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James Mathew Bradley Jr., 60, of Clearwater, Fla., left, arrives at the federal courthouse for a hearing, Monday, July 24, 2017, in San Antonio.

San Antonio Tractor-Trailer Driver Appears In Court, Charged In Death Of 10 Passengers

WorldNews.com Authorities have charged the driver of a sweltering tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a San Antonio Walmart was charged Monday in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and may face the... (photo: AP / Eric Gay)

HE Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Republic of Turkey at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 1-5-17

Defiant Erdogan attacks EU, promises to bring back death penalty
This is Money By Daren Butler and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA/ISTANBUL, July 16 (Reuters) - A defiant President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday stepped up his attack on the European Union, saying Turkey had to go its own way... (photo: RB PHOTO)

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, and Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, hold boxes of signatures from supporters who signed a petition asking the U.S. to end sanctions against Venezuela, during a ceremony at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 9, 2015.

US prepares more sanctions against Venezuelan officials
Press TV The United States is planning additional sanctions for Venezuela following the oil-rich nation’s election of a new assembly tasked with rewriting the constitution. The administration of... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)

File - This July 7, 2010 file photo shows Nebraska's lethal injection chamber at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb.

Ohio Executes First Inmate In Three Years Using Lethal Injection
WorldNews.com Ohio executed a man on Wednesday in the first execution after a three-year delay, signaling a possible resumption of capital punishment in the state, according to ABC News. Ronald Phillips was... (photo: AP / Nate Jenkins)

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Jordan Spieth of the United States kisses the trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championships at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England, Sunday July 23, 2017.

Jordan Spieth wins British Open for 3rd career major championship
WPXI SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Jordan Spieth is the British Open champion, just like expected, though not like anyone could have imagined. On the verge of another... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison)

File - President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, July 13, 2017, Paris, France.

Six ways Trump is 'dismantling' the US after six months in office
The Guardian Trump has been paralyzed on healthcare and tax reform, but his administration has been active in eroding safeguards and protections elsewhere... (photo: White House / Shealah Craighead)

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC and Customs, and Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, participate in the 12th G20 Summit in Germany

Juncker: EU's hand remains outstretched to Turkey
This is Money BERLIN (AP) - The head of the European Union's executive body says the EU's hand remains outstretched to Turkey but is renewing warnings that Ankara will not get EU... (photo: European Commission)

A law enforcement official escorts Cosmo DiNardo to a vehicle Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Doylestown, Pa. Lawyer Paul Lang, a defense attorney for DiNardo, said Thursday that his client has admitted killing the four men who went missing last week

Pennsylvania Pair Charged With Homicide In Deaths Of 4 Young Men Who Went Missing

WorldNews.com A day after a 20-year-old man confessed to his role in killing four Pennsylvania men whose disappearances set off an intensive search, prosecutors on Friday charged him... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke)

Matthew Weintraub, District Attorney for Bucks County, Pa., second right, speaks with members of the media, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Solebury, Pa., as the search continues for four missing young Pennsylvania men feared to be the victims of foul play.

[UPDATE]: Bucks County Man Confesses In Missing Men Investigation, His Lawyer Says

WorldNews.com An attorney for the 20-year-old man accused as a person of interest in the slaying of four missing Bucks County, Pa. men said the person of interest has now confessed to... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke)

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2005, file photo, Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) General Secretary Chuck Blazer looks on during a news conference regarding the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in Frankfurt, Germany.

Chuck Blazer, who touched off soccer scandal, dies at 72
Syracuse NEW YORK (AP) -- Chuck Blazer, the disgraced American soccer executive whose admissions of corruption set off a global scandal that ultimately toppled FIFA President Sepp... (photo: AP / Bernd Kammerer)

Amel Al-Hajjar, left, and Khadija Falih, both from Iraq, participate in a rally in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, to protest the mass executions in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia Executes Six People In Single Day For Murder, Drug Offenses: Report

WorldNews.com Six people were executed by Saudi Arabian authorities for offenses ranging from murder to drug offenses, as the kingdom put to death the highest number of people in a... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Dale Brumfield, field Director for Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, left, and Jack Payden-Travers, right stand under a rainbow as the Greensville Correctional Center Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Jarratt, Va. The two arrived for a vigil in opposition to the execution of William Morva who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for the 2006 killings of a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Executes Prisoner Amid International Calls For Clemency
WorldNews.com A Virginia man who killed a hospital security guard and sheriff's deputy while escaping from custody in 2006 was executed on Thursday after an unsuccessful attempt to... (photo: AP / Steve Helber)

Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.

Zambian president invokes state of emergency: speech
DNA India Zambian President Edgar Lungu declared a state of emergency today after a series of apparent arson attacks, in a move likely to trigger fresh accusations of government... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)