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Chicago gripped by weekend shootings

Four dead, more than 30 injured as governor reiterates appeal for tougher gun laws

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Gun Violence
Gun Laws
U.S.

France to deploy troops across the Sahel

The operation replaces a military offensive in Mali, where French troops fought rebels in the country's north

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Mali
Nigeria
International
Africa
France

UN authorizes aid delivery to Syria

Syrian government has warned that unapproved aid delivery would constitute an attack

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Syria's War
Syria
Human Rights
United Nations
International

Fukushima: The ice wall cometh?

A plan to reduce the flow of water from the damaged nuclear plant is already behind schedule and may never actually work

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Nuclear Power
Fukushima
Japan
Pollution
Energy
Environment
International

Writer, apartheid foe Nadine Gordimer dies

The South African writer was the 1991 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature and a leading voice against racism

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International
South Africa
Nobel Prize
Literature

WTO sides with China in trade dispute

Trade body says Washington violated rules by imposing extra fees on goods it said Beijing dumped on foreign market

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China
WTO
International
Commerce & Trade

Court challenge to UK over surveillance

The ACLU, Liberty and other NGOs took Britain's spy agencies to court in front of a special tribunal in London

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International
United Kingdom
Surveillance
NSA Leaks
Privacy

Citigroup agrees to $7B settlement

Justice Department was investigating the bank over propagating risky mortgages that helped lead to the Great Recession

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Economy
U.S. Financial Crisis
Banks
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Bank of America
Law & Justice
Department of Justice
Eric Holder

Campus rape statistics mislead

A school with a lower rate may just be better at discouraging students from reporting assault

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Gender
College
Sexual violence
Rape
The White House
Education

Newfoundland port struggling to survive

The Canadian government is paying people to resettle, but some residents in Little Bay want to stay

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International
Economy
Canada

Victims complain as BP ends claims program

Gulf Coast businesses, congressman want BP to reinstate internal claims program and pay out reparations for oil spill

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Environment
U.S.
Disasters
Oil
Gulf Coast

Nev. farms need water for crops, not lawns

In some parts of the drought-ridden state, farmers are getting no water while sprinklers abound in Reno

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Drought USA
Nevada
Environment

California still suffering from severe drought

Farmers are feeling the most effects, with crop losses of up to $2.2 billion

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Economy
U.S.
Water
Farming

Church of England to allow women bishops

The church's assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the measure, after failing in 2012

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Religion, Spirituality & Ethics
Gender
England
International

China charges duo in GSK bribery scandal

British man and American wife accused of illegally buying information on ex-GSK manager, company bribery

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Pharmaceuticals
China
Business & Finance
International
United Kingdom

Christians in eastern China feel targeted

Authorities have removed crosses from churches and torn down churches in some communities

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International
Culture
Asia-Pacific
China
Religion, Spirituality & Ethics

Bowe Bergdahl to return to active duty

Held by Taliban for five years, he will start work at Texas base, says NY Times, as probe into his capture continues

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Bowe Bergdahl
U.S.

Breakthrough in delaying Alzheimer's effects

Science still hasn’t found a cure but is getting better at treating the disease

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Health
Technology
Disease

57K migrant kids detained in US in past year

US and Latin American nations try to tackle immigration problem

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The Week Ahead
U.S.
International

Deadly blast hits Sinai compound

At least eight killed in two successive blasts that hit residential area next to security compound in Egypt's Sinai

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Egypt in Turmoil
Egypt
Middle East
International

Maestro Lorin Maazel dies at 84

He guided nearly 200 orchestras in at least 7,000 opera and concert performances during 72 years at the podium

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Obituary
Music
North Korea
Diplomacy
Culture

Moscow says Ukrainian shell killed Russian

Kiev dismisses claim its forces fired across border as ‘nonsense,’ points finger at rebel agent provocateur

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International
Europe
Ukraine
Russia
Diplomacy
Politics
War
Ukraine Crisis

Seven small earthquakes rattle Oklahoma

This is the latest swarm in a state where a recent upsurge in seismic activity which may be linked to fracking

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Oklahoma
Fracking
Oil
Environment

N. California wildfire suspect arrested

Man who was allegedly at an illegal marijuana farm is suspected of igniting fire now covering 3,700 acres of forest

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California
Marijuana
Drought USA
Environment

Pope Francis: 1 in 50 clerics is a pedophile

In an interview, the pontiff also hinted that ban on marriage for priests may one day be lifted

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Pope Francis
Sexual violence
International

In S. Carolina, building up new Iraqi faculty

An archaeologist of Iraq's marshes fosters academic ties between southern Iraq and the US South

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Education
Environment
Iraq
South Carolina

Argentina ends World Cup with violence

As a joyous celebration of team's gutsy performance turned nasty, parents with small children fled in fear

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World Cup
Argentina
International

Extension in Iran nuclear talks ‘likely’

Gaps persist between Iran and world powers negotiating Tehran's nuclear program; July 20 deadline seen as unrealistic

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Austria
Middle East
Iran
Diplomacy
Nuclear Power
Nuclear weapons
Politics
John Kerry
International

Iraq parliament defers vote on new govt.

Acting parliament speaker ends brief session due to disagreement on nominees and absence of Kurdish delegation.

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Iraq
Middle East
International

Hundreds protest fracked gas export plan

Critics say shipping domestic fuel abroad will raise prices at home, exacerbate climate change

Topics:
U.S.
Climate Change
Dirty Power
Energy
Fracking
Maryland
Washington D.C.

Don't call me ginger

Jokes about redheads are not only stupid but conceal our inability to address American racism

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Culture
Race & Ethnicity
Television

GOP balks at Obama border funds request

Dwindling funds hamper White House efforts to contain border crossings of thousands of children from Central America

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U.S.
John Kerry
Congress

New farmers cultivate a greener future

While fewer Americans are farming, newbies are more likely to be minorities and women

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Economy
U.S.
Agriculture
Farming

Afghan presidential rivals agree to recount

Audit is likely to take several weeks, meaning presidential inauguration due on Aug. 2 will be postponed

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Afghanistan
International
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