Laser mapping reveals a forgotten Maya city in the jungle
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White House nominates Allvin as next Air Force chief
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Continue Reading Actor Kevin Spacey cleared of all charges of sexual assault
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Continue Reading UK prime minister urged to speed up compensation for infected blood scandal victims
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Continue Reading Clean energy push in New Jersey, elsewhere met with warnings the government is coming for your stove
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Continue Reading Russian court sentences man to 22 years in prison for railway attack
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Continue Reading African leaders arrive in Russia for summit as Kremlin seeks allies amid fighting in Ukraine
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Continue Reading Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered under garden of future Four Seasons near Vatican
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Continue Reading Coup attempt feared in Niger after reports of president’s seizure
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10,000 reported killed in one West Darfur city, as ethnic violence ravages Sudanese region
By Ingrid Formanek, Kareem El Damanhoury and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 people have been killed in the Sudanese region of West…
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Continue Reading Police in Montana are investigating a report of a noose found near Lyle Lovett’s band’s tour bus
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 years old on Thursday…
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Continue Reading ‘It was like a heartbeat’: Residents at a loss after newspaper shutters in declining coal county
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia,…
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