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The blood-letting in the central Syrian city of Homs has reached new heights. More than 50 people were killed in 24 hours, many of them kidnapped and murdered, allegedly by pro-government militiamen known as Shabiha. Homs and the surrounding province lie on a sectarian fault line with Sunni and Alawite communities side by side.

China is conducting big military drills that encircle the island of Taiwan on Tuesday, demonstrating its ability to blockade Taiwan completely.

In a Salt Lake City courtroom Tuesday, environmentalists suing Utah will accuse the state of not doing enough to prevent the Great Salt Lake from drying up.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns of more military strikes on drug traffickers, calling a U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat a clear message to cartels.

Arizona is experiencing its worst drought in 1,200 years, but in one place there's too much water. Hundreds of homes in Flagstaff are threatened by brief monsoon thunderstorms on wildfire burn scars.

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York held his first town hall of the year Sunday, but he faced jeers, insults and questions about the recent events in Minneapolis and ICE tactics.

St. Bernard Village Council voted to approve a 12-month moratorium on data centers within the community.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Trump officials to explain why the Census Bureau's parent agency cut a ban on political interference from its scientific integrity policy, as NPR first reported.

The parents of the 16 children found in deplorable conditions in a house in the village of Hamden now face sex abuse charges involving a child who is not a member of the immediate family.

People in Sevierville, Tenn., remember their hometown girl, Dolly Parton — not only for her songs, but for her lifetime of generosity to the place she came from.