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A third death has been confirmed from catastrophic Texas floods, governor says
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says a third person has been confirmed killed by catastrophic floods this month that prompted more than 500 rescues, damaged homes and businesses, and are still making some areas inaccessible.
More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat
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There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025
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Trump returns to correspondents' dinner for a rambling, insult-filled speech 3 months after shooting
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8 found dead in Michigan home after fire, some with gunshot wounds
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Hochul warns Nassau and other counties to end ICE pacts
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has said he would consider legal action against the state over new laws.
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ICE is arresting immigrants on LI by surveilling parking lots, running license plates
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Immigration crackdown sowing uncertainty on LI farms. 'It could be game over.'
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ICE halts most traffic-stop arrests in wake of fatal shootings
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Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux
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Russian attack kills 3 in Ukraine's Sumy region as Romania downs second drone in 2 days
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Japan's monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messages as he turns 1 on Sunday
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Indonesian rescuers search for missing speedboat with 11 European tourists and 2 local crew members
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Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp among new additions to join UNESCO's World Heritage List
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India's 'Cockroach' protests take on Modi with unlikely weapons: Sharp, irreverent humor and memes
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Berlin's first drag march brings protest, pride and flamboyant celebration to the streets
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US says it will begin lifting a suspension of Mexican cattle imports starting in August
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China hits travel platform Trip.com with $765M in penalties over monopoly abuses
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Ukraine is still fortifying its border with Belarus years after Russia invaded from there
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Maine Democrats are meeting to pick a new Senate nominee to face Republican Sen. Susan Collins
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Typhoon Noul nears southern China, putting region on high alert for heavy rain and wind
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Oregon firefighters brace for windy and hot weather as they battle dozens of blazes
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Young Japanese artists turn school blackboards into a hit medium for creativity
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Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics
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Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants
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11 indicted in smuggling deaths of 7 migrants in rail cargo container in Texas
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Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty over bottle attack at a London nightclub
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Tropical Storm Genevieve forms in the Pacific Ocean as Hurricane Fausto strengthens to Category 2
EU finds TikTok violates its digital rule book by failing to protect privacy of minors
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German leader Merz reshuffles top posts as he tries to counter far-right advance
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Northern West Bank in lockdown as clashes rock villages and Israel deploys troops in Nablus
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US military says it fired on another merchant vessel trying to breach its blockade of Iranian ports
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Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriter
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