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Today in History: May 9, freighter slams into Tampa Bay bridge, killing 35

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Aboard the hantavirus-hit cruise ship, some passengers fear what awaits back home

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Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat

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Hungary's incoming prime minister plans a 'regime-change celebration' to mark Orbán's departure

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Trump's tariffs hit Toyota profit, though its global sales grew

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David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

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A year in, what's on Pope Leo XIV's to-do list? And what has he done so far?

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Starmer says he won't quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK

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Pope prays for end to 'fratricidal hatred' as he celebrates anniversary with visit to Pompeii

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What Russia's low‑key Victory Day celebrations reveal about Putin and the war in Ukraine

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Pope Leo XIV sought a pastoral role in his first year, but verbal sparring with Trump intervened

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Japanese video-game maker Nintendo raises Switch price, forecasts lower profits

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What we don't know about the hantavirus outbreak as the cruise ship nears Spanish territory

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Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit open areas in Israel

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Oil tanker arrives in South Korea after passing through the Strait of Hormuz in mid-April

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Man pleads not guilty to charge of threatening behavior toward ex-Prince Andrew

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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands

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Today in History: May 8, Allies celebrate Nazi surrender in World War II

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Hamas says a son of its chief negotiator was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza

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In Gaza, some Palestinian children find respite and catharsis in breakdancing

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A quiet memorial on Berlin sidewalks: German artist lays 'Stolpersteine' to honor Holocaust victims

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Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs

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China signals again that Taiwan is a priority ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

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Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say

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Pakistan warns of strong response to any attack on anniversary of clash with India

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Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer

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These numbers show the global impact of Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz

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Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality

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Today in History: May 7, Nazi Germany surrenders

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Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey

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Actress Claire Brosseau asks court for medically assisted suicide

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Amputee football players in Rwanda find healing and a sense of community

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Hungary returns a seized cash and gold shipment worth $82 million to Ukraine

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China is stepping up its Iran war diplomacy ahead of Trump's summit with Xi

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The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally

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Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most

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Poland warns Russia is moving from low-cost recruits to professional sabotage cells

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A solar-powered charging station in central Cuba brings life to a darkened island

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New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival

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Family fears for jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate's life if she's not moved to a Tehran hospital

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Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease

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Sweden detains sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia's shadow fleet

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Russia snubs Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire and fires dozens of drones

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US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war

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3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

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Today in History: May 6, kidnapped women found alive a decade later at Ohio home

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Italy's Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack

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How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified

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US, Gulf allies threaten Iran with sanctions in UN proposal if it doesn't release Hormuz chokehold

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Macron says US and EU are wasting time on tariff threats as Trump fumes over Germany

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Inside the cruise ship at the center of a rare hantavirus outbreak

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Zelenskyy slams Russia's 'utter cynicism' as strikes kill 22 in Ukraine before announced ceasefire

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Today in History: May 5, 'Grim Sleeper' convicted of murder

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Russia declares a truce in Ukraine to mark Victory Day. Kyiv says it'll cease fire two days earlier

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A driver plows into people in a shopping area in Germany, killing 2

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Costa Rica's top newspaper says US revoked visas of its executives, prompting press freedom concerns

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Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

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What to know as the US tries to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire wavers

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Astronomers believe they've detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto

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Iran war has put foreign workers in the Gulf at greater risk while raising the cost of going home

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Families evacuated from Gaza enjoy a day to decompress at Rome's ancient baths

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What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak

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A cruise ship is waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus

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Today in History: May 4, Battle of the Coral Sea begins

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Today in History: May 3, 'Gone with the Wind' author wins Pulitzer Prize

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Today in History: May 2, carbon monoxide from Idaho mine fire kills 91

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Nations preserve a plan to adopt a global fee on shipping emissions, but keep their options open

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Israel strikes in southern Lebanon kill 10 people as a Hezbollah drone wounds 2 Israeli soldiers

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Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space

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Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's proposal to end the war

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Israeli police arrest a man suspected of attacking a nun near Jerusalem's Old City

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War-battered Syria now sells itself as a safe corridor amid regional conflict

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Iran's monthslong internet shutdown is crushing businesses in an already battered economy

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Ukraine says a strike hit Tuapse oil terminal, the fourth attack on the region in 2 weeks

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What to know about May Day demonstrations as workers face rising energy costs due to Iran war

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Israeli authorities taking 2 activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla to Israel for questioning

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Today in History: May 1, Bush declares 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq

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New Princess Diana docuseries to feature hours of her unheard tapes

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LIV Golf isn't the only sports property being reconsidered in Saudi reboot of investment strategy

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Fox's Jesse Watters escorted from King and Queen after crass comment

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Palestinians mourn teenager shot dead in the occupied West Bank

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In Gaza, a desperate rush for water trucks persists more than 6 months after the ceasefire

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Roblox to require facial scans for children under 16 in Indonesia due to new social media rules

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Media organizations call on Israel to allow foreign reporters independent access to Gaza

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Head of organization overseeing nuclear test ban treaty issues warning to US and Russia

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The AP Interview: Ukraine bets on battlefield AI as the race for weapons autonomy intensifies

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Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine

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Analysis: Why Iran's oil industry is increasingly threatened by US blockade

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Mexico to investigate US indictment of officials for alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties, Sheinbaum says

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With mass evacuation warnings, Israel upends lives and reshapes south Lebanon

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Germany faces a fresh Trump threat to cut US troop numbers. The Europeans are used to it

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Zelenskyy says he's seeking details of Putin's May 9 ceasefire proposal

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Activists say Israeli forces intercepted Gaza aid flotilla near Crete, detaining crews

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Today in History: April 30, Louisiana Purchase doubles the United States

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Brazil prosecutors launch suit against meatpacking giant JBS over beef tied to slavery-like labor

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10 current and former Mexican officials accused in US indictment of aiding drug trafficking

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A barge carrying Timmy the humpback whale journeys to the North Sea

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Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

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Cubans back 'My signature for the Homeland' campaign as tensions with US intensify

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Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades

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