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Thieves steal 30,000 bottles of wine in Italy's largest-ever heist

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Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of some of Italy's most prized wines worth an estimated $5.8 million from a winery in Tuscany, in what the producer described Friday as the country's largest wine theft on record.

The theft targeted Marchesi Antinori's facility near Cortona, in the province of Arezzo, where a group of at least seven thieves on Saturday night made off with bottles of some of Italy's most sought-after wines.

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Panama struck by magnitude 7.7 earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey says

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Panama 's southern tip on Friday morning, shaking buildings more than 100 miles away in the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had initially warned about the possibility of tsunami waves hitting Panama's coast, but later said the threat had passed . The quake was centered about 7 miles southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of about 7 miles.

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Pretty Little Liars’ Keegan Allen attacked by masked assailants in LA

Actor was robbed of his watch after being struck in the head by two attackers wielding a gun and a knife Pretty Little Liars actor Keegan Allen was battered and robbed by attackers wielding a knife and gun in West Hollywood, he said on Thursday in a social media video showing him bloodied and alarmed. The Los Angeles county sheriff’s department confirmed in a statement shared with news outlets that it was investigating a violent robbery matching the weapons, block and time described by Allen on social media, where users responded with shock and…