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Grime star Stormzy launches scholarship for black students

Grime star Stormzy launches scholarship for black students

London rapper Stormzy is setting up a scholarship to help black students attend Britain's prestigious Cambridge University.
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Reese Witherspoon, Keith Urban on board for cancer telethon

Reese Witherspoon, Keith Urban on board for cancer telethon

LOS ANGELES — Reese Witherspoon, Mahershala Ali and Keith Urban are among the stars joining the sixth Stand Up To Cancer telethon.
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Church sex scandal: Abuse victims want a full reckoning

Church sex scandal: Abuse victims want a full reckoning

Six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania joined the list this week of those around the U.S. that have been forced to face the ugly truth about child-molesting priests in their ranks.
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Italy collapse points to difficulties with aging bridges

Italy collapse points to difficulties with aging bridges

NEW YORK — The bridge that collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa was considered a feat of engineering innovation when it was built five decades ago, but it came to require constant maintenance over the years.
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Italian disaster puts spotlight on highway management

MILAN — As Italy comes to terms with the disaster of this week's bridge collapse, the government is accusing the highway operator for focusing too much on its financial interests, putting a spotlight on the country's management of vital infrastructur
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Italy says death toll will mount in Genoa bridge collapse

Italy says death toll will mount in Genoa bridge collapse

GENOA, Italy — The death toll from the collapse of a highway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa that is already confirmed to have claimed 39 lives will certainly rise, a senior official said Thursday.
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Through hoops: Combined Koreas set tone for Asian Games

Through hoops: Combined Koreas set tone for Asian Games

JAKARTA, Indonesia — One win into the Asian Games and the bigger picture is already clear for the combined Koreas basketball team.
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Inside a super PAC that spends on everything but winning

Inside a super PAC that spends on everything but winning

WASHINGTON — The two billionaire mega donors poured $1.25 million into a super PAC that was supposed to supercharge Chris McDaniel's insurgent bid to be Mississippi's next Republican senator.
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Conditions of release not yet met for compound suspects

Conditions of release not yet met for compound suspects

TAOS, N.M. — Three people accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound remained jailed Wednesday as New Mexico authorities sought to satisfy the conditions of their release set by a judge.
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California considers limiting broad 'felony murder' law

California considers limiting broad 'felony murder' law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Brandon Hein was 18 when he and three other teenagers were charged in the 1995 stabbing death of the 16-year-old son of a Los Angeles police detective. One of Hein's friends pulled a knife during a fistfight over marijuana.
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