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Fall 2023 prescribed burn on North Zone of Salmon‐Challis National Forest
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Continue Reading EU calls on Bosnian Serb parliament to reject draft law that brands NGOs as ‘foreign agents’
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Continue Reading Water levels on the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row
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Continue Reading Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest
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Continue Reading UK prosecutors have charged 5 Bulgarians with spying for Russia. They are due in court next week
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Continue Reading Ancient ‘power’ palazzo on Rome’s Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure.
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Continue Reading Saudi crown prince says normalization deal with Israel gets ‘closer’ every day
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Continue Reading Rupert Murdoch, creator of Fox News, stepping down as head of News Corp. and Fox Corp.
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Continue Reading A Swedish prosecutor says a 13-year-old who was shot in the head, is a victim of a bloody gang feud
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Continue Reading A British ex-soldier pleads not guilty to escaping from a London prison
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Continue Reading King Charles makes historic speech at French senate as he hails ‘indispensable’ UK-France relationship
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Continue Reading England and Arsenal player Leah Williamson calls for equality in soccer
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Continue Reading Pakistan will hold parliamentary elections at the end of January, delaying a vote due in November
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Continue Reading Myanmar state media say 12 people are missing after a boat capsized and sank in a northwest river
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HIRAM, Georgia (AP) — A man and woman have died after a shooting inside a Georgia Walmart that police are calling an apparent murder-suicide.…
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Continue Reading Southern Baptist Convention expels Oklahoma church after pastor defends performing in blackface while impersonating Ray Charles
By Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — The Southern Baptist Convention expelled a rural Oklahoma church from its membership Tuesday after resurfaced…
Continue Reading Illinois man pleads guilty to trying to burn down planned abortion clinic
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Continue Reading Sheriff says 9 deputies charged in death of man beaten in Memphis jail
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