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A graduate student at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill was charged with murder Tuesday m

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An extremely rare Amur tiger -- one of only about 500 left on the planet -- died after suffering wha

Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, one of the 19 defendants in the Fulton County election interference case,

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police reports about deaths and other incidents in public hospitals cannot be

Search crews rescued a woman and her dog who were caught in a flash flood that carried them more tha

Florida Gulf coast residents

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