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Mexico heavy rains kill at least 28

Mexico heavy rains kill at least 28

Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 28 people in Mexico this week and left behind a trail of destruction, local authorities across the country said Friday.

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India 427-4 after Jaiswal falls for 175 in West Indies Test

India 427-4 after Jaiswal falls for 175 in West Indies Test

Skipper Shubman Gill powered India to 427-4 at lunch on day two of the second Test against the West Indies after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out for 175 on Saturday.

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Mariners out-last Tigers 3-2 in 15 innings to advance in MLB playoffs

Mariners out-last Tigers 3-2 in 15 innings to advance in MLB playoffs

Jorge Polanco delivered the walk-off single in the 15th inning as the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in a scintillating winner-take-all showdown to advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs on Friday.

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Questions loom over Albania's forests after devastating fires

Questions loom over Albania's forests after devastating fires

As Albania recovers from a summer of devastating wildfires, locals and experts are eyeing a long road back to save its shrinking forests from intensifying disasters.

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Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes

Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes

Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight.

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Aces sweep Mercury to win third WNBA title in four years

Aces sweep Mercury to win third WNBA title in four years

The Las Vegas Aces, powered by 31 points from A'ja Wilson, captured their third title in four seasons on Friday, beating Phoenix 97-86 to complete a sweep of the WNBA Finals.

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Messi-less Argentina down Venezuela in friendly

Messi-less Argentina down Venezuela in friendly

Argentina shrugged off the absence of Lionel Messi to ease to 1-0 victory over Venezuela in a friendly international in Miami on Friday.

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Quintessentially American, drive-in theaters are going dark

Quintessentially American, drive-in theaters are going dark

Film buffs sit snugly in cars watching a drive-in movie, munching popcorn on a lovely recent fall night.

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Exhibit on Monet's prolific Venice visit debuts at Brooklyn Museum

Exhibit on Monet's prolific Venice visit debuts at Brooklyn Museum

Claude Monet did not want to travel to Venice in 1908 -- at the time, he was 68 and working on his famed water lilies paintings, and only reluctantly agreed to accompany his wife Alice Hoschede.

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Women's athletics venture Athlos showcases sport in New York

Women's athletics venture Athlos showcases sport in New York

Beneath the towering, neon-lit billboards of Times Square, six of the world's top long jumpers are soaring through the air, turning one of New York's most iconic streets into an unlikely athletics stage.

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