Elections won't be impeded by 'weirdos’ after ballot box fires, says Washington lawmaker

Man detained in Alaskan police building dies after fire breaks out

Mountain Village police were detaining two men on what are sometimes referred to as mental health holds, Alaska State Troopers said.

Rice fires head coach Bloomgren after 2-6 start

Rice, off to a 2-6 start after back-to-back bowl berths, has fired head coach Mike Bloomgren, who went 24-52 in his seven seasons with the Owls.

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Arson investigation underway after Temple City house fire kills 3

One person was detained Sunday after three people died in a house fire in Temple City.

Two in hospital after major fire at UK's nuclear submarine shipyard

Police say there is "no nuclear risk" and everyone inside had been accounted for.

Survivors of Al Aqsa Hospital Fire in Gaza Say They Are Living a ‘Recurring Nightmare’

Scores of families sheltering outside Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital say they have survived a string of Israeli strikes on the compound and feel trapped with nowhere to go.

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Hamas Says Its Demands Are Unchanged as Biden Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire

A top deputy to the killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar vowed that his “banner will not fall” and that the group would hold to its cease-fire conditions.

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China holds live-fire drills that Taiwan says may be part of ‘deterrence’

Taiwan’s defense ministry said live-fire Chinese drills in a province facing the island were routine but also possibly part of China’s “deterrence effect.”

Peacekeepers came under fire from Israeli troops again, UN says

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Bolivia’s Morales says vehicle fired upon as political tensions rise

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales said on Sunday his vehicle was fired upon amid rising political tensions in the South American country between a faction around the iconic former leader and the ...

Egypt's president says it has proposed 2-day cease-fire in Gaza

Egypt's proposal comes as Israel's spy chief travels to Doha for talks with CIA Director William Burns and the Qatari prime minister.

Beyoncé at Kamala Harris rally says ‘time for America to sing a new song’ – US politics live

Harris campaign says crowd of 30,000 is largest to date, while Trump is delayed for rally in swing-state Michigan. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied at 48% , according to a new poll by ...

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Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision to stop presidential endorsements days before election

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder who owns The Washington Post, defended the newspaper's decision to stop endorsing presidential candidates, arguing in part that the move is a way to shore ...

Russian actors made video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, FBI says

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