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At least 74 are dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa

At least 74 are dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg early Thursday, leaving at least 74 dead, officials said.
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At least 74 are dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa

At least 74 are dead, many of them homeless, as fire rips through a rundown building in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown apartment building mainly occupied by homeless people and squatters in Johannesburg early Thursday, leaving at least 74 dead, officials said.
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Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
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Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.
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Niger's military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

Niger's military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the military regime.
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Niger's military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

Niger's military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the military regime.
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Top prosecutors from 14 states back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing

Top prosecutors from 14 states back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and top prosecutors from 13 other states are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing.
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Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement
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Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive embezzlement
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Hurricane Idalia weakens to a tropical storm after slamming Florida as a powerful hurricane

Hurricane Idalia weakens to a tropical storm after slamming Florida as a powerful hurricane

PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Idalia lost steam and weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday after slamming into Florida as a powerful hurricane hours earlier.
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