Air monitoring hasn’t detected dangerous levels of fumes but people living near the wreckage still haven’t been allowed back.
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Jurors hear about blue rain jacket in Alex Murdaugh trial
Prosecutors said in their opening statement that the inside of the jacket was covered in gunshot residue left behind when a weapon is fired.
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Newspapers dying? Ralph Nader’s giving birth to one
The last publication in Winsted, Conn., shuttered in 2017 and the activist says people are losing touch with what’s going on their community.
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Newborn rescued after woman gives birth beneath rubble in quake-hit Syria
The same town saw another dramatic rescue Monday evening, when a toddler was pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed building.
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Illinois gun-ban incites lawsuits at a rate of 1 every 4 days
The ban on dozens of semiautomatic rifles and handguns took effect immediately, but enforcement is under scrutiny after a state court endorsed a temporary restraining order in a case led by a gun dealer.
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Balloon bursts hopes for end to spiraling U.S.-China tensions
The setback comes at a time when both sides were looking for a way to potentially extricate themselves from a low point in ties that has had the world on edge.
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Lucky player in Washington state wins $754.6 million Powerball prize
A single ticket matched all 6 numbers and ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher than an earlier $747 million estimate.
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UK energy giant BP’s profits double to $27.7 billion
High oil and gas prices have hit Britain hard, with double-digit inflation fueling a wave of public-sector strikes, soaring food bank use and demands that politicians expand a tax on the windfall profits of energy companies.
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Teams race to find survivors as quake aid pours into Turkey, Syria
The death toll soared above 7,200 and was still expected to rise.
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Biden in State of Union exhorts Congress to ‘Finish the job’
President Biden sought to reassure the nation that his stewardship of the country has delivered results both at home and abroad, as he also set out to prove his fitness for a likely re-election bid.