City workers load sandbags at a drive-thru sandbag distribution event for residents ahead of the arrival of rains associated with tropical depression Fred, Aug. 13, 2021, at Grapeland Park in Miami.
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Fred is expected to re-develop Sunday over the Gulf of Mexico
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Sat, 08/14/2021 - 09:08 AM
Albuquerque school shooting
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Officials said it was an isolated incident between the two students, who were believed to be about 13 years old
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 11:44 PM
Mourners place flowers and pictures in the name cut-out of Kyung Hee (Casey) Cho at the National September 11 Memorial and…
DHS did not cite any specific threats
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 10:27 PM
Firefighters manage the burn of the Dixie Fire near Chester, California, U.S., August 13, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
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The roughly 21,000 federal firefighters working on the ground were more than double the number of firefighters sent to contain forest fires at this time a year ago, and resources were short
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 09:59 PM
A pedestrian wears a face mask as she walks past an information sign of COVID-19 testing in Chicago, Ill., Friday, Aug. 13,…
Russia reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 08:09 PM
New York Governor’s Resignation Signals Future for #MeToo
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New Yorkers slam governor’s generational, cultural defense
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 02:56 PM
In this March 26, 2020, photo, closed signs hang on a recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala. The…
The money will be targeted to assist rural hospitals and health care providers, according to a White House news release
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 02:33 PM
FILE PHOTO: Fourth-year medical student Anna Roesler administers the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at…
Justice Amy Coney Barrett denies a request to overturn rule that requires students, teachers, staff to get vaccine
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 01:25 PM
FILE - In this July 11, 2021 file photo, police scuffle and detain an anti-government demonstrator during a protest in Havana,…
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US sanctioning Romarico Vidal Sotomayor Garcia and Pedro Orlando Martinez Fernandez and the Tropas de Prevencion of the Cuban Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 12:51 PM
'Stooping' – A Longtime NYC Tradition to Salvage and Save
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Some of what is salvaged can be surprising
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 12:24 PM
Students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in Havana, Cuba, April 1, 2014.
Cuba's government has a history of controlling internet and data access and last month cut off connectivity services for five days after Cubans used social media to spread word of historic nationwide anti-government protests
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 11:27 AM
Lights from Waimea, Hawaii, shine in the distance as wildfires burn in the area on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. The region was…
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Fires create cycle of ecological damage that affects vital and limited resources for millions of residents
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 06:36 AM
Tropical Storm Fred passes over Santo Domingo
Fred could strengthen into a tropical storm Friday
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 05:00 AM
Debra Tice, mother of U.S. journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped in Syria five years ago, holds a dated portrait of him during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, July 20, 2017.
American journalist was last seen 9 years ago
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 03:34 AM
NY sex abuse
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Thousands of the cases filed in New York involve religious institutions
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Fri, 08/13/2021 - 03:17 AM