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Domenico Stinellis / AP A Christopher Columbus Letter Makes Another Voyage Across the Atlantic
The Library of Congress returned a copy of a letter detailing the New World from 1492 back to an Italian library.
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AP Freedom for a Girl Abducted by Boko Haram
The Nigerian army says one of the girls kidnapped from Chibok in 2014 has been rescued.
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Richard Shotwell / AP The Stakes of #FreeKesha, Clarified
Even if she doesn’t have to record with Dr. Luke anymore, his company still can do things like stop her from performing at the Billboard Awards.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Overtime Pay For Millions More Workers
More than 4 million workers who until now weren’t eligible will soon be covered by the new rules issued Wednesday.
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Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters Deadly Mudslides in Sri Lanka
The Red Cross says at least 200 families are missing.
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Alexandre Meneghini / AP Mexico’s President Calls for a Country #SinHomofobia
President Enrique Peña Nieto said Tuesday he would seek to legalize gay marriage nationwide.
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AP Track of the Day: 'Anyhow, I Love You'
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Larry Downing / Reuters The Long Airport Lines of Summer
As airport passengers face historically long security lines, the Transportation Security Administration says it’s shorthanded.
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Timothy A. Clary / Reuters The Senate's Unanimous Vote to Let 9/11 Victims' Families Sue Saudi Arabia
The bill now goes on to the House, but President Obama has vowed to veto it, citing potential risk to Americans serving overseas.
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Jae C. Hong / AP An Indictment For 20,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled in the Pacific
Investigators looking into the 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara, California, found the pipeline was cracked and nearly worn through.
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Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters Why American Sanctions on Burma Are Easing
The Southeast Asian country has transitioned to a democracy, but the military is still powerful—and some U.S. sanctions will stay in place.
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Alessandra Tarantino / AP The Ancient Military Barracks Hidden Under Rome’s Streets
Workers have found ruins dating back to the second century while constructing a new subway line near the Colosseum.
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Norsk Telegrambyra / Reuters Elon Musk Is Sorry Foreign Workers May Have Built His Factory For $5 an Hour
A Slovenian construction worker claims a Tesla subcontractor owes more than 140 foreign workers $2.6 million in neglected pay.
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Joseph Kaczmarek / AP 'Preventable Tragedy': Amtrak 188 and the Case for Positive Train Control
The NTSB concludes that the engineer in a deadly 2015 crash in Philadelphia was distracted by radio traffic, following rocks striking another train.
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Mark D. Smith / USA Today Sports On Describing Black Athletes as ‘Monkeys’
The Oklahoma City center Steven Adams has apologized for calling his black opponents “quick little monkeys.”
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The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy The Beached Whales on Mexico’s Shores
A pod of whales have died after rescuers near the fishing village of San Felipe could not push them into deeper water.
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Torsten Blackwood / Pool / AP Job Cuts at Australian Agency That Studies Climate Change
In all, 275 positions at CSIRO are being eliminated, including that of a prominent scientist who studied sea-level rise.
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Gustau Nacarino / Reuters Targeting Drug Cheats at the Olympics
The IOC says up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the games in Rio.
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Leonhard Foeger / Pool / AP An Attempt to Revive Peace Talks in Syria
More than a dozen countries, including the U.S. and Russia, tried to reimpose a cease-fire between the Syrian government and rebel groups—but they were unable to set a date for new talks.
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Mark Blinch / Reuters The Fire Returns for Fort McMurray
As the winds shifted the blaze, government officials ordered the evacuation of oilfield workers near Fort McMurray.
