Officials acknowledge they don’t have a firm number on the missing. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.
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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
Federal officials estimate that local governments now have spending plans in place for most of the money they received under a prominent pandemic relief law.
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Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of his criminal defense.
The former president is facing dozens of criminal charges in four separate indictments, two of them anchored in the Republican’s lie that he did not lose the 2020 presidential election.
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Canadian firefighters wage epic battle to save communities after mass evacuations
Canada has seen a record number of wildfires this year that have caused choking smoke in parts of the U.S.
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Hurricane Hilary downgraded to Category 2 as Mexico and California brace for catastrophic impact
Hilary is expected to plow into the Baja peninsula Saturday night and then enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.
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Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court
A three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a lower court.
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Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams
Williams overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021.
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Japan’s nuclear plants are short of storage for spent fuel. A remote town could have the solution
A Japanese town says it has agreed to a geological study to determine its suitability as an interim storage site for spent nuclear fuel.
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U.S., Japan and South Korea agree to expand security and economic ties at historic Camp David summit
The country’s leaders have agreed to a new security pledge committing the 3 countries to consult with each other in the event of a security crisis or threat in the Pacific.
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Proud Boy on house arrest in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing
Christopher Worrell of Naples, Florida, was supposed to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of spraying pepper spray gel on police officers, as part of the mob storming the Capitol.