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Five years after Las Vegas shooting, survivors find healing in community

It’s been five years since carnage and death sent his family running into the night, leaving them separated and terrified as a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital after countercoup

Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital Saturday after supporters of the West African nation’s new coup leader accused France of harboring the ousted interim president, a charge French authorities vehemently denied.

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Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital after countercoup

Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital Saturday after supporters of the West African nation’s new coup leader accused France of harboring the ousted interim president, a charge French authorities vehemently denied.

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At least 127 killed after riot breaks out at football match

At least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in Indonesia, a police official has said.

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Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans in exchange for 2 prisoners in U.S. custody

In a rare softening of hostile relations, Venezuela has freed seven imprisoned Americans in exchange for the United States releasing two nephews of President Nicolás Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years on drug smuggling conspiracy convictions, the White

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In search of ‘his’ tree in Israel, a Canadian filmmaker unearths unsettling issues

After learning a sapling planted through JNF for his bar mitzvah is in a forest where once stood a Palestinian village, Jason Sherman asks himself if he is complicit in a cover-up

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Ukraine Forces Retake Lyman, a Strategic City, as Russians Retreat

Russia’s withdrawal from the city comes one day after Moscow illegally annexed the surrounding region.

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Florida residents take stock of damage as rescues continue after Ian

In the wake of Hurricane Ian, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead — including 27 in Florida — a number that is expected to increase. As damage estimates grow, Ian may become one of the costliest storms in

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Arizona judge won’t suspend her ruling that makes abortion a crime

An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood law making it a crime to provide an abortion on hold, saying abortion rights groups that asked her to block the order are not

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News Wrap: Ukraine retakes city in area Putin illegally declared part of Russia

In our news wrap Saturday, Russian forces are retreating from the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Biden administration secured a prisoner swap with Venezuela that freed seven Americans, Las Vegas marks the five-year anniversary

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