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New Jersey
Drill begins to dig Hudson River tunnel
NORTH BERGEN -- Powerful cutters have whirred to life on a giant drill that will begin boring a new train tunnel under the Hudson River connecting Manhattan to New Jersey.
Officials gathered in North Bergen, New Jersey, on Monday to ceremonially flip the switch on the Gateway tunnel, one of the largest U.S. mass transit projects in generations.
Florida
State executes man for deadly hammer attack
STARKE -- A 77-year-old Florida man was put to death Tuesday for a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed this year in the nation's busiest death chamber.
Curtis Wilkie Beasley was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto in the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort at her home south of Orlando.
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Italy
Pakistan vows to defend Saudi Arabia
ROME -- Pakistan will use "whatever means are available" to defend Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the country's defense minister said Tuesday, offering one of Islamabad's clearest indications yet that it could become directly involved in the widening regional conflict.
Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declined to say whether Pakistani forces had already participated in airstrikes.
South Africa
Nation to address violence against women
JOHANNESBURG -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new measures Tuesday to combat gender-based violence following the killing of at least 11 women in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, since July.
The measures include an audit of women's safety to be completed within 60 days, requiring local authorities across the country to identify dangerous and high-risk areas.