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Long Beach man who bragged about crime on Instagram pleads guilty to $2.6 million jewelry heist

LOS ANGELES — There’s no instruction manual for how to commit the perfect crime, but Ladell Tharpe learned…

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Leaders depart U.N. facing prospect of a wider Mideast war — but with a blueprint for a better future

UNITED NATIONS — They gathered at the United Nations surrounded by unsettling warnings of an escalating conflict that…

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As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles

BELLVUE, Colo. — Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each…

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Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing…

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A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wild

By all accounts, Milagra the “miracle” California condor shouldn’t be alive today. But now at nearly 17 months…

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Hurricane Helene kills at least 44 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast

PERRY, Fla.— Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday,…

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This 3,775-year-old log may hold the secret to slowing climate change

On the outside, its rust-red bark had peeled. Its sweet, distinct cedar smell had disappeared. But at its…

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Wyden bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a sweeping bill Wednesday that would greatly increase the size of the…

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Congress passes temporary bill to avoid shutdown as lawmakers punt spending decisions to December

WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a…

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Children are stuck inside, glued to screens. Are ‘forest schools’ the antidote?

LOS ANGELES — On a glorious summer day, a preschooler named Roger teetered on rocks dotting a creek…

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