Russia obliterates front-line Ukraine towns by retrofitting bombs and expanding its air base network

Russia obliterates front-line Ukraine towns by retrofitting bombs and expanding its air base network

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. A third bomb failed to detonate when it landed behind the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv.

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Alberto, season’s first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths

Alberto, season’s first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths

TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto rumbled toward northeast Mexico early Thursday as the first named storm of the season , carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought. Mexican authorities downplayed the risk posed by Alberto and instead pinned their

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