them in jars filled with saline solution.

Famed mountaineer who led Americans to summit of Everest dies

Norman Dyhrenfurth, a Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker who organized the successful American expedition in 1963 to Mount Everest that put six climbers on the summit and inspired generations of Americans, has died. He was 99.

Aerosmith’s Tyler, in need of medical care, returns to US

BOSTON — Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler says he has returned to the United States for medical care and the band is canceling the last four shows of its tour in South America.

 
Trump holds key to release of never-before-seen JFK documents

BOSTON — The anticipated release of thousands of never-before-seen government documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination has scholars and armchair detectives buzzing. Now, they’re waiting to see whether President Donald Trump will block the release of files that could shed light on a tragedy that has stirred conspiracy theories for decades.

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