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UN Chief: Scientists say extreme storms will be ‘new normal’

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to the hurricane-battered Caribbean, where he said Wednesday that scientists predict the extreme storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season "will be the...

Iraqi military captures Hawija from Islamic State

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from Islamic State, though some fighting still raged in a pocket to the north and east of...

OFWs in Guam urged to take ‘necessary precautions’

Amid renewed threats by the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea to fire missiles towards the American trust territory, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has advised overseas Filipino workers in Guam...

New Japanese Conservative Party complicates election outlook

The emergence of a new conservative-leaning Japanese political party is presenting an unexpected challenge to Prime Minster Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition in the snap election he recently scheduled to extend his...

Sheriff: Hard to believe Las Vegas gunman planned attack alone

WHITE HOUSE — While investigators attempt to unravel the reason for the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history, President Donald Trump went to Las Vegas to console victims and meet with...

Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend: No clue he planned violence

The lawyer for the girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock said the woman had no idea Paddock was planning any violence. Marilou Danley spent much of the day Wednesday being questioned...

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