MAN WITH KNIFE HURTS 10 ON BUS
BERLIN» A man armed with a kitchen knife attacked passengers Friday on a crowded city bus in northern Germany before being overpowered and arrested, authorities said. Ten people were injured, three of them seriously. Authorities had no immediate information on the assailant’s motive for the afternoon attack on a city bus in Luebeck, near the Baltic coast northeast of Hamburg. Investigators found a flammable substance in a backpack aboard the bus but no explosives.
Remains of eight victims identified in Canada serial killer case.
Police in Toronto say the remains of all eight known victims of an alleged serial killer have now been identified. Authorities previously identified remains of seven victims of suspected killer Bruce McArthur. Inspector Hank Idsinga told reporters Friday that the remains of the eighth were confirmed after a recent search near the property of McArthur.
U.S.: Security Council united on denuclearizing North Korea.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Friday that the U.N. Security Council is united on the need for the fully verified denuclearization of North Korea, and he urged all countries — especially Russia and China — to strictly enforce U.N. sanctions to achieve that goal. Pompeo told reporters after briefing members of the U.N.’s most powerful body that President Donald Trump “remains upbeat about the prospects for denuclearization” following his summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “So do I, as progress is happening,” Pompeo added.
At least 90 sickened in Salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey.
At least 90 people have been sickened across the United States amid a Salmonella outbreak that has been traced to raw turkey products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said it is investigating the multistate outbreak in which raw turkey from “a variety of sources” was contaminated with Salmonella Reading, leading to infections in 26 states.
The highest number of cases has been reported in Minnesota, where at least 13 people have become ill — followed by Illinois, New York and Texas, according to the agency.
Don Jr.’s girlfriend reportedly leaving Fox News.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Fox News star now dating Donald Trump Jr., is ditching her post at the conservative network and joining the pro-Trump super PAC America First, according to reports. The expected change comes four months after Guilfoyle started dating the president’s son.
Director James Gunn fired from “Guardians 3” over old tweets.
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James Gunn was fired Friday as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” because of old tweets that recently emerged where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape.
Gunn has been writer and director of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise from the start, taking an obscure Marvel Comics title about a group of multicolored misfits and turning it into a space opera decked with comedy and retro music that made Chris Pratt a major movie star.
— Denver Post wire services