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  • WorldAssociated Press

    3 bodies in Mexican well identified as Australian and American surfers killed for truck's tires

    Relatives have identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Baja California state prosecutors said the relatives had viewed the corpses recovered from a remote well about 50 feet (15 meters) deep and recognized them as their loved ones. Thieves apparently killed the three, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Baja peninsula, to steal their truck because they wanted the tires.

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  • USUSA TODAY

    They said her husband drowned snorkeling, but she saw him walk to shore. What happened?

    Ray Johnson died snorkeling on Maui in 2022, and his family is suing for a lack of awareness on a medical condition that impacts snorkelers.

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  • USUSA TODAY Sports

    Complaints, objections swept aside as 15-year-old girl claims record for 101-pound catfish

    Not everyone seems happy about 15-year-old Jaylynn Parker’s 101.11-pound blue catfish, the new record catch in Ohio.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    As Putin begins another 6-year term, he is entering a new era of extraordinary power in Russia

    Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will put his hand on a copy of the constitution and begin another six-year term as president wielding extraordinary power. Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Putin has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition, running independent-minded journalists out of the country and promoting an increasing devotion to prudish “traditional values” that pushes many in society

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  • USFort Worth Star-Telegram

    21 pounds of weed shows up at wrong house — and two try to get it back, Texas cops say

    Two men tried to pay people to not notify law enforcement, officers said.

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  • WorldHuffPost

    Vladimir Putin Showed His ‘Violent Nature’ In Deer-Hunting Stunt: Report

    The Russian president’s gesture was so jarring that it reportedly made ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi throw up.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Russia warns Britain and plans nuclear drills over the West's possible deepening role in Ukraine

    Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with U.K.-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory strikes on British military facilities and equipment

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