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By Pesha Magid QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 17 (Reuters) – He watched from thousands of miles away on a security camera feed as militant Israeli settlers encircled his West Bank house, fearing he could lose his home forever amid increasing Israeli seizures of Palestinian property in the occupied territory. Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American living in Toledo, Ohio, owns one of three homes that have been under Israeli settler siege […]

ROME, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Italy’s government has seen nothing to suggest that Russia was behind last week’s explosion at a munitions plant near Rome, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was quoted as saying on Monday. The blast struck a KNDS Ammo Italy factory in Colleferro, southeast of Rome, on Thursday after firefighters had already been called to tackle a fire at the site. No injuries were reported. While the government […]

The Minnesota Twins placed outfielder Austin Martin on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left hamstring strain. Martin, 27, sustained the injury while tracking a fly ball in the eighth inning of Sunday’s 7-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Martin is batting .241 with three homers, 23 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 110 games this season with the Twins. Minnesota called up catcher Alex Jackson from Triple-A St. […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has named her first daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina, she said Monday. The 6-pound, 9-ounce (3-kilogram), girl born Aug. 3 in Lisbon, Portugal, is the third child of Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank. “Two weeks ago today we welcomed our girl to the world,” Eugenie said on Instagram. “And since then we’ve had the most special, cosy and love-filled time.” Eugenie is the younger daughter […]

SWANSEA, Wales (AP) — Fans crowded outside a Welsh church Monday where family and friends remembered husky-voiced singer Bonnie Tyler as a star loved worldwide. Tyler’s “If I Sing You A Love Song” played as her rose-covered coffin was carried into Swansea Minster for the invite-only funeral that was projected on a screen outside. Her “It’s a Heartache” played as the coffin was placed in front of the altar. “Bonnie […]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors have finished presenting their case in the emotionally charged trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who has admitted killing her three young children but blamed her actions on her failing mental health. The prosecution rested its case Monday after three weeks of testimony. Clancy’s lawyer now gets his chance to call witnesses. Prosecutors argue Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, was an intentional […]

By Echo Wang Aug 17 (Reuters) – Investment firm General Atlantic has tapped JPMorgan Chase to lead its initial public offering, according to a source familiar with the matter, reviving listing plans that had been stalled for nearly three years. The New York-based company has also hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for the IPO, which could take place as soon as this year, the source said. The source, who […]

Aug 17 (Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors looking into billionaire Mark Walter’s empire are focused on four businesses that served as intermediaries between insurance companies he controlled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Walter or his businesses committed fraud by concealing financial connections while borrowing billions of dollars from insurers he controls, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. […]

–The Panthers officially added tight end Darren Waller and waived offensive lineman Joshua Gray and outside linebacker Nick Hampton on Monday. Waller, 33, ended his retirement to play for the Dolphins last season, posting 24 receptions for 283 yards and six touchdowns in six games. Over nine seasons with four teams, the sixth-round pick of the Ravens in 2015 has 374 receptions for 4,407 yards with 26 scores in 95 […]