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Moscow votes in protest-shadowed election

Two unsanctioned protest rallies were harshly dispersed by police, who beat some demonstrators and detained more than 2,400 people in all.

Tacoma police fatally shoot armed man during traffic stop

The sheriff’s department is investigating because a new state law prevents law enforcement agencies from investigating their own officer-involved shootings.

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Pope in Madagascar insists: ‘Poverty is not inevitable’

The project is the brainchild of an Argentine priest who was so overwhelmed by the abject poverty of Madagascar that he set about creating ways for the poor to earn a living.

Charity boat rescues 50 African migrants in sea off Libya

ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING — Humanitarian groups SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders rescued 50 migrants on Sunday from a rubber dinghy off Libya’s coast and brought them aboard their charity ship, Ocean Viking.

Poles who saved Jews during Holocaust honored in Warsaw

All of the rescuers have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial.

Housing aid for Puerto Rican evacuees close to running out

HARTFORD, Conn. — In the months after Hurricane Maria destroyed her home in Puerto Rico, Ashley Gonzales moved to Connecticut, where federal and state aid helped her and her longtime partner avoid homelessness.