Pope Francis meets with parents of young man found dead in river
Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of a U.S. college student whose body was found in Rome's Tiber river this week, after apparently either being pushed or tumbling into the murky waters less than 24 hours after arriving in Italy for summer classes.
Friend says suspect and US student scuffled after a robbery
Rome police detained a homeless man on suspicion he pushed a 19-year-old American student into the Tiber River after a fight, as details emerged about Beau Solomon's final hours in the thick of Rome's summertime nightlife.
Noel Neill, first actress to play Lois Lane in 'Superman,' dies at 95
The actress who was the first to play Superman's love interest, Lois Lane, on screen has died. Noel Neill was 95.
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Sen. Jim Inhofe, 81, veers off runway in latest incident for the politician-pilot
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe walked away from the forced landing of his small plane amid severe weekend weather — the latest of several troubled landings for the avid pilot, who at 81 shows no signs of leaving the cockpit.
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Teamsters are still looking at pennies on dollar in retirement
Efforts to mitigate Central States pension woes still take back seat to finger-pointing.
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'Clock boy' returns to Texas with new perspective
He was arrested last year after his homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb.
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As Vermont GMO law takes effect, Senate debates national standard
Vermont recently implemented the country's first law that makes food distributors reveal the presence of genetically engineered ingredients. In a few weeks, that law could be dead.
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Community School of Excellence makes deal to stay open
Firings, unrest had put the Community School of Excellence in peril.
US says up to 116 civilians killed in counterterror strikes
Peeling back some of the secrecy of America's drone strikes on suspected terrorists, the Obama administration on Friday said it has killed up to 116 civilians in counterterror attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and other places where the U.S. is not engaged in active, on-the-ground warfare.
Journey to Jupiter: NASA spacecraft nears planet rendezvous
Jupiter takes center stage with the arrival next week of a NASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from the inside out.
'You are not going to die,' she told self after falling off boat, rescuers gone
She faced a choice: Tread water and hope she'd be rescued, or swim toward a strip of green on the horizon.
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Vessel rescues 19 fishermen from burning boat off Bermuda
A plume of black smoke alerted the crew of a cargo vessel to possible distress. As they pulled closer in the Atlantic Ocean, they found a fishing boat engulfed in flames and the sailors in the water.
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Supreme Court won't rescue Wisconsin abortion law
The court's second major abortion action in as many days leaves in place a lower court ruling that struck down Wisconsin law restricting abortion clinics and doctors in the state.
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Ikea to stop selling dresser linked to death of Minn. child
Ikea has agreed to stop selling and recall a dresser that had a tipping problem that had injured or killed several people, including a 22-month-old boy from Apple Valley, who died in February.
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Florida sees first newborn with Zika-related microcephaly
Microcephaly had affected babies in Hawaii and N.J.
Feds urge consumers to act quickly on Ikea dresser recall
Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers that can easily tip over and trap children underneath. Six children have been killed and three dozen others injured in the past 27 years, and federal safety officials on Tuesday urged consumers to take immediate action.
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