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Fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey kills at least 10 people, injures 32

Fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey kills at least 10 people, injures 32

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire broke out at a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least at least 10 people and hospitalizing 32 others, officials said.
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Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange

Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
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Taliban announce the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange

Taliban announce the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The Taliban's Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S.
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Coco Gauff says she has a lot more work to do after loss to Paula Badosa at the Australian Open

Coco Gauff says she has a lot more work to do after loss to Paula Badosa at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff's retooled forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open .
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Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border

Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border

COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.
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Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out e
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Coco Gauff loses to Paula Badosa in the Australian Open quarterfinals

Coco Gauff loses to Paula Badosa in the Australian Open quarterfinals

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff's forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No.
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Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty Monday, directing the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out exe
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Bitter cold spreads across much of the US as Texas and the South brace for rare winter storm

Bitter cold spreads across much of the US as Texas and the South brace for rare winter storm

Frigid temperatures engulfed the South on Monday ahead of a winter storm that's expected to spread heavy snow and disruptive ice around a region from Texas to north Florida that rarely sees such weather, sending residents rushing to insulate pipes, c
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Trump issues sweeping pardon of supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack

Trump issues sweeping pardon of supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S.
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