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Police arrest suspect who set woman on fire in New York subway

Agence France-Presse New York City police arrested a man suspected of setting fire to a woman on the subway in Brooklyn who died from the incident, authorities said, calling it “one of...

NASA probe makes closest-ever flyby the sun

Agence France-Presse NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history Tuesday, flying closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures topping 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing columns of lava

Agence France-Presse One of the world's most active volcanoes sprang into life again Monday, spewing columns of lava 80 meters (260 feet) above Hawaii, U.S. vulcanologists said. Images showed enormous fissures in the...

15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police

Agence France-Presse A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and a...

TIME Magazine names Donald Trump person of the year again

Agence France-Presse TIME Magazine on Thursday named US President-elect Donald Trump its "person of the year," marking the second time he has won the accolade, in acknowledgment of the mogul's stunning political...

Banana taped to a wall sells for $6.2-M in New York

By Agence France-Presse A fresh banana taped to a wall—a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan—was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a...

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