WASHINGTON -- Two NASA astronauts will fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the first launch of American astronauts on an American rocket from American soil since 2011.

The mission team concluded the launch readiness review for the upcoming mission, dubbed Demo-2, on Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, said Kathy Lueders, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, at a prelaunch briefing. (NASA-SpaceX-Launch)

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BUCHAREST -- Romanian police intercepted 50 kg of heroin in the cabin of a tractor-trailer driven by a Bulgarian citizen, at a border crossing point in the south, according to a statement released on Monday by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism.

The border police discovered the drug on Sunday, at the Calafat Border Crossing Point, Dolj County, on the north bank of the Danube River. When conducting a routine inspection, the police found in a travel bag hidden among luggage and food bags, several packages containing approximately 50 kg of heroin. (Romania-Heroin)

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GARISSA, Kenya -- The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers and local police have arrested two suspects believed to be behind the killing of giraffes in Garissa County in northeast Kenya and the sales of the meat in Nairobi and Mombasa.

The KWS said the two men, arrested in possession of giraffe meat on Sunday, are being held at a police station in Ijara, awaiting to be arraigned in court on Tuesday. (Kenya-Giraffe-Killer)

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ROME -- A small airplane crashed into the Tiber River in Rome shortly after takeoff on Monday.

Hours after the crash landing, police were still searching for one of the two passengers who was officially listed as "missing," though a police officer told Xinhua the passenger was "feared dead." (Italy-Aircraft-Crash) Enditem

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