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Princess Diana remains influential, 20 years after death

The shock came late on a summer evening: After an idyllic Mediterranean holiday, Princess Diana had been in a car crash in Paris. Her boyfriend was dead; she was hospitalized. She died a few hours later on Aug. 31, 1997, plunging Britain into grief that lingers to this day.

Divers recover remains of missing from USS McCain collision

Divers have found the remains of all 10 sailors who went missing after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week, the U.S. Navy said Monday.

Trump ready to end limits on military gear for police

The Trump administration is preparing to restore the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies under a program that had been sharply curtailed amid an outcry over police use of armored vehicles and other war-fighting gear to confront protesters.

3 men charged in attacks on Charlottesville counterprotesters

Three men allegedly involved in attacks on counterprotesters at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville earlier this month have been charged with felonies, Charlottesville police said late Saturday.

Police make 2nd arrest in Buckingham Palace terror incident

London police arrested a second man Sunday in connection with a suspect who drove up to a police van not far from Buckingham Palace then reached for a 4-foot sword, an incident detectives called a terrorism attempt.

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