A series of wildfires is blazing across the Southwest as the chance of rain remains low amid a deadly heatwave.
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Wildfires blazing under extreme heat out West
Cruz: ‘In the Dominican Republic, we live baseball’
US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan quits post
Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan stepped down on Friday, just as the United States is preparing to send thousands more troops to the region. A senior State Department official told AFP that acting special representative Laurel Miller left the post without a replacement being named. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Miller is returning to a position at the Rand Corporation and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has not yet decided what to do with post.
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At women-only salon in Brooklyn, Muslim-Americans prepare for Eid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nevien Shehadeh, 19, was one of many Muslim women who chose Le’Jemalik Salon and Boutique in New York’s borough of Brooklyn on Friday to prepare for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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Nassar ordered to trial in sexual assault case
7 ways to live within your means now so you can enjoy retirement later
Iowa Speedway has perfectly Iowa finish line
Mongolians, Zimbabweans and refugees come to sing for JFK
A choral festival honors Peace Corps, Kennedy’s legacy with ensembles from around the world
Rehab, health scares for once-conjoined twins
Jadon and Anias, twin boys who were born joined at the head, have undergone extreme highs and lows in the six months since their surgery. “It has literally been the journey of sickness,” says their mother, Nicole.
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Paris turns into Olympic park as part of push to host 2024 Games
PARIS (Reuters) – A diver plunged into the Seine while the mayor of Paris took to the river in a kayak, as the French capital transformed itself on Friday into a giant Olympic park as part of its…
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