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Nearly 400 officers were in Uvalde before the gunman was killed, a new report finds

Sunday, July 17, 2022

The scathing new report by lawmakers in Texas says "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman at Robb Elementary School was finally confronted.

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Cameron Smith makes a comeback and wins the British Open on a one-shot margin

Sunday, July 17, 2022

The Australian shot 8-under 64 to overturn a four-shot deficit in the final round. It's his first major title.

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Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine Sunday as Moscow continued efforts to expand its gains in the country's east.

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Experts to comb site of plane crash in northern Greece

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Experts were poised to investigate the site of a plane crash in northern Greece Sunday to determine whether any dangerous chemicals or explosive cargo remains.

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Angel Blue plans to bow out of an opera after the venue staged a blackface show

Saturday, July 16, 2022

The U.S. singer says she won't perform at Verona's Arena this month because the theater recently mounted another opera that had performers in blackface.

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A man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X is suing New York City for $40 million

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Muhammad Aziz, 84, who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city for the two decades he spent in prison.

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The White House says Russian officials visited Iran to view drones for use in Ukraine

Saturday, July 16, 2022

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the administration has "information that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with several hundred" drones.

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The U.K. gets ready for travel disruptions as temperatures may hit 104 F

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Authorities issued their first ever "red" warning for extreme heat early next week. The alert covers large parts of England on Monday and Tuesday when temperatures may reach 104 F for the first time.

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Biden says the U.S. 'will not walk away' from the Middle East

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Biden's remarks, delivered at the Gulf Cooperation Council as he closes out the final leg of a four-day trip, come as the region braces for a potential confrontation with Iran.

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2 children were among 6 people killed in a Montana highway pileup during a dust storm

Saturday, July 16, 2022

The accident occurred Friday evening when a dust storm caused blackout conditions on I-90, a major route in Montana. "What could people do? It really was just panic," a Highway Patrol official said.

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Sri Lanka begins to choose a leader to replace the ex-president

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Sri Lankan lawmakers met Saturday to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled and resigned after mass protests over the country's economic crisis.

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What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

Saturday, July 16, 2022

The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted, as the panel probes President Donald Trump's actions at the time of the deadly Capitol attack.

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Mexico captures an infamous drug lord who killed a DEA agent

Friday, July 15, 2022

Rafael Caro Quintero has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official confirmed.

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Tiger Woods gets an emotional sendoff at the British Open

Friday, July 15, 2022

Golf's most recognizable star may have played his final round of a British Open at St. Andrews. Woods shot a 75 and missed the cut.

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Three men who spent decades in prison are cleared in the killing of a NYC subway clerk

Friday, July 15, 2022

The men, whose confessions conflicted with evidence at the scene, were cleared in the 1995 killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a New York subway toll booth.

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Medical examiner says Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times

Friday, July 15, 2022

The 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy report.

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Fires ravage French forests and other parts of Europe in the middle of a heat wave

Friday, July 15, 2022

Challenged by high temperatures and strong winds, 1,000 firefighters and 10 water-dumping planes struggled Friday to contain wildfires in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France.

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Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics

Friday, July 15, 2022

The legendary athlete is declared the sole winner of the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of amateurism rules.

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Brittney Griner had a doctor's note for cannabis use, her lawyer tells Russian court

Friday, July 15, 2022

A lawyer for the WNBA star at her drug possession trial in Russia gave the court a U.S. doctor's letter recommending she use medical cannabis to treat pain. Medical marijuana is not legal in Russia.

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The naming of an interim president puts an end to a political dynasty in Sri Lanka

Friday, July 15, 2022

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests forced him from office.

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