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Hermine wreaks havoc in Florida, threatens East Coast
 

The first hurricane to hit Florida in more than a decade wiped away beachside buildings and toppled trees onto homes Friday before plowing inland on a path that could send it rolling up the densely populated East Coast with heavy rain, high winds and flooding.

Disgraced Subway pitchman Jared Fogle sues parents of victim

Subway’s former pitchman imprisoned for child pornography and sex abuse is arguing in a court filing that the parents of one of his female victims are to blame for what he describes as her “destructive behaviors.”

 
Ex-Stanford swimmer convicted of rape leaves jail after 3 months

Brock Turner whose six-month sentence for raping an unconscious woman at Stanford University sparked national outcry has been released from jail after serving half his term.

 
Well-known climbers from Utah missing in Pakistan

Two well-known Utah climbers are missing in Pakistan where they were attempting to make a treacherous ascent up an icy mountain.

Uzbekistan president reportedly dead

The government of Uzbekistan said on Friday that ailing President Islam Karimov is in critical condition, following a week of speculation that the country’s president of nearly 27 years could be at death’s door.

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Mixup sends 5-year-olds to wrong airports

A woman in New York says she hasn’t stopped crying since an airline mistook her 5-year-old for another child and flew him to the wrong city.

Cuba fighting Zika, winning the war

Six months after President Raul Castro declared war on the Zika virus in Cuba, a militarized nationwide campaign of intensive mosquito spraying, monitoring and quarantine appears to be working.