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'Men in Black' and 'Larry Sanders' actor Rip Torn dies at 88

Rip Torn, his real name, had scrapes with fellow artists and the law in a career during which he was nominated for nine Emmys, an Oscar and a Tony.

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Ex-US presidential candidate Ross Perot dies at 89

The billionaire twice ran as an independent for president.

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US state not doing enough to fix earthquake-vulnerable buildings

"I don't want to frighten people," one expert said. "But I think it's important to be transparent. This is a real issue."

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Woman who encouraged boyfriend's suicide, appeals to Supreme Court

Lawyers for Carter argued that her conviction violated her constitutional right to freedom of speech.

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Florida principal reassigned after saying Holocaust was not "factual"

After furor and calls for his resignation, the Palm Beach County school board announced the principal would be moved to an administrative role.

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Kevin Spacey accuser pleads Fifth on missing phone

The Oscar winner has been charged for an alleged groping incident at a bar in Nantucket in 2016 .

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The United States beat the Netherlands 2-0 to win women’s World Cup

The United States beat the Netherlands 2-0 to win women’s World Cup for a record-extending fourth time

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California desert city takes stock after back-to-back earthquakes

Shaken residents of Ridgecrest, where two powerful quakes were centered, say they're worried about the next one.

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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein arrested for alleged sex trafficking

Some say Epstein was the subject of a sweetheart prosecution deal after authorities investigated alleged sex with underage victims.

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More quakes forecast in California

There have been so many aftershocks related to Friday's magnitude 7.1 quake that federal seismologists said they have been unable to keep count.

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US police find girl from viral video who licked supermarket ice cream

It was the "cold case" that gripped the US but police in Texas said on Friday they had found the girl who was filmed licking a tub of ice cream and returning it to a supermarket fridge in a viral video last week.

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Earthquake shakes Southern California, day after most powerful quake in 20 years

The USGS said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.1

Business

Christine Lagarde at the ECB: key challenges

Christine Lagarde at the ECB: rebooting eurozone economic growth and reviving inflation

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Red Bull 'Flugtag' and a 'poo museum': No Comment off the Week

Here are our picks of the best No Comment videos from this week.

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Billionaire philanthropist Chris Cline dies

West Virginia officials said the Foresight Energy founder is dead. Reports that he died in a helicopter crash that killed seven people were unconfirmed.

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North Korea says U.S. 'hell-bent on hostile acts' despite wanting to talk

North Korea says U.S. 'hell-bent on hostile acts' despite wanting to talk

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Woman, 68, charged in hit-and-run death of Holocaust survivor

Gennady Bolotsky, 91, who escaped the Nazi occupation and came to the U.S. from the Ukraine, was killed in the June 17 hit-and-run.

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Euroviews. Don't be fooled by Trump's historic-seeming North Korean photo op ǀ View

Is this enough to really change the tide of history on the Korean Peninsula? The answer became clearer as the two men sat next to each other.

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Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View

The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.

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'This is tough': Baseball mourns death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

The Angels pitcher, who was pronounced dead in a Texas hotel room, had been expected to overcome injuries to blossom into a big-time star.

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