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Hope for survivors is fading after Morocco's strongest quake in more than a century

Monday, September 11, 2023

Survivors with shovels have been working alongside bulldozers to dig through remote villages flattened by the monstrous earthquake that has claimed more than 2,400 lives since Friday.

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Dozens die from a drone attack on an open market in Sudan as rival troops battle

Monday, September 11, 2023

More than 55 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum's May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors' Union said in a statement.

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Michigan State suspends coach Mel Tucker after sexual harassment allegations

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Michigan State suspended football coach Mel Tucker without pay after allegations in a report that he sexually harassed activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy during a phone call last year.

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Novak Djokovic wins the U.S. Open, taking his 24th Grand Slam title

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, moved one major singles title in front of Serena Williams to become the first player to win 24 in the Open era, which began in 1968.

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End may be in sight for Phoenix's historic heat wave of 110-degree-plus weather

Sunday, September 10, 2023

On Sunday, it was the 55th day this year that the official reading at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport hit 110 degrees. But the end may finally be in sight for residents of Arizona's largest city.

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Coco Gauff wins the U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 19

Saturday, September 09, 2023

Gauff surged to her first major championship by coming back to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday, delighting a raucous crowd that was loud from start to finish.

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Police catch a terrorism suspect who escaped from a London prison

Saturday, September 09, 2023

A former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday after being on the run for four days, police said.

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The G20 has agreed to make the African Union a permanent member, Indian PM Modi says

Saturday, September 09, 2023

The announcement came at the opening of the G20 summit, one that comes as growing global rifts and the absence of key players threatened to make reaching consensus on the thorniest issues elusive.

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The number of people missing following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66

Saturday, September 09, 2023

The new tally of 66 people still missing represents a significant drop from a week earlier, when authorities said 385 remained unaccounted for. The confirmed death toll remains at 115.

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A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people

Friday, September 08, 2023

More than 2,000 were also injured after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.

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Future of controversial Dakota Access pipeline's river crossing remains unclear

Friday, September 08, 2023

Federal officials released a draft environmental review of the pipeline, but said they're waiting for more input before deciding the future of the line's river crossing in North Dakota.

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Maker of the spicy 'One Chip Challenge' pulls product from store shelves

Friday, September 08, 2023

The maker of the extremely spicy chip said it is working to recall the product as Massachusetts authorities probe the death of a teen whose family said the challenge was a contributing factor.

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An ailing American explorer trapped 3,000 feet deep in a Turkish cave awaits rescue

Friday, September 08, 2023

Experienced caver Mark Dickey, 40, suddenly became ill during an expedition with a handful of others, including three other Americans, in the Morca cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains.

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A climate protester glued his feet to floor and interrupted the U.S. Open semifinal

Thursday, September 07, 2023

The semifinal match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed by 50 minutes because of a disruption by environmental activists, one who glued his bare feet to the concrete floor.

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Japan launches rocket carrying an X-ray telescope to explore the origins of universe

Thursday, September 07, 2023

The telescope will measure the speed and makeup of what lies between galaxies, information to help study how celestial objects were formed.

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Pennsylvania inmate escaped by crab-walking up a prison wall, video shows

Thursday, September 07, 2023

The details of Danelo Cavalcante's escape, including that he got out using the same route another prisoner took in May, were released as police flooded a search zone of increasingly worried residents.

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Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

The country's Supreme Court ordered that abortion be removed from the federal penal code, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights.

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This summer was the hottest on record across the Northern Hemisphere, the U.N. says

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

The world's oceans were the hottest ever recorded, while Antarctica continued to set records for low amounts of sea ice, the World Meteorological Organization said.

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Coco Gauff, 19, and Ben Shelton, 20, reach their first U.S. Open semifinals

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Coco Gauff will face No. 10 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic on Thursday. The unseeded Ben Shelton will next meet 23-time major champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia.

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A Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot receives the Medal of Honor for a daring rescue

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Capt. Larry Taylor received the award from President Biden for flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun.

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