Tens of thousands of American troops are based in the Middle East.
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Residents are being urged to finish storm preparations. Francine is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
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The 9 p.m. Tuesday event offers a look at a race that’s dramatically changed since July.
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A team of scientists and bakers in the Pacific Northwest is searching for ways to make whole wheat bread resilient to a warming world — and more delicious.
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Marquez Plaza will be built along the 1800 block of Richmond Highway.
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Six of the Richmond-based company's Virginia stores will still close permanently.
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The CDC said 65 people in nine states, including Virginia, have been infected.
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A handful of dreadful losses — plus some drama between the team's biggest star and its new head coach — has the USMNT looking for a badly-needed rebound in this summer's Gold Cup tournament.
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Joey Chestnut was banned from the contest that made him famous after signing an endorsement deal with a company that makes plant-based proteins. The 16-time champ returns to Coney Island on July 4th.
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A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?
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Trump left the G7 summit early to focus on the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. And, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota state lawmaker faces federal murder charges.
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A new book raises the specter that corporate offshoring of manufacturing may have undermined America's lead in technological innovation and even its national security.