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Fire in centuries-old shopping district kills 70 in Bangladesh

"Many of the recovered bodies are beyond recognition," one official said.

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Chicago police: Jussie Smollett considered suspect in his report of hate crime attack

Police said Smollett is now suspected of filing a false report.

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'El Chapo' juror says panelists regularly broke judge's order

"You know how we were told we can't look at the media during the trial? Well, we did," the juror said.

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7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire

The father was reported fighting for his life after apparently trying in vain to save his children, who ranged in age from about 3 months to the mid-teens.

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Nazi collaborators are still being paid pensions by Germany

In the aftermath of World War II, around 80,000 Belgians were convicted of collaborating with the SS and of committing war crimes, according to lawmakers.

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How one of America's harshest isolation units was exposed from the inside

A Georgia solitary confinement unit was filled with the "cacophony of prisoner screams and cries for help," a prisons expert said after visiting.

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Three U.K. lawmakers quit ruling Conservative party over 'disastrous Brexit'

With only 37 days until Britain leaves the European Union, divisions over Brexit are redrawing the political landscape.

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Three U.K. lawmakers quit ruling Conservative party over 'disastrous Brexit'

With only 37 days until Britain leaves the European Union, divisions over Brexit are redrawing the political landscape.

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Watch: Putin vows to target U.S. if missiles are deployed in Europe

He said Moscow would have no choice but to respond to such a move because it would drastically cut the time it took U.S. missiles to reach Russia.

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California rapper sleeping in car was shot by police about 25 times, lawyer says

Bullets struck the center of Willie McCoy's face and throat and blew off part of an ear, the family's attorney said, adding that "overkill is an understatement."

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A massacre, a toppled pro-Putin president, and a country 'saved'

The dozens who lost their lives during Ukraine's revolution became known as the "Heavenly Hundred," and include more than 50 killed 5 years ago Wednesday.

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Editor of Alabama newspaper calls for the Ku Klux Klan to 'night ride again'

The editorial appeared in the Democrat-Reporter, a newspaper in the small city of Linden.

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U.S. moves to pull funding for California bullet train

"This is California's money, and we are going to fight for it," said Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Thousands rally against anti-Semitism in France after spike in attacks

"Whoever did this is not worthy of the French republic and will be punished," President Macron said after swastikas were found at a Jewish cemetery.

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Burberry pulls sweatshirt with noose around neckline, apologizes

"Suicide is not fashion. It is not glamorous nor edgy," said a model who slammed the design.

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Man goes on knife attack in France before he's killed by police

The attacker in Marseille also had a gun, and fired on responding police officers.

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Statue based on famous WWII 'kissing sailor' photo spray-painted with '#MeToo'

The incident in Sarasota, Florida, was not captured on video surveillance and police said there are no known witnesses.

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Karl Lagerfeld, iconic German fashion designer, has died

He was best known as the creative director of the French luxury fashion house Chanel.

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Hunters say it's not a 'zombie disease,' but they are worried about deer illness

"Thankfully no one has ever contracted the disease from eating CWD-positive venison, but I'd love to have a crystal ball to see if that's still the case or not in 25 years," one hunting advocate said.

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ISIS fighters had thousands of kids. So what happens to them now?

"It's not their fault that their fathers are killers and their mothers were participants" in the Islamic State, one analyst said.