They sold their home to open a clinic in rural Vermont. Eight months later, the floods came
Geoff Butler jumped into his truck in the dark hours of July 11 as heavy rain battered the rural Vermont town of Johnson.
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Russia's Shoigu inspects Northern Fleet, warships sent to Arctic
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected remote Arctic garrisons of the Northern Fleet, the ministry said on Saturday,
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In deadly Maui wildfires, communication failed. Chaos overtook Lahaina along with the flames
In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina, Maui County officials failed to activate sirens that would have warned the entire population of the approaching flames and instead relied on a series of sometimes confusing social media posts that reached a much smaller audience
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A cherished weekend flea market in the Ukrainian capital survives despite war
The Pochaina neighborhood in the Ukrainian capital comes alive every weekend as hundreds of people flock to its famous flea market, looking for finds
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Iowa governor at center of 2024 GOP race stays neutral but leaves door open for late endorsement
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is playing a central role in the opening stages of the 2024 Republican presidential contest, with candidates eager to bask in her glow in hopes of elevating their own campaigns. She's pledging her neutrality in the race -- for now, at least.
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Searching for the missing on Maui, some wait in agony to make contact. And then the phone rings.
As smoke cleared from the fires in Maui that killed at least 67 people and wiped out a historic town, the firestorm left hundreds of people searching desperately for missing loved ones
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Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared
As the heat rises in Texas, law enforcement is working to untangle a mystery involving the disappearance of a life-saving measure for migrants traveling through an arid region
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Developers have Black families fighting to maintain property and history
All along the booming South Carolina coast, developers looking to profit on vacation getaways and new homes are targeting land owned by the descendants of enslaved people
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Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms
This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Threats against public officials have been steadily climbing in recent years, creating new challenges for law enforcement, civil rights and the health of American democracy
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A mudslide kills at least 2 in China while rain from Khanun cancels some trains in the northeast
A Chinese state news agency says a mudslide caused by torrential rains killed at least two people on the outskirts of Xi’an in the country's west
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Russia's 'August curse' sees war come home
In years past, the month of August was often greeted in Russia with a degree of caution, even alarm. Russians spoke in whispered tones of their "August curse" to explain the unusually high number of deadly accidents, terrorist attacks, or outbreaks of war.
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How Vivek Ramaswamy is pushing — delicately — to win over Trump supporters
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is working to convince more voters that he could be their nominee and — as much as he says he respects Donald Trump — would be a better 2024 candidate and president
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