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Euroviews. True Detective season 3 is a welcome return to season 1's dark genius

The new season feels trimmed back — the excess flights of fancy have been toned down — but its world remains a relentlessly dark place.

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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.

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Driver charged in alleged chase after egg prank that led to fatal crash

Christopher Lopez allegedly flashed a gun at a group of teens after they egged his car, resulting in a car chase that killed a single mother.

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Jayme Closs' kidnapper targeted her after seeing her get on a bus, complaint says

Suspect Jake Patterson "had no idea who she was" when he first saw her, but "knew that was the girl he was going to take," authorities said.

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PG&E to declare bankruptcy amid multibillion-dollar liability claims for its part in California wildfires

"This is the biggest utility failure I've seen," said one analyst.

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Harvey Weinstein's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, wants out of criminal case

Trial for the movie producer, facing rape and sexual assault charges, is set for May 6 in New York City.

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Police respond to 'active shooter situation' at UPS facility in New Jersey

The shooting was reported around 9 a.m. ET at a facility in Logan Township, which is 25 miles south of Philadelphia.

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Tens of thousands of L.A. teachers are officially on strike

Los Angeles teachers went on strike Monday after negotiations in the nation's second largest school district fell through.

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Passenger gets gun through TSA checkpoint on Atlanta to Tokyo flight

The agency said in a statement that the security breach was not due to the partial government shutdown.

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Up-beat and down to earth: Cleveland, Ohio

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Up-beat and down to earth: Cleveland, Ohio

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There's a new reigning Instagram champion. It's an egg.

As of Monday morning, the egg photo had more than 27 million likes. The account had 2.9 million followers.

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Muscle Shoals, Alabama: the small town of big musical hits

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Nestled in the corner of Alabama, Muscle Shoals was originally known for being the location of the Wilson Dam across the Tennessee River… that is until the music industry catapulted this sleepy Alabama town of just over 13,000 inhabitants into the limelight.

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Snow lovers face off in Washington DC's first snowball fight of 2019

Snow lovers in Washington DC celebrated the region's first major snowfall by lobbing snowballs at one another on Sunday afternoon, in what has become a recent post-snowstorm tradition in the US capital.

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Facility launches internal probe after woman in vegetative state gave birth

Phoenix police have already executed a search warrant seeking DNA samples from male staff members at the center.

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Dog rescued from icy pond in Colorado

A dog was rescued from an icy pond in the city of Lone Tree, 24km from Colorado, on Saturday

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Behind the scenes at music legend Rick Hall's FAME Studios

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As part of the series Notes from the USA, Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance takes us to a small town at the heart of the state’s musical reputation - Muscle Shoals - to discover the place where it all began… FAME Studios.

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Visiting Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: a place that changed the history

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You may not know much about the small town of Muscle Shoals, but it is renowned as one of the epicentres of the music industry. Both local and international musicians have recorded there.

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Asian shares pause near 1-1/2-mth highs before China data

Asian shares pause near 1-1/2-mth highs before China data

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Terminal at Houston airport closed amid government shutdown

The closure was attributed to 'staffing issues,' and it wasn't immediately clear when the terminal would reopen.

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