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The vast majority of Florida's public school districts closed at least one day this week as the storm made its way across the state.
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The artist, one of hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.
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With Wednesday night's dinger, the New York Yankees superstar has tied a record set in 1961 and is the first major leaguer to hit so many home runs in a season since 2001. -
Orthodox Jews gathered in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, at the tomb of a rabbi who preached his vision of a joy-filled life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday morning as damage assessments across Florida were expected to begin at sunrise.
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Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the summit of 26,775-foot Mount Manaslu on Monday when she fell off the mountain
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The White House is touting many of its pandemic programs and benefits as a way to reduce hunger. But a partisan Congress is among the biggest hurdles.
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The TV news host, who memorably was tested for colon cancer on the Today show, wrote on her website that she's had surgery and radiation treatment. "Please get your annual mammogram," she said.
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Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."
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Biden mistakenly called out for the Indiana Republican who died in a car crash in August. She had cosponsored a bill to fund the conference.
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The report finds a dramatic rise in the number of Americans who are being wrongfully held, as a growing number of countries embrace the practice as a way to gain leverage over the U.S.
