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FEMA to test 'Presidential Alert' system next week

Experts expressed little concern that the wireless emergency alerts could be used for political purposes.

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Visa pour l’image: The story of the world from big food to defecation

Visa pour l’image, an annual festival held in France, celebrates photojournalism for the 30th time.

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'Metooguru': Dalai Lama meets victims of alleged abuse by Buddhist teachers

"Religious leaders in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition are not above the law," said one of the people who met the Dalai Lama.

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Nearly 40 fires and explosions erupt in Massachusetts

State police said the fires broke out across a wide swath in the city of Lawrence and the town of North Andover.

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Woman feared deportation if her family sought shelter during hurricane

The woman's youngest daughter told her: "I don't want to go to a shelter because I don't want to be separated from you."

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FEMA evicts Hurricane Maria evacuees as Florence hits and Trump tweets

"From day one it was hell," said a working mother of three who is about to lose her Orlando hotel room and can't find an affordable apartment.

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Holdouts hunker down as Florence nears Carolina coast

Florence begins its descent upon North Carolina

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Philippines starts massive evacuations as huge typhoon nears

More than 4 million people live in areas at most risk from the storm, which the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii categorized as a super typhoon.

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Russian suspects in spy poisoning drama claim they traveled to U.K. as tourists

Experts immediately dismissed the claims as absurd.

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Anti-Kremlin punk rocker activist seriously ill in hospital, colleagues say

An online news portal cited someone it said was Verzilov's girlfriend describing how he had started to lose his eyesight and ability to talk and walk.

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U.S. bishops to meet pope amid crisis in confidence over church abuse

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, requested the audience last month following new sex abuse and cover-up revelations that also implicated Francis himself.

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CBS News fires '60 Minutes' executive producer Jeff Fager

Fager, a former chairman of CBS News, said the firing was not because of recent allegations of inappropriate touching.

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Evacuate or stay? For nursing homes in storm's path, decision isn't easy

"You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't," said a researcher who found evacuating increases the likelihood of death 90 days after a storm.

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Six dead after shooting in Bakersfield, California

Police say such killings are 'new normal'.

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Six dead in California shooting spree

Authorities said they believe there's a connection between the gunman and the victims.

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'Miracle' boy survives after metal skewer impales head

A 10-year-old who fell face-first onto a meat skewer over the weekend, is expected to make a full recovery, to the surprise of his family and medical team.

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Car rams through public square in China killing several

Media reports in Hengyang city say the suspect stabbed a number of people Wednesday after getting out of his car.

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NY state senate candidate Salazar accuses Netanyahu aide of sexual assault

Salazar said she was only coming forward because she was about to be "outed" in a news story concerning the alleged incident five years ago.

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Pope summons bishops for meeting on church sexual abuse

The calling of a February meeting comes in the wake of new scandals in a number of countries, including the United States, Chile and Australia.