Merrit Kennedy

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Campaign From Italian Museums Aims To Help Earthquake Relief Efforts

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Italy's state museums are donating their proceeds today to reconstruction efforts, following a massive earthquake that killed at least 291 people and nearly leveled three medieval towns.

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Teen Pilot Claims World Record In Round-The-Globe Solo Trip

Saturday, August 27, 2016

When 18-year-old Lachlan Smart touched down in eastern Australia on Saturday morning, he became youngest person to fly around the world solo in a single engine aircraft.

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49ers Quarterback Sits Out National Anthem To Protest Oppression Of Minorities

Saturday, August 27, 2016

As players rose to stand for the national anthem at the 49ers-Packers game on Friday night, quarterback Colin Kaepernick pointedly remained seated.

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Mississippi Man Charged With Murder Of Two Nuns

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Nuns Paula Merrill and Margaret Held, both 68, worked as nurse practitioners providing medical care at a clinic in Holmes County, one of the poorest in the country. They were found dead on Thursday.

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Italy In Mourning: Funerals Underway For Earthquake Victims

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Italy has started to bury its dead following a devastating earthquake that killed at least 290 people and left whole towns in ruins. The country has declared Saturday a national day of mourning

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Bangladeshi Police Kill Alleged 'Mastermind' Of Cafe Attack That Left 22 Dead

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Police say two other suspected militants were killed in the standoff. They say Tamim Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-born Canadian, returned to the country in 2013 and supplied guns and arms to militants.

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Animal Rights Activist On Trial In Canada For Giving Water To Pigs

Friday, August 26, 2016

Anita Krajnc is facing charges of criminal mischief because she gave water to pigs bound for the slaughterhouse. If convicted, she could be sentenced to six months in jail or a $5,000 fine.

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Police Break Up Zimbabwe 'Mega-Demonstration' In Defiance Of Court Order

Friday, August 26, 2016

Police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons to disperse a demonstration, that represented a united opposition front against longtime ruler Robert Mugabe.

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After 4 Years Of Siege, Civilians And Rebels Evacuate Syria's Daraya

Friday, August 26, 2016

Rebels agreed to hand over control of the city to the government in exchange for safe passage. This ends the years-long standoff in one of Syria's most desperate places.

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A Happy Ending For An Australian Ultramarathoner And Chinese Stray Dog

Thursday, August 25, 2016

"This day is one of the best days of my life," Dion Leonard said after being reunited with his beloved dog, Gobi, ending a frantic search for the pup he met during an ultramarathon.

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Beginning Of The End? Impeachment Trial Opens For Brazil's Dilma Rousseff

Thursday, August 25, 2016

It's the final phase of a long process that could potentially remove her from office over alleged fiscal mismanagement. And every indication suggests she will indeed be impeached.

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Syrian Conjoined Twins Die While Waiting For Lifesaving Surgery

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The newborns were evacuated from a rebel stronghold to the capital, Damascus, after lengthy negotiations earlier this month. Today, they died of heart failure as they awaited surgery.

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Attack At American University Of Afghanistan In Kabul Kills 7 Students

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Gunmen attacked the heavily fortified campus in the capital on Wednesday evening. At least 13 people died before Afghan forces killed the attackers.

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Turkey Launches Airstrikes, Artillery Fire In Cross-Border Incursion Into Syria

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Turkey's offensive is the largest military mission of its kind in the Syria conflict to date. It was intended to clear ISIS militants from territory along the border.

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Louisiana Takes Stock Of The Damage After Devastating Flooding

Sunday, August 21, 2016

The state is entering recovery mode after the flooding killed 13 people and damaged at least 60,000 homes across 20 parishes. It's expected to take months and the governor says the state needs help.

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Iraq Executes 36 Accused Of Slaying More Than A Thousand Iraqi Soldiers

Sunday, August 21, 2016

They were accused of carrying out the 2014 ISIS massacre of over a thousand Iraqi troops. The U.N. discouraged fast-tracking the executions, saying torture may have been used to extract confessions.

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Lou Pearlman, Boy Band Manager And Ponzi Schemer, Dies In Prison

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Lou Pearlman, the impresario behind boy band giants such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence tied to a $300 million Ponzi scheme.

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Brother Of Omran Daqneesh, Bloodied Syrian Boy In Viral Image, Has Died

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Images of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, stunned after he was pulled from the rubble in Aleppo, have resonated worldwide. Activists say his brother was injured in the same airstrike and later died.

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PHOTOS: Welcome To The World's 'Highest And Longest' Glass-Bottomed Bridge

Saturday, August 20, 2016

The bridge is elegantly stretched between two peaks in China, where visitors can gaze under their feet at the canyon — a vertigo-inducing 328 yards below.

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A Month After Turkey's Failed Coup, Taking Stock Of A Sweeping Purge

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Since a failed coup attempt just over a month ago, Turkey's government has launched a sweeping purge that has impacted tens of thousands over a wide cross section of Turkish society.

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