Esmatullah Moradi, spokesman for the provincial governor in Faryab said that around 1,500 houses were either completely or partially destroyed while hundreds of acres of farmlands were washed away and more than 300 animals killed.
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Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan
The announcement deepens a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven months into a war in which Israel has yet to accomplish its stated goals.
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Houthi rebels launch missile that strikes oil tanker in Red Sea, U.S. military says
The Houthis have launched attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, demanding Israel end the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians.
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Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes center of Republicans’ talking points
In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans.
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Upside-down flag at Justice Alito’s home another blow for Supreme Court under fire
The incident adds to concerns about an institution that’s increasingly seen as partisan and lacking strict ethical guidelines.
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Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016
The video aired Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking the R&B singer who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the time.
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Washington to mark a painful present and past
Protesters focused their anger on President Biden, whom they accuse of feigning concern over the death toll in Gaza.
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For decades, states have taken foster children’s federal benefits. That’s starting to change.
States have for decades been using foster children’s federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services.
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Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92
The mustachioed character actor was best known for roles as smarmy villains, like the chauvinist boss in ‘9 to 5’ and the nasty TV director in ‘Tootsie.’
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After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win
Workers at two Mercedes factories in Alabama voted decisively against unionizing.