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Boy, 14, confesses to shooting all five members of family in US home

The teen, who has not been identified, was helping investigators Tuesday morning to find the gun, which he said was a 9 mm handgun he "tossed nearby."

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Palestinian Harvard student who had been denied entry to U.S. is admitted

Ismail Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a scholarship, has arrived on campus in time for the first day of classes.

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Dozens feared dead in California boat fire

Four bodies have been recovered and another four have been identified on the ocean floor after a commercial diving boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island in the early hours of Monday, the US Coast Guard confirmed.

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Texas mass shooting victims include postal worker and truck driver

"I don't know what I'm going to do without her," a victim's sister said.

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New Texas laws loosening gun control draw outrage after Odessa shooting

"If more guns and fewer gun laws made us safer ... Texas would be the safest state in the country," Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action said.

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Death toll in Odessa, Texas shooting rampage rises to 7

The death toll from the Texas rampage rose to seven on Sunday morning. The gunman is also dead.

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5 dead, 21 injured after motorist opens fire in Odessa, Texas

"The suspect continued shooting at innocent civilians all over Odessa," police said.

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Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas with 'devastating' 185mph winds

Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas as second-strongest Atlantic storm on record

Iran

Tehran has further violated the Iran nuclear deal, says UN watchdog

Iran has gone further in breaching its nuclear deal by increasing its stock of enriched uranium and refining it to greater purity than allowed, says the UN's nuclear watchdog.

USA

Some Floridians refuse to evacuate as Hurricane Dorian approaches

"It's scary as heck," said a woman as female inmates from the Brevard County jail stacked sandbags in the trunk of her car.

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Valerie Harper of 'Mary Tyler Moore' fame dies from cancer at age 80

Actress Valerie Harper, star of "Rhoda" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", has died aged 80.

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Hurricane Dorian poses 'significant threat' to Bahamas & Florida

Hurricane Dorian was forecast to become an "extremely dangerous major hurricane" on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Police searched years for a serial rapist, then found a suspect among their past recruits

"Had he not attempted to join the ranks of the Clayton County Police department, it's questionable as to when we would have apprehended him," police said.

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Euroviews. Congress' demands for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are sinking the Navy ǀ View

A law mandating 12 "supercarriers" is too big a cost burden, while strategists worry that they are increasingly vulnerable to Russia and China.

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Oklahoma City news anchor apologizes for saying black co-anchor looked like a gorilla

"I want you all to know from the bottom of my heart, I apologize for what I said. I know it was wrong and I am so sorry," she said tearfully on air.

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G7: diplomatic detentes and mixed messages

Our political editor Darren McCaffrey looks at the outcome of the G7.

Sport

Six spectators hurt after lightning strike at Tour Championship

Six spectators hurt after lightning strike at Tour Championship

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US resident dies after suffering breathing issues linked to vaping

More than 193 possible cases of severe lung illness due to the use of vaping products have been reported in 22 states, the CDC said.

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Of the foreign policy issues confronting Brussels, none is more pressing - or carries the same explosive threat - as that of Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in July 2015.

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