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Iranian Paralympic cyclist dies after race crash

An Iranian cyclist has died after a crash in a C4-5 cycling road race at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Saturday.

US says strike may have hit, killed 62 Syrian soldiers

The U.S. military said it may have unintentionally struck Syrian troops while carrying out a raid against the Islamic State group on Saturday.

Home on the playground? Burros roam onto elementary school in Arizona

A suburban Phoenix elementary school has received some wild visitors. Staff members spotted four burros walking onto the playground of Vistancia Elementary in the city of Peoria on Thursday morning.

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Philadelphia gunman ambushes cops, goes on spree

A rampaging gunman fired a volley of shots at an unsuspecting Philadelphia police sergeant Friday night, then went on a deadly shooting spree through the city’s west side before he was himself killed by responding officers.

F-35 fighter jets, including 1 based at Nellis Air Force Base, grounded

One of the stealthy F-35 joint strike fighter jets at Nellis Air Force Base is among 15 in the nation’s fleet that were grounded Friday because of “peeling and crumbling” cooling line insulation inside their fuel tanks, Nellis officials confirmed.

FBI strengthens rules about masquerading as reporters

The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents’ ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist.

US begins paying reparations from France to Holocaust survivors, heirs

The State Department has paid or approved 90 claims for a total $11 million in reparations from France to former World War II prisoners who were carried to Nazi death camps in French trains.

House intelligence panel says Snowden was no whistleblower

A House intelligence committee report is calling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a “serial exaggerator and fabricator” who doesn’t fit the profile of a whistleblower.

Underwater volcanoes — hotspots for mysterious life

Seamounts are either active or dormant volcanoes that rise dramatically from the bottom of the ocean and never reach the surface. They are hotspots for marine life because they carry nutrient-rich water upward from the sea floor. Seamounts are believed to cover about 18 million square miles of the planet.

Obama to create historic marine monument to protect underwater canyons

President Barack Obama will establish on Thursday the first national marine monument in the Atlantic, a move that’s designed to permanently protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England.

Southern Utah town marks anniversary of deadly flash flood

Members of a polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border gathered for a memorial service marking the anniversary of flash floods that killed at least a dozen people.