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A toxic chemical was found in the bodies of 21 teens who died in a South Africa tavern
Methanol was found in all of their bodies and investigations are continuing to determine whether the levels of the toxic chemical were enough to have killed them last month.
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Emmett Till's Chicago home will get money designated for preserving Black history
A preservation organization said the home will get a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.
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The U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as the heat builds
Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.
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A report warns that Australia's endangered animals will increase because of wildfires
The wide-ranging report found the number of Australian species listed as threatened had increased since the 2016 report.
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House to vote on same-sex marriage in an effort to push back against court
Tuesday's vote in the House is part political strategy in an election-year roll call that will force all lawmakers to go on the record with their views on the high-profile social issue.
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The prosecutor recounted the coldness and cruelty of Parkland gunman as trial begins
The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school detailed for jurors how he coldly mowed down his victims.
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A U.S. judge said he would renege on a promise not to jail Polanski in his sex case
The detail emerged decades after Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing because he didn't think he was getting a fair deal.
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Three men who spent decades in prison are cleared in the killing of a NYC subway clerk
The men, whose confessions conflicted with evidence at the scene, were cleared in the 1995 killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a New York subway toll booth.
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Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics
The legendary athlete is declared the sole winner of the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of amateurism rules.
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Brittney Griner had a doctor's note for cannabis use, her lawyer tells Russian court
A lawyer for the WNBA star at her drug possession trial in Russia gave the court a U.S. doctor's letter recommending she use medical cannabis to treat pain. Medical marijuana is not legal in Russia.