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Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a vote on nuclear power

MOSCOW (AP) — Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant, confronting the country's painful legacy as a testing ground for Soviet nuclear weapons.
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Tropical Storm Milton could hit Florida as a major hurricane midweek

Tropical Storm Milton could hit Florida as a major hurricane midweek

MIAMI (AP) — People across Florida were given notice Sunday that Milton, for now just a tropical storm off the coast of Mexico, could intensify rapidly into a major hurricane before slamming midweek into the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast.
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Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a referendum on nuclear power

MOSCOW (AP) — Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country’s first nuclear power plant, confronting the country's painful legacy as a testing ground for Soviet nuclear weapons.
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Central Thailand braces for inundation as rain stops in flooded Chiang Mai

Central Thailand braces for inundation as rain stops in flooded Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) — Several provinces in central Thailand braced for floods Sunday after the Irrigation Department announced it was releasing water from a major dam after weeks of frequent heavy rain.
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Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf of Mexico and could intensify to hurricane threatening Florida

Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf of Mexico and could intensify to hurricane threatening Florida

MIAMI (AP) — A storm system that was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Milton on Saturday and forecasters warned it could intensify into a hurricane and slam into the west coast of Florida later this week.
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International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides

International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries on Sunday were joining efforts to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan coun
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Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues

Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene inched up to 227 on Saturday as the grim task of recovering bodies continued more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the Southeast and killed people in six states.
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Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues

Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Helene inched up to 227 on Saturday as the grim task of recovering bodies continued more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the Southeast and killed people in six states.
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A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough

ASHEVILLE, N.C.
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Twin babies who died alongside their mother in Georgia are youngest-known Hurricane Helene victims

Twin babies who died alongside their mother in Georgia are youngest-known Hurricane Helene victims

Obie Williams said he could hear babies crying and branches battering the windows when he spoke with his daughter on the phone last week as Hurricane Helene tore through her rural Georgia town.
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