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Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Java island leave 17 dead and 8 missing

Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Java island leave 17 dead and 8 missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Tuesday.
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Starmer says the killing of 3 girls must lead to ‘fundamental change’ in how state protects citizens

Starmer says the killing of 3 girls must lead to ‘fundamental change’ in how state protects citizens

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens and a reckoning with new threats from violent ind
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Starmer says Southport killings must lead to ‘fundamental change’ in how state protects citizens.

Starmer says Southport killings must lead to ‘fundamental change’ in how state protects citizens.

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens.
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Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange

Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
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Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Java island leave 16 dead and 9 missing

Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Java island leave 16 dead and 9 missing

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered at least 16 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Tuesday.
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Fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey kills at least 10 people, injures 32

Fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey kills at least 10 people, injures 32

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire broke out at a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least at least 10 people and hospitalizing 32 others, officials said.
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Taliban announce the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange

Taliban announce the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The Taliban's Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S.
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Coco Gauff says she has a lot more work to do after loss to Paula Badosa at the Australian Open

Coco Gauff says she has a lot more work to do after loss to Paula Badosa at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff's retooled forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open .
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Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border

Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border

COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.
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Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out e
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