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Officials said the "proactive measures" to ignite the six remaining trailers at the Arkema plant in Crosby, outside Houston, wouldn't pose any additional risk to the community
In Oregon, crews were rescuing about 140 hikers forced to spend the night in the woods after fire broke out along the popular Columbia River Gorge trail
Ashbery, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and often mentioned as a Nobel candidate, died at his home in Hudson, New York. His husband, David Kermani, said his death was from natural causes
Rimini police chief Maurizio Improta says man was caught on train about to leave nearby town
COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli appeals to President Uhuru Kenyatta to stop drinking alcohol
Pilgrimage is required once in a lifetime of all Muslims with the means to go
Arab fighter fears militants' fall in Raqqa will only be the start of more turmoil but for Kurd commander, battle for Raqqa is step toward realizing his people's dream of autonomy in Kurdish heartland of northern Syria
TV's website quotes military official as saying Iran warned a U2 reconnaissance aircraft on March 21 and an American drone on Aug. 26
Lamenting that 'protectionism and an inward-looking mentality are on the rise,' Xi says that 'only openness delivers progress and only inclusiveness sustains such progress'
1.8 ton British bomb prompts one of the biggest evacuations in recent German history
Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more since last November
Firefighters keep watch overnight, plan to evacuate hikers Sunday
Mako does not qualify as women aren’t allowed to succeed the throne, and will lose her royal status after marrying the commoner
The violence and the exodus began after Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts in what they said was an effort to protect their ethnic minority
Memories of Hurricane Katrina have faded, Congress approved a rate hike and banks don’t enforce the requirement
In his annual state-of-the-union address, Pena Nieto says there has been progress in education reform and infrastructure projects but acknowledges bloodshed that's on pace to be country's worst in many years
Transit trains slowed for fear that some of the hottest weather in San Francisco Bay Area history would warp rails Saturday, as stifling temperatures and smoky pall of wildfires marked an unofficial end to summer across US West
Corporate executives, Catholic bishops, celebrities, immigrants are pressuring national leaders to save Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation
Floodwaters have inundated at least five highly contaminated toxic waste sites near Houston, raising concerns that the pollution there might spread
White nationalists descended on Charlottesville last month to protest the city’s plan to move the statue; one woman died and several were injured in the ensuing clash of protesters
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