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American Becomes 1st Person To Swim English Channel Four Times Without Stopping
Sarah Thomas of Colorado plunged into the record books with her 54-hour feat. She finished Tuesday and said she was stung in the face by a jellyfish in the process.
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UAW Goes On Strike Against General Motors
Picket lines began forming outside GM plants after the United Auto Workers voted Sunday to begin a strike at midnight. Nearly 50,000 workers are affected by the work stoppage.
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Pompeo: 'President Trump Ultimately Made The Decision' To Hold U.S.-Taliban Talks
The secretary of state was on the Sunday news talk shows a day after Trump tweeted that a secret meeting to be held at Camp David between leaders of Afghanistan at the Taliban was canceled.
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In Bahamas, Officials Assess 'Generational Devastation' From Hurricane Dorian
Some areas of the Bahamas are still reachable only by helicopter or small watercraft, like jet skis. The official death toll is 20, but it's expected to rise as search efforts continue.
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Brexit: Parliament Rejects Boris Johnson's Call For New Elections
The prime minister failed to garner the two-thirds of members necessary for an election he wanted to hold on Oct. 15.
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Dorian Weakens To A Category 2, But Is 'Growing In Size'
Dorian is roughly 105 miles off the shore of Fort Pierce, Florida. It has maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. Officials in the Bahamas say there are at least five storm-related deaths.
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5 Dead As Slow-Moving Dorian Batters The Bahamas, Tracks Toward U.S.
The prime minister said five people were killed on Abaco Island. The Category 3 storm sustains 125 mph winds with "life-threatening" storm surge levels expected on Florida's east coast by late Monday.
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Police Say Families Trusted Florida Nursing Home Staff, But 'That Trust Was Betrayed'
Former staffers face multiple counts of aggravated manslaughter. Some face charges of tampering. State officials ruled 12 patients that died at a nursing home after a 2017 hurricane were homicides.
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Phone Companies Ink Deal With All 50 States And D.C. To Combat Robocalls
In the plan, service providers will provide technology to combat a practice known as spoofing to aid state attorneys general in locating and prosecuting the fraudulent robocallers.
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March For Our Lives Unveils Gun Control Plan
The group says its plan could prevent 200,000 gun deaths over 10 years. It calls for creating a national registry and starting a buyback program and creating a national gun czar.