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Street performer sweats it out for tips

Even as Monday’s temperature hit 113 degrees, Adam Reynolds was pacing the sidewalk in front of the Bellagio dressed as a “Star Wars” stormtrooper. Like most Strip performers, Reynolds makes money by posing for pictures with tourists and collecting tips.

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American student recently released by North Korea has died

Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was detained in North Korea for nearly a year and a half, died Monday afternoon, his parents announced.

California mom arrested for attempting exorcism on daughter

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