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Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes
New York City received around four inches of snow Friday night into early Saturday — slightly under what some forecasts…
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Bangladesh erupts after activist’s killing as protesters torch newspapers
People are seen at the entrance to the Daily Star building as it burns amid protests following the news of…
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Muslim who stopped Australia gunman in his tracks hailed as ‘hero’
SYDNEY: Australians are hailing a “hero” whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker…
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Australia’s leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian leaders promised on Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a…
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Record flooding threatens Washington as more heavy rain pounds the Northwest
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Residents packed up and prepared to flee rising rivers in western Washington state Wednesday as…
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake jolts Japan
A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, after a strong earthquake…
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Hong Kong fire death toll hits 159 as 6 arrested over failed alarms
A scene at the rescue site in Wang Fuk Court, a residential area in Tai Po of Hong Kong, south…
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Americans eye Thanksgiving travel weather after Texas tornadoes, snow and rain elsewhere
CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — Kenny Beck surveyed the damage Tuesday to his family’s two-story home after at least two tornadoes…
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Fire burning in southwestern Japan damages 170 homes and forces evacuations
TOKYO (AP) — Firefighters and army helicopters were battling a fire Wednesday that has burned through a neighborhood in southwestern…
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Atmospheric river douses Southern California, threatening rockslides in LA’s fire-ravaged areas
A pedestrian with an umbrella walks on a bridge over the rain-soaked 110 Freeway in Los Angeles Friday, Nov. 14,…
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