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Drive-by shooting that hit the outside of a mosque sparks investigation

At least two rounds struck a car and building at the worship center and school in Katy, Texas.

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3 adults overdose in same county where 1 died, 14 stricken from fentanyl

An overdose incident Monday occurred in the same county where one person died and 14 were hospitalized in a mass overdose on Saturday.

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Captured American ISIS member says he 'wanted to go see exactly what the group was about'

A Muslim convert, Warren Christopher Clark and another American were being held in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on the border with Turkey after being captured

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Federal judge denies request to pay federal workers during shutdown

"It's hard not to empathize" with federal workers, the judge said, but the shutdown is a "political problem" that the judiciary cannot get involved in.

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Theresa May's Brexit deal crushed in parliamentary vote

Moments after the vote, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, announced he would seek to oust May's ruling Conservatives by bringing a motion of no confidence.

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Texas woman took her own life and two girls found near her were murdered

Even though the medical examiner ruled Olson's cause of death a suicide and the two girls homicides, an official said it's still too early to say who killed the younger victims.

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Woman who found Jayme Closs feared kidnapper would come after them

A criminal complaint outlines horrific details about Jayme's time held captive by the man who allegedly killed her parents.

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Three Florida kids die after accidentally trapping themselves in freezer

The children — ages 1, 4 and 6 — were playing outside when they climbed inside the three-feet tall freezer.

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Upscale hotel and office complex in Kenya is 'under attack'

The city suffers from violent robberies but has also been targeted by Somali Islamist militants.

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Two arrested in Kenya hotel complex attack: police

Kenyan police said 21 people were confirmed dead.

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'I'm scared I'll never see her again alive': Family of Texas mom missing says she wouldn't run off

"If she was able to crawl to me and her daughter she would do it," said the missing woman's mother.

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It's a huge day for Brexit but the divorce deal appears doomed

A lack of consensus in the PM's Conservative Party — and Parliament as a whole — for any one particular type of withdrawal is at the heart of the problem.

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'McJesus' sculpture sparks outrage in Israel

"If we take the art down, the next day we'll have politicians demanding we take other things down and we'll end up only with colorful pictures of flowers."

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Rocket failure dooms Iranian satellite launch

The U.S. is concerned that the long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit can also be used to launch warheads.

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Alleged R. Kelly victim accuses singer of threats

"Taking a stand against R. Kelly, someone who has been termed 'the king of R&B' and is loved by many has not been easy," Faith Rodgers said Monday.

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Pentagon extends troop deployment on southern border through September

The president has suggested that the number of troops involved in the operation, dubbed "Faithful Patriot," could rise to 15,000.

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Celebrity chef José Andrés to help feed federal workers furloughed by shutdown

"We believe that no person should have to go through the pain of not knowing what to feed the children," said the chef who runs a disaster-relief group, World Central Kitchen.

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Protesting teachers in Greece clash with police for second time in a week

The violence broke out when protesting teachers, who are on a 24-hour strike, tried to break a police cordon next to parliament.

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UNC chancellor who has served during 'Silent Sam' controversy resigning

"There has been too much recent disruption due to the monument controversy," Folt said in the announcement.

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A sticky tsunami: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21

A hundred years ago this week, 21 people died in the North End of Boston when a 2.3-million-gallon tank of molasses ruptured.