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Bernard “Bernie” Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the U.S. …
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Several US states hit by storms that toppled trees and power lines, and damaged vehicles, homes and other buildings. At least two people have died in storms in the southern …
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DMX, the raspy-voiced hip-hop artist behind the songs Ruff Ryders’ Anthem and Party Up (Up in Here), who had one of rap’s most distinctive voices — literally and metaphorically — has died, according to a …
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Local medics say at least 54 people were wounded in tribal clashes in the Sudanese city of El Geneina, the latest violence since the signing of a peace agreement late …
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Rescuers have recovered 25 bodies from a river outside Bangladesh’s capital after a ferry collided with another vessel and capsized, an official said Monday. The ferry ML …
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A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It …
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The eight car train, traveling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien Friday morning, causing several carriages to hit the wall of the tunnel, …
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Relatives of contractor Philip Mawer said they had been made aware that a body matching his description had been found but were awaiting confirmation. “We understand that a formal process …
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A child was among four people killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Southern California office building that left a fifth victim and the gunman critically wounded, police said. The …
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Putin political foe shot dead in Moscow – CBS News Watch CBSN Live Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister who became a key opposition figure in Russia, was shot …
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G. Gordon Liddy, a brash former FBI agent who helped orchestrate the 1972 Watergate break-in, a crime that began the unravelling of Richard Nixon’s presidency, died on Tuesday at the …
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The fire destroyed at least 3,000 shelters as it tore through the camp, Rashedul Islam, an official in charge of Kutupalong refugee camp, said Tuesday. “I don’t know what is …
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A fire swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, killing at least five people, destroying homes and endangering the lives of tens of thousands of …
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Dozens of fragments of a Dead Sea Scroll bearing biblical text have been found by archaeologists working in the Judean Desert, the Israeli government said. The fragments were recovered from …
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NAIROBI — Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus skeptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday after a more than two-week …
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Gunmen on motorcycles attacked and shot dead at least 58 civilians in a volatile corner of Niger, the government said Tuesday. The group of civilians was returning from a livestock …
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All-rounder Moeen Ali was one of several England Test players to be rested this winter Former captain Michael Vaughan says “Test cricket is dead” if England rest and rotate players …
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OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO — A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 400 others, authorities said. State television …
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar security forces shot and killed at least eight people Wednesday, according to accounts on social media and local news reports, as authorities extended their lethal …
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KABUL — Three women who worked for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan were gunned down Tuesday in separate attacks, the news editor of the privately owned …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haitian authorities announced Friday that more than 400 inmates escaped and 25 people died in a prison breakout, making it the country’s largest and deadliest one in …
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Officials said gun and knife battles between rival gangs erupted on Monday night in three different prisons in the country. Prisons in Ecuador were on high alert after more than …
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At least four female development workers killed after unidentified assailants fired at their vehicle in restive North Waziristan, police official says. Islamabad, Pakistan – At least four female development workers …
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Stringers for CNN confirm that live rounds and tear gas were used to disperse people at an anti-coup protest in the city. In video seen by CNN, a large crowd …
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ISLAMABAD — Three mountaineers who went missing earlier this month while attempting to scale the world’s second-highest mountain, K2, should now be considered dead, Pakistani officials said Thursday. The announcement …
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Utility crews raced Wednesday to restore power to nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. who were still without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm, …
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Provocative and polarizing U.S. talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted and was honoured by former U.S. president Donald Trump, has died, …
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — The plight of endangered right whales took another sad turn Saturday, when a baby whale, possibly two months old, washed ashore dead on a Florida beach with …
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Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said. Wilson died suddenly at her home in Henderson, Nev., on Monday. …
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Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. Spinks died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. …
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