2 were killed and 2 others injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.
Josh Linehan
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Storms sweep across South, into Midwest; death toll rises to 11
High winds and unrelenting rain knocked out power all across the South.
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Analysis: New questions rise as Iran says it downed plane
Iran’s acknowledgement that it shot down a Ukrainian airliner, killing 176 people, raises new challenges for the Islamic Republic.
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One dead, three injured in shooting in central Ottawa
Police said the suspect remains at large.
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Cancer group finds biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate
Researchers are crediting advances in lung-tumor treatments.
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Cowboys to hire Mike McCarthy as coach, succeeding Jason Garrett
McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl with the Packers, takes over in Dallas.
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Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in L.A. as New York trial begins
The Hollywood mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.
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World markets slide on alarm over rising Mideast tensions
Global shares are lower on concern over escalating tensions in the Middle East following the killing by a U.S. air strike of an Iranian general.
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Iraq’s Parliament calls for expulsion of U.S. troops
The demand could cripple the battle against the Islamic State group and allow a resurgence of extremists.
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Counting whales from space pitched as key to saving them
An aquarium and engineering firm in Massachusetts are partnering on a project to better protect whales by monitoring them from space.