Tropical Storm Mindy makes landfall on Florida Panhandle; heavy rain expected, scattered flooding possible.

Tropical Storm Mindy makes landfall on Florida Panhandle; heavy rain expected, scattered flooding possible.

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New UN test ban chief says goal is to bring pact into force

The new head of the U.N. nuclear test ban treaty organization says his goal is to have the treaty enter into force, which would require ratification by eight countries -- the United States, China, Iran, Israel, Egypt, India, Pakistan and North Korea

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Portland mayor: Keeping police away from protest a mistake

Nearly three weeks after armed far-right and far-left protesters violently clashed in the streets of a diverse neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, the city’s mayor says the lack of police intervention was “not the right strategy.”

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New life for suit over Chicago police stop-and-frisk policy

A lawsuit filed six years ago that alleged the Chicago Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy targeted Black and Hispanic people who hadn’t committed any crime has been granted class-action status by a federal judge

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Hurricane Ida's death toll in Louisiana jumps to 26, with 11 new deaths reported in the city of New Orleans

Hurricane Ida's death toll in Louisiana jumps to 26, with 11 new deaths reported in the city of New Orleans

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Tropical Storm Mindy forms in northeast Gulf of Mexico; tropical storm warning issued for part of the Florida Panhandle

Tropical Storm Mindy forms in northeast Gulf of Mexico; tropical storm warning issued for part of the Florida Panhandle

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Grief comes home to US towns week after Afghanistan war ends

One week has gone by since the 20-year war in Afghanistan came to an end

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Governor saddened by claim troopers made fake vaccine cards

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he's “incredibly disappointed” by the allegations that three former Vermont State Police troopers were involved in a scheme to create fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards

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2 years after Georgia shipwreck, heavy lifting nearly done

Two years after a cargo ship overturned along the Georgia seacoast, the heavy lifting to remove the wreckage is nearly done

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EXCERPT: On morning of 9/11, 'What's happening to my city?'

On Sept. 11, 2001, Associated Press writer Howie Rumberg came off the overnight shift and took the subway to lower Manhattan

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Court reverses order to reinstate fired Little Rock officer

An Arkansas appeals court has reversed a lower court judge’s order that Little Rock must reinstate a police officer who was fired for fatally shooting a Black motorist

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20 years after 9/11, work of identifying remains continues

New York City's medical examiner's office is continuing the difficult task of identifying remains recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center

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Oklahoma pushes back 7 executions due to notice requirement

The Oklahoma attorney general’s office has asked the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals to push back execution dates for seven death row inmates based on requirements to give a 35-day notice before any execution

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