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Cubans sleep on seaside boardwalk to seek relief from crippling blackouts, summer heatAug 03, 2026 8:18 pm - Alexey Ríos García awoke not to his bed in Cuba 's capital on Monday, but to an ocean breeze and the concrete of Havana's famous seaside boulevard.
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Europe’s hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UKAug 03, 2026 7:58 pm - A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe on Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the United Kingdom recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries.
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Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New MexicoAug 03, 2026 7:29 pm - PHOENIX — The Trump administration has ordered construction crews on a border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping groun...
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Former ‘60 Minutes’ correspondents Pelley, Alfonsi go from newsroom to classroomAug 03, 2026 7:18 pm - Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two of the correspondents ousted from “60 Minutes” as part of a major shakeup at the storied CBS News show, are moving from the newsroom to the classroom.
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Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after mass crossingAug 03, 2026 7:14 pm - The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.
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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of buildings and force Spokane-area residents to evacuateAug 03, 2026 6:03 pm - Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing.
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Man who killed top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband makes first state court appearanceAug 03, 2026 5:53 pm - The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appear...
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Trump says Pirro ‘folded like an umbrella’ in bid to drop Reflecting Pool vandalism chargesAug 03, 2026 5:47 pm - President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Maryland Democrats begin advancing redistricting constitutional amendmentAug 03, 2026 5:38 pm - Democrats who control the Maryland Legislature began advancing legislation Monday intended to clear the way for a partisan redistricting process that could help their party pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028.
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El-Sayed and Stevens close Michigan Senate primary offering different visions for DemocratsAug 03, 2026 5:34 pm - DETROIT — U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed spent the final hours of Michigan's fiercely contested Democratic Senate primary making their closing pitches in sett...