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New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations as officials say thousands of homes, buildings have burned

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new fire prompted evacuations Thursday in and around Los Angeles even as firefighters aided by calmer winds saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region’s deadly and devastating wildfires, […]

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The Latest: Jimmy Carter’s Georgia funeral ends

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed. What to […]

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The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration succeeded Thursday in temporarily blocking a guilty plea by accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, stalling a plea deal that would spare him the risk of the death penalty for al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, […]

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Venezuela’s opposition leader defies Maduro to lead protests that end in confusing arrest claims

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s aides said she was detained on Thursday, followed moments later by official denials of her arrest, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests seeking […]