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11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around Beijing after days of rain, Chinese state media report

11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around Beijing after days of rain, Chinese state media report

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media report 11 people have died and 27 are missing amid flooding in the mountains surrounding the capital Beijing.
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Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave

Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave

PHOENIX (AP) — A record string of daily highs over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) in Phoenix ended Monday as the dangerous heat wave that suffocated the Southwest throughout July receded slightly with cooling monsoon rains.
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U.S. needs win or draw to avoid risk of elimination from Women's World Cup

U.S. needs win or draw to avoid risk of elimination from Women's World Cup

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States arrived at the Women's World Cup as the favourite to win an unprecedented third consecutive title.
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Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a woman she saw as a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son an
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Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S.
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IS claims responsibility for the bombing that killed 54 at a pro-Taliban election rally in Pakistan

IS claims responsibility for the bombing that killed 54 at a pro-Taliban election rally in Pakistan

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — An Afghan branch of Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 54 people at a pro-Taliban party's election rally, in one of the region's worst attacks in recent years.
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Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.
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Mar-a-Lago worker De Oliveira makes his first court appearance in Trump's classified documents case

Mar-a-Lago worker De Oliveira makes his first court appearance in Trump's classified documents case

MIAMI (AP) — The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate made his first court appearance on Monday on charges in the classified documents case against the former president but did not enter a plea because he has not found a Florida-based
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Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are 'humans in disguise'

Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are 'humans in disguise'

BEIJING (AP) — A zoo in eastern China is denying suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of the animals standing like humans circulated online.
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Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200

Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 44 people and wounding nearly 200 in an attack that a senior leade
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