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    News S Korea offers North economic benefits for denuclearization

    South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday offered “audacious” economic assistance to North Korea if it abandons its nuclear weapons program while avoiding harsh criticism of the North days after it threatened “deadly” retaliation over the COVID-19 outbreak it blames on the South. In a...
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    News New Zealand river's personhood status offers hope to Māori

    The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and debris hurtle past as dusk looms. Sixty-one-year-old Tahi Nepia is calmly paddling his outrigger canoe, called a waka ama in his...
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    News Anne Heche, star with troubled life, dies of crash injuries

    Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with personal chapters of turmoil, died of injuries from a fiery car crash. She was 53. Heche was “peacefully taken off life support," spokeswoman Holly Baird...
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    News US Congress members meet Taiwan leader amid China anger

    Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen met Monday with a delegation of U.S. Congress members in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory. Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriving for the talks, but details of the...
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    News Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads

    Facebook failed to detect blatant election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found, continuing a pattern of not catching material that violates its policies the group describes as “alarming.” The advertisements contained false...
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    News Japan ekes out growth as consumers splurge amid COVID surge

    Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2% for the April-June quarter from the previous quarter, the government said Monday, as consumer spending rebounded with COVID-19 restrictions getting gradually lifted. Japan’s gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of the value of a nation’s...
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    News Lightning strike may have caused fire that consumed several North Lauderdale townhomes

    A possible lightning strike sparked a fire at several North Lauderdale townhomes. It happened Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Rock Island Road and Northwest 62nd Street. Two units were totally destroyed, and two others were badly damaged, according to firefighters. Authorities...
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    News 80 years later, Navajo Code Talker marks group's early days

    It’s been 80 years since the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marines, transmitting messages using a code based on their then-unwritten native language to confound Japanese military cryptologists during World War II — and Thomas H. Begay, one of the last living members of the group, still...
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    News Average US gasoline price falls 45 cents to $4.10 per gallon

    The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline plummeted 45 cents over the past three weeks to $4.10 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the continued decline comes as crude oil costs also remain low. “The drop of a dollar per gallon has not...
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    News Driver sought after fatal hit-and-run on I-95 in Hollywood

    Authorities are investigating a fatal crash that happened Sunday morning on a busy South Florida highway. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a driver struck a pedestrian that was on the highway for an unknown reason. The driver then just took off, troopers said. At least one other vehicle...
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    News Pedestrian injured after being hit by car near busy Davie intersection

    Authorities are investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Broward County. It happened Saturday night at the busy intersection of Griffin Road and State Road 7 in Davie. Police said the driver did remain at the scene. Viewer dash camera video sent to Local 10 News shows a...
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    News Drone flying above Fort Lauderdale Beach observes sharks moving close to swimmers

    A Local 10 News viewer captured some startling images with their drone off Fort Lauderdale Beach. In the video, multiple sharks can be seen swimming not far from the shore. Several people are swimming in the surf, unaware of the sharks swimming nearby. The video was captured and sent to Local...
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    News Flash flood warning issued for northern Broward County

    The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning on Sunday afternoon as rain moved into Broward County. The warning is for northern Broward County. According to the NHC, there are concerns for flash flooding caused by showers and thunderstorms that moved into the area. The warning is...
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    News Florida sheriff berates woman on Facebook after dog drowned

    A Florida sheriff went on Facebook and berated an animal cruelty suspect as a “despicable excuse for a human being” after she was charged with drowning her Chihuahua. The 32-year-old woman was already in the Brevard County jail on charges she stabbed a 68-year-old man when police were given...
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    News Activist offers to pay for Kansas' recount of abortion vote

    An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group said he’s offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of a hand recount of votes from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights. Mark Gietzen, who leads the group Kansas Republican...
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    News Shooting, blast in Ecuador port city kills 5, damages homes

    Gunfire and a subsequent explosion left at least five people dead, 15 injured and several others missing, as well as damaging homes, in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil, authorities said Sunday. On its Twitter account, Ecuador's Prosecutor's Office said its agents were gathering evidence...
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    News A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

    On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan's former president on Sunday defended what he said was a split-second decision to flee, saying he wanted to avoid the humiliation of surrender to the insurgents. Ashraf Ghani also told CNN that on the morning of Aug...
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    News 'Bullet Train' repeats No. 1; 'Top Gun' flies back up ranks

    The Brad Pitt action film “Bullet Train” led all movies in ticket sales for a second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a quiet spell in theaters and incredible staying power allowed “Top Gun: Maverick” to rocket back into third place in its 12th week of release...
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    News French wildfire stops expanding; workers seek to tame it

    A major wildfire that ravaged pine forests in a tourist-beloved area of southwestern France has stopped expanding after rain fell and firefighters worked Sunday to tame it. Ronan Léaustic, an official in the Gironde region, said 8,000 evacuated residents have been authorized to come back home...
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    News School shooter's brain exams to be subject of court hearing

    A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz can pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mass murderer still has “irrational thoughts” — the two were making small talk when Cruz began describing plans for an eventual life outside prison. Wesley...
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