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5th body found after apartment explosion; search continues
SILVER SPRING, Md. - A fifth body was recovered after an explosion and fire at an apartment complex in Maryland, authorities said Sunday evening as firefighters continued amid sweltering heat to comb ...
Aug 16, 2016
Rising floodwater leaves thousands homeless in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. - Robert and Gwen Arceneaux endured a sleepless night Sunday after noticing floodwater creeping into their home - in a neighbourhood that had never seen water before. They gathered up...
Aug 16, 2016
Police: 2 Houston kids found dead under home; mother charged
HOUSTON - Two children were found dead under a neighbour’s house Sunday after their mother matter-of-factly told someone helping her move that she had drowned them in a bathtub, authorities said...
Aug 16, 2016
One person shot in Milwaukee during 2nd night of unrest
MILWAUKEE - Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armoured vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and take the person to a hospital, as tense skirmishes...
Aug 16, 2016

33 killed, 28 injured as crowded bus veers off Nepal road
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A bus filled with people travelling to their home villages in Nepal to receive the first government payments for victims of last year’s devastating earthquake slipped off a na...
Aug 16, 2016
By many measures, Milwaukee is toughest US city for blacks
In the country’s long history of racial strife, a few cities have become flashpoints: Los Angeles. Chicago. Ferguson, Missouri. Baltimore. But by many measures, there is no tougher place to be b...
Aug 16, 2016

At the Russian Mosquito Festival, the more bites the better
BEREZNIKI, Russia - While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better. At this weekend&...
Aug 16, 2016

Trump reveals few details on "extreme vetting" of immigrants
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Donald Trump is calling for “extreme” vetting of immigrants seeking admission to the United States, but he’s offering few specifics about how that might work, how ...
Aug 16, 2016
The Latest: California wildfire forces 4,000 from homes
LOWER LAKE, Calif. - The Latest on wildfires burning in California (all times local): 8:30 p.m. About 4,000 people have fled their homes as a growing wildfire in Northern California burns into a town ...
Aug 16, 2016
Elvis fans make pilgrimage to his gravesite at Graceland
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Thousands of Elvis Presley fans have made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland for a candlelight vigil marking the 39th anniversary of the singer’s death in Memphis. Despite pou...
Aug 16, 2016