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Saving the ghostly ships that sank in Lake Michigan
Sunken ships off Wisconsin could become the lake's first national marine sanctuary
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Spotlight on child abuse prompts state changes
U.S. child protection systems seeing overhauls, increases in funding.
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Dam failing as scope of Puerto Rico's disaster becomes clear
Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and said they could not reach more than half the towns in the U.S. territory as the massive scale of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Maria started to become clear on Friday.
Does NKorean H-bomb threat push US closer to war?
Would exploding a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific, as North Korea has threatened, push the current war of words between the U.S. and North Korea closer to actual war?
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Powerless: Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity
The sky was darkening Thursday afternoon as 10-year-old Sarah Jimenez laid out three plastic buckets on her grandmother's patio in hopes of capturing rainwater.
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Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico
The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and turned some streets into raging rivers Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis.
$75 speeding ticket from Cedar Rapids automated cameras goes to Iowa Supreme Court
An Iowa woman who says she was wrongly ticketed by an automated traffic camera when she wasn't speeding has accomplished the unusual feat of getting the state Supreme Court to consider her $75 small-claims case.
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Hurricane Maria aims at Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica
Hurricane Maria barreled toward Puerto Rico on Tuesday night after wreaking widespread devastation on Dominica and leaving the small Caribbean island virtually incommunicado.
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Equifax suffered breach in March, raising questions about timeline of hacking
It raises questions about the timeline it has given.
White man accused of killing 2 blacks in Baton Rouge had Hitler speech at his home
A 23-year-old white man arrested Tuesday was accused of killing two black men and firing on a black family in a string of attacks that police say may have been racially motivated.
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Legislature warns of winter shutdown if no deal with Dayton
GOP report says Senate will run out of funds by December, House by February. The update may add urgency to court-ordered mediation the governor and lawmakers begin this week.
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Hurricane Maria upgraded to Category 5
Hurricane Maria pounded the small island of Dominica with catastrophic winds on Monday night. The storm is charging into the eastern Caribbean threatening islands wrecked by Irma. Maria's top sustained winds were 160 mph on Tuesday morning.
Hurricane Maria batters Dominica as a Category 5 storm
Hurricane Maria intensified into a dangerous Category 5 storm and pounded the small island of Dominica as it surged into the eastern Caribbean on Monday night, and forecasters warned it might become even stronger.
Trump calls for UN reform, but with more restrained tones
President Donald Trump used his United Nations debut on Monday to prod the international organization to cut its bloated bureaucracy and fulfill its mission. But he pledged U.S. support for the world body he had excoriated as a candidate, and his criticisms were more restrained than in years past.
Navy fires 2 commanders in connection with ship collisions
The U.S. Navy has fired two senior commanders in the Pacific region in connection with recent deadly collisions of Navy ships, as part of a sweeping purge of leadership in the Japan-based fleet.
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DOJ shift casts doubt on federal audit of St. Anthony police
St. Anthony was one of 16 cities nationwide enrolled in a program that sought to boost police reform and the federal changes make the status and future of the assessment unclear.
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Fast-growing Florida rethinks its evacuation strategy after Hurricane Irma
The state has population centers up and down the coast, and only a few roads out.
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Houston is at a crossroads
Hurricane Harvey launched a debate over the wisdom of the city's antipathy for planning
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