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Towns Split as Home Buyouts Help People Move on After Floods
Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. So she did it again, and again — each time taking a bigger bite with the mouth-like claw, until the...
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Turkey Says It Captured Slain IS Leader's Sister in Syria
Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an intelligence “gold mine.” Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Turkish official said the 65-year-old known as Rasmiya Awad is suspected of being affiliated with the...
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Avon Man, Historians Find Relatives of Historic Reverend to Sign Off on New Headstone
A longtime Avon resident inspired a movement to keep the town’s history alive.
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Suburban Women Recoil as Trump Dives Into Racial Politics
Carol Evans approves of Donald Trump’s immigration policy. She gives him credit for the strong economy. But the Republican from the affluent Milwaukee suburbs of Waukesha County, a GOP bedrock in the state, just can’t commit to voting for the president next year like she did in 2016. “I just don’t like the way he talks about other people,” Evans,...
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It's a Boy! Chelsea Clinton Announces Birth of Third Baby
Chelsea Clinton is now a mother of three! The daughter of former President Bill Clinton announced on Twitter Monday morning that she and husband Marc Mezvinsky welcomed their third child, a boy named Jasper. “This morning we welcomed our son, Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky,” she wrote. “We are overflowing with love and gratitude and can’t wait to introduce him to his...
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Florida Woman Dies of Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Family Says
A woman died of a flesh-eating bacteria two weeks after cutting her leg in the waters off Anna Maria Island in Florida, her family says. Carolyn Fleming — who went by Lynn — of Ellenton, Florida, fell into a small dip in the water at the barrier island’s Coquina Beach, near St. Petersburg, on Friday, June 14, NBC News reports....
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Family of Migrant Dad, Daughter Who Drowned: They Died in Search of the ‘American Dream'
The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl tucked inside. Her arm was draped around his neck suggesting she clung to him in her final moments. The searing photograph of the sad discovery of their bodies on Monday,...
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Grim Photo of Father-Daughter Border Drowning Highlights Migrants' Perils
The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl tucked inside. Her arm was draped around his neck suggesting she clung to him in her final moments. The searing photograph of the sad discovery of their bodies on Monday,...
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80-Year-Old New York Man Charged With Murder of Daughter-In-Law Added to FBI's 10 Most Wanted List
A Hudson Valley man who vanished into a state park after allegedly murdering his daughter-in-law in 2012 has been added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, according to law enforcement authorities.
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Elsa Patton, Mother of ‘Real Housewives of Miami' Cast Member, Dies
Elsa Patton, a breakout star on “The Real Housewives of Miami,” has died, the family said in a statement Sunday.
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Trump Campaign Eyes Chances to Vie for States Lost in 2016
President Donald Trump loves to recount how his 2016 campaign defied expectations to pierce the vaunted Democratic “blue wall.” For 2020, he’s looking to do one better. As his re-election campaign kicks into high gear, it’s exploring opportunities to contest states he lost in 2016, aiming to keep divided Democrats on the defensive. Trump on Monday visits one of those...
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Chaos, Fighting Erupts During Texas Execution Thursday
Chaos erupts near Texas’ death chamber when son of condemned inmate pounds on chamber windows, shouts obscenities as father speaks last words; son, grandson arrested.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns to Work, Supreme Court Says
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to work at the building for the first time since lung cancer surgery in late December. The court’s press office says the 85-year-old Ginsburg is attending the justices’ Friday closed-door conference at which they’re weighing whether to add new cases and finalizing opinions in cases argued in the fall. Ginsburg...
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100 Days After Paradise Burned, the Stories of the Victims
It was a day that was almost unfathomable. An entire town was burned off the map of California. Nearly 14,000 homes were incinerated. All told, 85 people would perish. The oldest was 99; of the 73 bodies that have been identified, 59 were 65 or older. One hundred days later — with the aid of public records showing the locations...
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Ginsburg Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Cancer Surgery
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery in December. The 85-year-old Ginsburg is attending a concert at a museum a few blocks from the White House that is being given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians. Patrice Michaels is married to Ginsburg’s son, James. Michaels is a soprano and composer....
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Trump Aides Struggle to Show Some Shutdown Empathy
One White House aide mused that the shutdown was like a paid vacation for some furloughed workers. President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law said employees’ “little bit of pain” was worth it for the good of the country. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross questioned why cash-poor workers were using food banks instead of taking out loans. The president himself says workers simply need...
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Happy Birthday Spartacus: Kirk Douglas Turns 102
Actor Kirk Douglas got to celebrate his 102nd birthday with a special video message from his daughter-in-law.
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Men Charged in Landlord's Murder Lured Him to Home With Call of ‘Leaky Roof': Pros.
Two men accused of murdering their landlord allegedly lured him to the home with a call of a “leaky roof” before choking him to death, prosecutors said.
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Amway Founder, Orlando Magic Owner Richard DeVos Dies
Billionaire Richard DeVos, co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the Orlando Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday. He was 92. Family spokesman Nick Wasmiller says DeVos died at his Ada, Michigan, home due to complications from an infection. DeVos was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He started Amway along with friend, Jay Van Andel, in...
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In Addition to Audio Tapes, Omarosa Has Video, Texts and Emails: Source
It’s not just audiotapes. Omarosa Manigault Newman has a stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation supporting the claims in her tell-all book about her time in the Trump White House, a person with direct knowledge of the records told The Associated Press Friday. Manigault Newman has made clear that she plans to continue selectively releasing the pieces...