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‘Summer has finally arrived’ as new york city power demand roars 27 Jun 2019 - 10:34 pm
People enjoy an afternoon at the beach on the last day of school in New York on June 26, 2019 in New York City.  Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
Connecticut woman who killed her 2 children gets 120 years 27 Jun 2019 - 10:34 pm
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Family: University failed to act before student was killed 27 Jun 2019 - 07:19 pm
Lawyers for the family of track star Lauren McCluskey said Thursday they're hoping the case can help protect other women at risk of dating violence on college campuses. (Photo courtesy: University of Utah)
Castro impresses in Democratic debate; can he capitalize? 27 Jun 2019 - 07:19 pm
Former HUD Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks to the media the morning after participating in the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. Reuters/Mike Segar
US drops case against man sentenced to death 43 years ago 27 Jun 2019 - 07:19 pm
Charles Ray Finch, 81, was freed in May after his case was dismissed on the grounds that police mishandled the investigation of the 1976 shooting of a storekeeper during an attempted robbery. (Photo courtesy: Brad Coville/Wilson Times)
US envoy says Iran sanction working, warns against nuclear breaches 27 Jun 2019 - 06:50 pm
Brian Hook, US Special Representative for Iran, attends an interview with Reuters at the US Embassy in Paris, France, June 27, 2019. Reuters/Philippe Wojazer
Attorneys ask court to intervene against U.S. over migrant kids' detention conditions 27 Jun 2019 - 03:58 pm
Migrants are gathered inside the fence of a makeshift detention center in El Paso on March 27.
Boris Johnson predicts ‘million-to-one’ chance of no-deal Brexit 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm
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Top restaurateur cleared in pregnancy discrimination trial 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm
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Photo of drowned migrants triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown 26 Jun 2019 - 11:35 pm
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Senate to pass $4.6 billion border aid measure; Pelosi seeks talks 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm
US Border Patrol agents walk over a canal of water flowing into Mexico at the US Mexico border fence on November 17, 2016 in San Luis, Arizona. John Moore/Getty Images/AFP
Photos of migrant father and daughter spark global anguish 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm
View of the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Martinez Ramirez and his daughter, who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande -on their way to the US- in Matamoros, state of Tamaulipas on June 24, 2019. AFP
'I told him not to' go, mother of drowned Salvadoran migrant laments 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm
Rosa Ramirez, mother of Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez, a migrant who drowned in the Rio Grande River with his daughter Valeria during their journey to the U.S., is pictured at her house in the Altavista neighbourhood in San Martin, El Salvador June 26, 2
Breakouts, burns and zingers: What to watch in Dem debates 26 Jun 2019 - 09:26 pm
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Veteran Sanders seeks U.S. voters on live-streaming gaming channel 26 Jun 2019 - 12:40 pm
US Senator Bernie Sanders (L), Independent of Vermont, and Representative Ilhan Omar (R), Democrat of Minnesota, hold a press conference to introduce college affordability legislation outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, June 24, 2019. AFP / SAUL LOE
Strong quake hits Costa Rica-Panama border: USGS 26 Jun 2019 - 11:10 am
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Brazil Congress ditches Bolsonaro decree weakening indigenous agency 26 Jun 2019 - 01:05 am
Xipaya indigenous chief Leo Xipaya walks as he waits before a meeting of indigenous leaders of tribes of the Xingu area with representatives of the Brazil government in Altamira, March 12, 2019. AFP / Mauro Pimentel
Father-daughter border drowning highlights migrants' perils 26 Jun 2019 - 01:05 am
View of the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Martinez Ramirez and his daughter, who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande -on their way to the US- in Matamoros, state of Tamaulipas on June 24, 2019.  AFP