Truck bomb at Baghdad produce market kills 67; Islamic State group claims responsibility

In one of the deadliest single attacks in postwar Baghdad, a truck bomb shattered a popular fruit-and-vegetable market in a teeming Shiite neighborhood Thursday, killing 67 people and wounding more than 150 others.

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Mexico human rights agency says worker abducted, beaten, robbed, threatened with death

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission is protesting an assault on one of its workers in the southern state of Oaxaca.

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'Yes means yes' policy coming under fire from judges

Judges across the country are saying “no” to the “yes means yes” standard of affirmative consent for date rape.

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Los Angeles to propose $4.1B budget for 2024 Olympics if picked as candidate city

If the city of Los Angeles becomes the U.S. candidate for the 2024 Olympics after Boston's recent drop from contention, the organizers' proposed budget for the Summer Games would be $4.1 billion plus a $400 million contingency, a senior adviser to Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday.

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Judge rules Wisconsin teens in 'Slender Man' stabbing case to be tried as adults

A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday that two 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character Slender Man will stay in adult court, where they could face a sentence of decades in prison.

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2 philosophers share $1.5 million Kluge Prize for humanities awarded by Library of Congress

Two philosophers have been honored with a prize handed out by the Library of Congress for fields not covered by the Nobel prizes.

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2 Mississippi residents face charges they planned to travel abroad to join Islamic State group

Two Mississippi residents were arrested over the weekend on charges that they were trying to travel abroad to join the Islamic State militant group.

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Community service, fines for 2 men convicted of World Trade Center parachute jumps

Two men convicted of parachute-jumping from the top of New York's One World Trade Center have been sentenced to community service and each ordered to pay $2,000 in fines.

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University of Minnesota responds to 3rd woman's report of sexual harassment by former AD

The University of Minnesota is responding to a third woman's claims that she was sexually harassed by former athletic director Norwood Teague by asking that anyone else with similar allegations come forward.

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Brother of football player killed by police perplexed by video footage from outside dealership

The brother of a college football player killed by police at a Texas car dealership questioned Monday whether deadly force was needed in the confrontation, which can't be seen on video because there were no surveillance cameras inside the showroom.

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Baltimore homicide count hits 200 for the year as violence continues to spike

Eight months into the year, Baltimore's homicide count has hit 200.

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News Guide: Shooting on anniversary of Michael Brown's death rocks Ferguson

A weekend of peaceful events marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death turned violent when dozens of gunshots rang out at a late-night protest and police a brief time later seriously wounded a black 18-year-old accused of opening fire on officers.

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