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  • WorldAssociated Press

    An Australian on trial for drugs in Japan says she's the victim of a romance scam

    An Australian accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase appeared in a Japanese court on Monday nearly two years after her arrest, saying she is innocent and that she was tricked into carrying them as part of an online romance scam. Donna Nelson from Perth, Australia, was arrested at Japan’s Narita International Airport just outside Tokyo when customs officials found about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of stimulants, or phenylaminopropane, hidden in a double-bottom suitcase she was carrying. N

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    Police investigate threat against Parkway South High School, former student in custody

    Authorities are investigating a threat that prompted a soft lockdown at Parkway South High School on Monday morning. Police have taken a student accused of making the threat into custody.

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  • USTacoma News Tribune

    Washington state and the west coast brace for severe weather, possible ‘bomb cyclone’

    The National Weather Service and Washington weather expert Cliff Mass say Washington will see winds up to 65 mph this week.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history

    A giant female Chinook salmon flips on her side in the shallow water and wriggles wildly, using her tail to carve out a nest in the riverbed as her body glistens in the sunlight. Now, less than a month after those dams came down in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, salmon are once more returning to spawn in cool creeks that have been cut off to them for generations. Video shot by the Yurok Tribe show that hundreds of salmon have made it to tributaries between the former Iron Gat

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  • WorldThe Telegraph

    I caught a Venice pickpocket in the act – here’s what happened

    It happened the other week on a narrow, crowded street near the Rialto Bridge in Venice, as I was en route to catch a water bus to the airport. My backpack was slung on my shoulders, my hands full, when I felt a nudge. Turning halfway, I saw a well-dressed young woman unnaturally close behind me. A coat draped over her arm, she smiled and said, “I’m sorry, I bumped you,” in perfect English.

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  • WorldUSA TODAY

    Brazil's first lady Janja Lula da Silva insults Elon Musk at international summit

    Brazil's first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore at billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 social event on Saturday.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Texas A&M to mark 25th anniversary of campus bonfire collapse that killed 12

    The first, ominous sounds came from deep within the massive stack of logs in the darkest hours of the Texas night. Texas A&M University is set to mark 25 years since the log stack collapsed in the early hours of Nov. 18, 1999. It was being built in preparation for the annual bonfire ahead of the Texas A&M-Texas rivalry football game in College Station.

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