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US notes NKorea ‘restraint,’ points to possible dialogue
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US notes NKorea ‘restraint,’ points to possible dialogue

August 22, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday, to discuss Afghanistan.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press It was rare positive expression from the U.S. toward the…

Historic eclipse turns day into night across the U.S.
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Historic eclipse turns day into night across the U.S.

August 21, 2017

“It’s really, really, really, really awesome,” said 9-year-old Cami Smith as she watched the fully eclipsed sun from a gravel lane near her grandfather’s home at Beverly Beach, Oregon. The…

Boston, cradle of liberty, braces for spirited protests
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Boston, cradle of liberty, braces for spirited protests

August 19, 2017

White nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counterdemonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12. Conservative activists and leftist counterprotesters prepare for a showdown on Boston…

Hundreds missing in Sierra Leone mudslides likely dead
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Hundreds missing in Sierra Leone mudslides likely dead

August 19, 2017

Volunteers search for bodies from the scene of heavy flooding and mudslides Tuesday in Regent, just outside Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown. Survivors picking through the debris of Sierra Leone’s deadly…

Trump to skip Kennedy Center arts awards
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Trump to skip Kennedy Center arts awards

August 19, 2017

The White House has announced that President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump have decided not to participate in events honoring recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center arts…

Prosthetics company helps amputees find better fit
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Prosthetics company helps amputees find better fit

August 18, 2017

Mike Kelly works with trainer Rustin Hughes during a Rock Steady Boxing class for Parkinson’s disease patients at Trials Martial Arts on Aug. 2. Hughes has been using a special…

Trump studying options for new approach to Afghan war
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Trump studying options for new approach to Afghan war

August 18, 2017

President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac before boarding Air Force One at Hagerstown Regional Airport on Friday in Hagerstown, Md. Trump was returning to Bedminster N.J., after having a…

Sierra Leone death toll now up to 450 after mudslides
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Sierra Leone death toll now up to 450 after mudslides

August 18, 2017

Burials and rescue efforts pressed on amid the threat of further disaster. Up to 450 bodies have been recovered in and around the capital, Freetown, after Monday’s mudslides and flooding,…

Strategist Steve Bannon leaves Trump’s turbulent White House
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Strategist Steve Bannon leaves Trump’s turbulent White House

August 18, 2017

Steve Bannon’s resignation as chief strategist at the White House was accepted by President Donald Trump on Friday.Andrew Harnik/Associated Press file Trump accepted Bannon’s resignation on Friday, ending a turbulent…

White House strategist Steve Bannon is out
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White House strategist Steve Bannon is out

August 18, 2017

1:00 p.m. President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon is leaving his White House post. That’s according to two people familiar with the decision who demanded anonymity because they were…

5 missing after Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii
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5 missing after Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii

August 16, 2017

The Honolulu Fire Department Command Center is seen at a boat harbor on Wednesday in Haleiwa, Hawaii. An Army helicopter with five on board crashed several miles off Oahu’s North…