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Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescue efforts continue

The area hit by the fast-moving water is especially popular around the July 4 holiday, making it more difficult to know how many are missing.
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76 trainees rejected after first being admitted to Garda College

Seventy-six trainees were rejected after first being admitted to the Garda College in the past year
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Dalai Lama, a global symbol of Tibetan culture and resistance, turns 90

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‘We want closure’: family searches for answers over Kenyan police officer missing in Haiti

Benedict Kuria was ambushed by suspected gang members in March while serving in security mission

The relatives of a Kenyan police officer who went missing while working in Haiti have spoken of their anguish and anger at Kenyan authorities over a lack of definitive information about what has happened to him.

Benedict Kuria and some colleagues were ambushed in March by suspected gang members. Haitian media reported that he had died, but Kenya’s police service says a search is continuing.

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‘No empty words’: Kumanjayi Walker’s family prepare for coroner’s final report with call for ‘real action’

Findings will be handed down almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu

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The inquest findings into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker will be handed down in Yuendumu on Monday, almost five years after the Warlpiri man died during a bungled arrest in the remote Northern Territory community.

Zachary Rolfe shot Walker three times while trying to arrest him on 9 November 2019 in Yuendumu, about 300km from Alice Springs.

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Dear Abby: I overheard my brother fighting with his wife — should I say something?

Dear Abby advises a reader who accidentally listened to their brother and sister-in-law have a nasty argument while on the phone.
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Tropical Storm Chantal strengthens slightly as it nears landfall in South Carolina

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Tropical Storm Chantal strengthens slightly as it nears landfall in South Carolina

Tropical Storm Chantal has grown slightly in strength as it nears the southeast U.S. coast.
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Heroes, zeros from Mets’ Subway Series win: Brandon Nimmo set the tone

Heroes, zeros and the inside pitch from the Mets’ 12-6 win over the Yankees on Saturday afternoon in the Subway Series in Queens: Hero Pete Alonso homered twice, a two-run shot in the fifth and a three-run shot in the seventh, and the Mets needed all the offense they could get in holding off the Yankees…
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How a perfect storm of conditions fueled the deadly Texas flooding: ‘Many things came together in a terrible way’

Everything was in “exactly the wrong place” on July 4, one meteorologist said.