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The death toll from the collapse of an informal gold mine in a remote area of Sudan has risen to 82, according to local officials and activists, as rescuers struggled on Wednesday to search for the missing with limited equipment. It is the latest tragedy in a nation mired in a de...
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A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven in the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation . Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an atrocity with no mili...
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Inflation in the United Kingdom rose to a five-month high as the aftershocks of the Iran war continued to ratchet up fuel prices, official figures showed Wednesday, an increase that will pressure the Bank of England to hike interest rates again over coming months. The Office for ...
safety
A man was pronounced dead after being struck by a UPS 18-wheeler early Wednesday morning on a Loop 410 access road, and police are investigating whether another vehicle hit him first and drove away. Officers responded to the scene around 2:35 a.m. on the eastbound access road nea...
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Charlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit. Attorneys for the family said Kirk's death resulted from a string o...
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Mike Morath set a goal 10 years ago to make Texas No. 1 in education, declaring then that “the future of the state is delivering great results for brown and Black kids while ensuring great results for everybody.” A decade later, national test scores indicate he still has a steep ...
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LeJames Norman, one of two men sentenced to death for killing three people in a robbery, was executed Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his stay of execution. Norman was executed by lethal injection and was pronounced deceased at 6:44 p.m., according to the Texas De...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS 6 IN A ROW?!: Highs today will be near 100° THURSDAY & FRIDAY: Spotty showers/storms, still hot LOOKING LESS PROMSING NEXT WEEK: Rain chances not looking as good FORECAST THURSDAY & FRIDAY Tomorrow, deeper moisture slides in from the Gulf. This should help pus...
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The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would revoke U.S. visas or reject visa ap...
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On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers. “It was interesting to see how many were going up,” said Tapia, a 30-year-old Republican from Arlington, Virginia, who...
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Formula 1 plans to open the 2027 season in Bahrain even as uncertainty remains over this year’s races in the Middle East. F1 released a 24-race schedule for 2027 on Wednesday starting with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 14 and then Saudi Arabia a week later, with events also sch...
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About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A warming...
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A building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed suddenly in Gaza City early Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in their sleep, including 11 children, in a disaster that forced rescuers to dig through the rubble with bare hands. The collapse of the building, which was known to ...
safety
A scorching summer that dried up rivers and killed tens of thousands across the European Union from Portugal to Hungary has shown that the bloc needs to develop new tools to meet a worsening climate, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. She said that...
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Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on, two regional officials said Wednesday. The officials said the Saudis have asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egy...
government
The European Union's top official proposed on Wednesday banning children under 13 across the 27-nation bloc from using social media sites and imposing limits for older teens on accessing the platforms. The plan outlined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen adds t...
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Seven people in Texas who are not U.S. citizens have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming citizenship, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced Tuesday as part of a broader Trump administration focus on noncitizen votin...
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A man has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year. In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wedne...
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The European Union needs a NATO-like mechanism to better respond to drone incidents , acts of sabotage and cyberattacks across Europe, many of them blamed on Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. “Europe needs its own counter-hybrid playbook. ...
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Wednesday making Canada the European Union’s first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats drive Ottawa closer to Europe. Speaking in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump suggested that...
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A building used by displaced Palestinian families collapsed in Gaza City , killing at least 21 people, while Saudi Arabia was reported to be reaching out to allies for help with defenses as it deals with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Saudi Arabia blamed the Houthis for a dr...
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Candidates from two rival parties associated with a former rebel group led the first elections in a predominately Muslim region in the southern Philippines, official results showed Wednesday. The election was a significant step forward for self-rule in the Bangsamoro Autonomous R...
parks
Pete Alonso hit plenty of memorable home runs for the New York Mets. This one came at their expense — and still earned him a curtain call in Queens. Alonso launched his 300th career homer Tuesday night, a tying shot in the ninth inning against his former team, and Coby Mayo’s ins...
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Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of war crimes committed during the war for independence from Serbia in 1998-99. Thaci resigned from office nearly six years ago to face the charges at the European Uni...
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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attended a hearing Wednesday at the International Criminal Court, where he's facing charges of crimes against humanity, smiling and waving to supporters during his first public appearance in over a year. The ex-leader is accused of murd...
government
They lead party tickets, star in campaign videos and appear in televised debates. They are Russians who have fought in Ukraine, and they feature prominently in this week’s parliamentary election. Election officials say nearly 200 candidates have served in Ukraine, and the Kremlin...
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Peter Martin went missing two years ago from the Fond du Lac reservation in Minnesota. His family hasn't stopped looking, but they say the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation into Martin's disappearance has stalled since the agent assigned to the case left the role in ear...
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President Donald Trump tested his midterm campaign appeal Wednesday in North Carolina as he tries to help his handpicked Republican Senate hopeful and former national party chairman Michael Whatley shore up his campaign against Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper. The president and...
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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation, and the central bank signaled another rate hike could occur later this year. The quarter-point increase lifts the Fed’s key rate to abou...
safety
A helicopter crashed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, killing at least three people near a deadly bus crash, officials said. Another person was taken to the hospital, but their condition was not immediately clear, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. It was not immediately cle...
parks
Pete Alonso launched his 300th career home run Tuesday night, a tying shot in the ninth inning against his former team, and Coby Mayo’s inside-the-park homer in the 11th sent the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-5 victory over the New York Mets. Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Jeremiah ...
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A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others in a prelude to a second deadly tragedy: the fiery crash of a TV news helicopter that was covering the collision...
government
For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran , approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The roll call late Tuesday, 220-204, was similar to earlier efforts t...
