A preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Southern California on Thursday, shaking an area for hundreds of miles.
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Nightmare of the iguana: Florida tells homeowners to kill green iguanas ‘whenever possible’
Pardonthe American iguanas residing in sunny Florida for not feeling very patriotic on this Fourth of July.
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani calls new US sanctions ‘outrageous and idiotic’
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Iran: US botched retaliatory cyberattack, faces ‘crushing response’ to drones
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks ahead of aplanned announcement of new economic sanctions targeting Iran.
Bolton to Iran: Don’t mistake US ‘prudence’ for weakness
National security adviser John Bolton warned Iran that “no one has granted them a hunting license in the Middle East.”
‘You’ll soon find out’ if US retaliates after Iran shoots down drone, Trump warns
U.S.-Iranian tensions heightened Thursday when a U.S.Global Hawk spy drone was shot down by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.