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The Iranian government suspects spies helped Israel gather intelligence used to take out key military installations and kill top generals and nuclear scientists.
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The flooding killed at least 2 people, forced evacuations, and shut down roads and power infrastructure.
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The Congressional Budget Office has recently come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for its budgetary analysis of President Trump's domestic policy law.
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President Trump's threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs on Aug. 1 if nations haven't negotiated trade deals by then.
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Heavy rain and flash flooding are relatively common in central Texas, but climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
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Government statistics show the number of people taking second jobs is near highs last seen during the Great Recession.
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The book centers around a podcast producer/editor whose chance at a romance might be foiled when she agrees to host a podcast focused on improving her dating life.
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More than 80 people died as a wall of water swept down the Guadalupe River.
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A study from Uganda's Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimpanzees understand the specific medicinal properties of certain plants and will go out of their way to treat the maladies of their peers.
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Claire Schwartz has made it her goal to help reunite keepsakes that survived the Los Angeles fires — photos, kids' art, postcards — with their owners.