US News

3 firefighters killed in Western wildfire were trying to shield themselves from flames

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Isaac 'Ike' Flores, longtime AP correspondent who covered Castro and Cuba, dies at 93

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Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction

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San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits

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Sweltering Midwest heat cancels outdoor plans as cooling centers open and the East braces

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New Mexico governor says state could seek billions after DEA let fentanyl hit streets

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World News

A Chinese dissident recounts his perilous dinghy escape to South Korea and how he got to Canada

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Warming climate, pollution and unplanned growth push Kashmir’s lakes toward disappearance

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Venezuelans search more earthquake ruins as attention turns to humanitarian crisis

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Shooting in northern Germany leaves 6 people dead. Suspected shooter arrested

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More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing

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Iran says this. The U.S. says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

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