Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials will meet in Washington today after Israel approved the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners.
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Police said the bus filled with Italian pilgrims smashed into several cars in heavy traffic and plunged into a ravine.
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New Zealand officials denied a report that said U.S. surveillance agencies joined in tracking phone records of a McClatchy freelancer working in Afghanistan.
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Francisco Jose Garzon Arno, charged with 79 counts of homicide, has said the brakes didn’t work when he tried to slow the speeding train before a curve.
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A wave of car bombs in and around Baghdad killed at least 47 during morning rush hour in the latest coordinated insurgent attack.
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But lawyers haven’t said whether the 83-year-old charged with 19 killings and racketeering in Boston will take the stand himself.
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A haul of $53 million worth of diamonds and other jewels were stolen from a Cannes hotel featured in the Hitchcock film “To Catch a Thief.”
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The weakened tropical storm is still expected to bring 18-foot-high waves, flooding and high winds to Hawaii.
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Rights advocates say that pigs, chickens and cows may be as smart and sociable as dogs, hoping to boost the ranks of vegetarians in the U.S.
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The university’s former president, vice president and athletic director appear today at a preliminary hearing on charges they tried to cover up charges against Jerry Sandusky.
