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GUATEMALA CITY AP 鈥?Former Hurricane Julia has dissipated but is still drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.At least 19 people were reported dead as a direct or indirect result of the stor
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are considering swift impeachment 鈥?beginning Monday 鈥?after the deadly siege
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KHARKIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?Ukrainian forces fought Saturday to hold off a Russian advance aimed at capturing an eastern industrial region along with Ukraines last holdout in the southern city of Mariupol, where fighters and civilians hiding under a heavily damaged steel mill endure harrowing conditions.The United Nations continued trying to broker an evacuation of civilians from the sprawling Soviet-era plant and other bombed-out ruins of Mariupol, a port city which Russia has
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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus.The president confirmed in a Sunday afternoon tweet that the former New York mayor had tested positive. Giuliani has traveled extensively to battleground states in recent weeks in an effort to help Trump subvert his election loss.Trump wished Giuliani a speedy recovery. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!! Trump wrote in his tweet.Giuliani made an appearance earlier on Sunday on Fox News to speak about his legal challenges in several states on behalf of Trump. Left: FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, holds what he identified as a replica mail-in ballot as he speaks about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results during a news conference in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2020. Ph
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