Wildfires force southwestern Louisiana town to evacuate amid extreme drought
A southwestern Louisiana town is under mandatory evacuation Thursday due to wildfires in the area as the state deals with extreme heat and a statewide burn ban.
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Gun control already ruled out, Tennessee GOP lawmakers hit impasse in session after school shooting
Tennessee Republican lawmakers have hit an impasse just a few days into a special session sparked by a deadly school shooting in March
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An arrest spectacle Trump's rivals don't want to see
Donald Trump's rivals agreed Wednesday that Republicans should look past the former president. But the iconic image of the week will be his fourth arrest this year, this time at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta.
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A missing North Carolina woman has been found dead, and a man found in her SUV has been arrested, police say
Investigators have found the remains of a North Carolina woman reported missing last month, and a man who'd been found unresponsive in her vehicle has been arrested on a preliminary charge of murder, authorities said Thursday.
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Collin Morikawa shoots 61 to go from 9 shots behind to 3-way tie for Tour Championship lead
Collin Morikawa knew he had four days at East Lake to make up a nine-shot deficit in the Tour Championship
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New York governor urges Biden to help state with migrant surge
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is asking President Joe Biden to help the state handle a surge of migrants arriving to the city
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US sanctions 11 Russians and 2 re-education facilities involved in forced transfer of Ukrainian kids
The United States has announced sanctions against 11 Russians and two re-education facilities reportedly involved in the forced transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children, accusing Moscow of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity
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Railroads resist joining safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline workers
The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a government hotline to report safety concerns has kept them from following through on the promise they made back in March to join the program after a fiery Ohio derailment prompted calls for reforms
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'Dune: Part 2' release postponed to 2024 as actors strike lingers
The release of “Dune: Part Two,” one of the fall’s most anticipated films, has been postponed from November until next near
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Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year
The government of Panama says it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap, after crossings hit 300,000 so far this year
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Backers blast approved ballot language for Ohio's fall abortion amendment as misleading
The Ohio Ballot Board has approved language for a fall abortion measure that Democrats and the issue's backers are criticizing as inaccurate
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A decade after vigilante uprising, extortion and threats against lime growers return to west Mexico
The kind of mass threats and extortion of lime growers in the western Mexico that sparked a civilian vigilante uprising ten years ago have returned, and growers say they can't get their crops to market
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