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Earthquakes rock central Italy; no deaths reported

A pair of “apocalyptic” aftershocks shook central Italy on Wednesday, crumbling buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people.

 
US abstains from UN vote on Cuba embargo

The United States on Wednesday abstained for the first time from a United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for an end to a U.S. economic embargo on Cuba, after opposing such measures every year for 24 years.

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National Geographic ‘green-eyed Afghan girl’ arrested

A Pakistani investigator says the police have arrested National Geographic’s famed green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ for having a fake Pakistani identity card.

Battle for Mosul results in IS atrocities against civilians

Iraqi special forces have moved more than 1,000 people from villages near the front lines of the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and surrounding areas, where the U.N. says militants have committed a number of atrocities in recent days.

2 dead, including gunman, in workplace shooting in Virginia

A current or former employee shot one person to death and wounded three others before apparently killing himself at a rail car plant in Virginia early Tuesday, authorities said.

Search for Piano Guys’ daughter suspended

Authorities have suspended the search for a 21-year-old woman believed to be missing in the Columbia River Gorge.