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'This is historic': After Florence, South Carolinians brace for record flooding

Rivers swollen from the hurricane are about to spill over — and residents are scrambling to do all they can to prepare.

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Twitter considers ban on 'dehumanizing language'

The move has been in the works for the last three months and is part of the company's efforts to create "healthy" conversations on the platform.

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Floodwater fails to recede in Conway, buildings remain submerged

Floodwater from Hurricane Florence has persisted in the town of Conway, South Carolina, and its surrounding areas, with drone footage recorded on Sunday showing the extent of the flooding.

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UN General Assembly begins amid tensions between US and Iran

Last year it was North Korea, this year Iran may be in the US president's crosshairs at the UN General Assembly. Both American President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will address the UN General Assembly today, but it's unlikely they'll meet after Rouhani shot the idea down.

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Indiana school bus driver fired, arrested after video shows students at wheel

Joandrea McAtee, 27, was charged with neglect of a dependent, a felony charge, after video surfaced showing students as young as 11 years old behind the wheel of her school bus.

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Global warming is overheating and drying out U.S. national parks

Temperatures have gone up in U.S. national parks twice as fast as in the rest of the country. And it's going to get worse, a new study finds.

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Louisiana soldier who detonated chemical weapon sentenced to 11 years

The blast set off by 24-year-old Ryan Keith Taylor last year emitted chlorine gas, badly injuring two investigators.

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Deer trapped in flooded building site rescued by Kentucky firefighters

A pair of deer in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, took shelter from bad weather in a building site, before becoming trapped in floodwater with no way to get out. Luckily, members of the Zoneton Fire Protection District were on hand to help.

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Watch: Speedy fingers compete in Rubik's Cube championship

The inaugural Red Bull Rubik's Cube World Championship took place in Boston on Saturday (September 22), with winners crowned in four different categories.

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Catholic Church looking for (more than) a few good men

The numbers of U.S. priests and seminarians has been plummeting for decades, and it's not just because of the church's sexual abuse scandals.

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Police use DNA to arrest 'NorCal Rapist' suspect in crimes that spanned 15 years

"I've been waiting a really long time for this day to come," said a police detective who has worked the case for 12 years.

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#WhyIdidntreport inspires survivors in defiance of President Trump

Alyssa Milano helps galvanize sexual assault survivors to share their stories in solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford.

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Families play out the U.S. political divide

The Arizona political feud shines a light on similar family disputes heating up across the nation.

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Ex-Southwest employee alleges 'whites-only' break room at Houston airport

A former Southwest Airlines employee claimed that other employees created a "whites-only" break room at Houston Airport and that the company knew about it.

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Brad Pitt's nonprofit sues architect over 'defective' New Orleans homes

The lawsuit accuses architect John C. Williams of defective work, alleging that his designs failed to include adequate waterproofing.

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Five hurt, including 8-year-old, in Syracuse shooting

"This is a very tragic event," Police Chief Frank Fowler said. "This is something that cannot occur in our community."

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New Mexico observatory's mystery closure linked to child porn

The FBI began investigating after a wireless signal at the Sunspot Solar Observatory accessed child porn multiple times since January

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Man at center of 3D gun case charged with sexual assault

Wilson allegedly exchanged text messages with a juvenile woman and identified himself as Cody Wilson and said he was "a big deal."

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Texas great-grandmother shoots 12-foot gator as revenge for killing mini-horse

Judy B. Cochran, the mayor of Livingston, Texas, shot and killed the 580-pound gator at her ranch on Sunday night.

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Mother of killed Iowa State golfer marvels at daughter's 'bad luck'

"He was just going out with the goal of killing ... and he came across my girl," the golfer's mother said of the man accused of killing her daughter.

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