The flooding killed more than 1,700 people, destroyed more than 2 million homes and covered as much as one-third of the country at one point.
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Ukraine school dismisses Russian claim that hundreds of troops killed there
The Russian Defense Ministry said its missiles hit two temporary bases housing 1,300 Ukrainian troops in the city, killing 600 of them, late Saturday.
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Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp
In 2014, Hoda Muthana told her family she was going on a school trip but flew to Turkey and crossed into Syria instead, funding the travel with tuition checks that she had secretly cashed.
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California hit by more storms, braces for potential floods
Northern and central parts of the state are forecast to get 6 to 12 inches of rain through Wednesday.
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old known as devoted to students
The Newport News police chief says the shooting was part of an altercation.
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At least 40 people killed, dozens injured in Senegal bus crash
One of the buses punctured a tire, veered across the road and collided with the other.
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Adam Rich, former ‘Eight Is Enough’ child star, dies at 54
He charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as Nicholas Bradford on the show.
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Pro-Bolsonaro crowd storms Brazil’s Congress, other sites
The incidents recalled the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
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Prince Harry’s new memoir draws anger, protests in Afghanistan
He claims in his new memoir that he killed 25 people while posted with British forces in the country.
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Official: Apartment building collapse in Egypt kills 4
A senior Egyptian official says at least four people were killed when an apartment building collapsed in the southern province of Assiut.