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US growth likely to slow to 1.6% this year, hobbled by Trump's trade wars, OECD says

  US growth likely to slow to 1.6% this year, hobbled by Trump's trade wars, OECD says U.S. economic growth will slow to 1.6% this year from 2.8% last year as President Donald Trump’s erratic trade wars disrupt global commerce, drive up costs and leave businesses and consumers paralyzed by uncertainty

3 plane crash survivors plucked from Atlantic Ocean at night after plane goes down off Florida coast

  3 plane crash survivors plucked from Atlantic Ocean at night after plane goes down off Florida coast The single-engine Cessna Skyhawk went down several miles into the ocean Three people have been rescued from the Atlantic Ocean in the dark after their plane went down several miles offshore off the coast of Florida, officials said. Officials from Air and Marine Operations, an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, were alerted to a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk crashing down into the ocean on Sunday evening several miles offshore, according to a statement from of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday. MORE: 61-year-old man survives being pinned down by 700-pound boulder for 3 hours in Alaska creek “During the evening of June 1, an AMO Fort Pierce Marine Unit was alerted by the Indian River Shores Police Department that a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk had crashed approximately 2 to 3 miles offshore,” officials said. “AMO crews immediately responded and ar...

Ukraine drone attacks target bombers at airfields deep inside Russia, source says

  Ukraine drone attacks target bombers at airfields deep inside Russia, source says Ukraine's SBU claimed hits on more than 40 military aircraft LONDON -- The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted a large-scale operation targeting four Russian military airfields on Sunday, an SBU source confirmed to ABC News, claiming to have hit more than 40 military aircraft "that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." The governors of the Russian regions of Irkutsk and Murmansk confirmed drone attacks in their respective regions. Videos shared with ABC News by the SBU showed drones attacking Olenya airbase in Murmansk and Belaya airfield in Irkutsk. Both are home to Russian strategic bomber aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers. The governor of Irkutsk noted that the drones were launched from the back of a truck in the area. The governor posted an accompanying video of drones flying overhead and huge columns of smoke rising nearby. A source in the SBU told ABC News that the op...