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Ku Klux Klan gets green light for Confederate flag rally

The white supremacist Ku Klux Klan has received approval from South Carolina officials to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at the state capitol, a newspaper reported on Monday, less than two weeks after a white man shot dead nine people in a black church.

Top 3 officials, 9 staff put on leave after NY prison escape

Three members of Clinton Correctional Facility’s executive team, along with nine security staff employees, have been placed on administrative leave as part of the review of two convicted murderers’ escape.

Fla. law restrains pet owners for fake service animals

People who try to sneak their pets into restaurants, airplanes and other public places by claiming they are specially trained service animals could face 60 days in jail under a Florida law taking effect on Wednesday.

 
Italy retrieves bodies from migrant shipwreck in April

Italy’s navy said on Tuesday it had retrieved the first bodies from the wreck of a boat that sank in the Mediterranean three months ago, killing up to 800 migrants attempting to cross from Libya to Europe.

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Utah dinosaur tracks found vandalized

Dinosaur tracks in the Moab area were found vandalized and suspects have been identified, officials confirmed Monday.

 
Homes destroyed in Washington wildfire grows to 28

A wildfire in Washington has devoured about 3,000 acres and has “significantly damaged” an estimated 24 to 28 homes and forced many residents to evacuate.

 
Death toll rises to 70 in Indonesian military plane crash

The death toll in the Tuesday crash of a military transport plane in Medan, Indonesia, has risen to 70, according to an Indonesian Red Cross official.

Former co-worker of theater shooter called to build insanity case

Public defenders are seeking to save Holmes’ life after the 27-year-old former neuroscience graduate student pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and wounding 70 in the July 2012 shooting rampage.

Former Berkeley students sue university over sexual assaults

Three women filed a lawsuit Monday against the University of California, Berkeley, claiming they were sexually assaulted while students and the school did not do enough to protect them, attorneys said.

Swarm of bees attacks, kills Texas farmer

A Texas farmer who disturbed an underground bee colony while plowing a field died after he was stung hundreds of times by a swarm that attacked him, a fire official said on Monday.