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Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, faces a severe water crisis as Houthi rebels backed by Iran tighten their encirclement. The city has struggled with water issues for over a decade, but the situation has worsened in recent weeks. -
Intense rainfall slammed the Four Corners region late this week. As rivers flooded, towns declared evacuations and emergencies and made rescues. -
The police officer involved in a shooting in Mississippi and killed a toddler has resigned a day after video of the incident was released.
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Kaylub Giamanco, the father who shot the 16-year-old who opened fire on a Bend, Ore., elementary school and killed three kids and a teacher, shares what he wants people to know about his experience.
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The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with AI capabilities that officials say don't always closely adhere to the agency's own guidelines for AI, according to a congressional watchdog report published in October. -
Ohio has been a reliably red state for several elections but it's competitive this year. If Democrats want to prevail, they'll have to win people who have backed Republicans, like rural voters. -
Trump's most recent rendering of East Potomac Park overtakes the D.C. peninsula with a sprawling golf course, without the grassy areas and road beloved by locals. That's prompted grassroots pushback. -
Republicans have long accused the FBI of mishandling the laptop and the investigations into the younger Biden. -
When an outbreak strikes, humans try to avoid germs. (Remember wiping off groceries at the start of the pandemic?) What about ... monkeys? -
Nigeria this week recorded its first case of Ebola in the current outbreak, which has spread from the epicenter in Congo to several other African countries. -
Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched an attack near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning. At least five people were injured, including some critically. -
Governments around the world are rushing to implement safety measures after AI technology found "severe" vulnerabilities in a key programming language called PHP.
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