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Made up of cooking fat, wet wipes and other sanitary products, the mass is said to weigh as much as 11 double-decker buses. A water company official compared removing it to breaking up "concrete."
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Paquiao defeated Timothy Bradley Jr. by unanimous decision. And the iconic boxer said that he is retiring — "as of now." "I am going to go home and think about it," he said.
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Amnesty International alleges a Rohingya insurgent group killed dozens of villagers last August. Afterward, Myanmar launched a campaign that one U.N. official says bears the "hallmarks of genocide."
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the president and his aides cannot block critics from seeing his Twitter account simply because they had posted caustic replies to his tweets in the past.
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Berlinah Wallace had been found guilty of flinging sulfuric acid onto a man who had angered her for ending their relationship.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "the medical indications are very similar and entirely consistent" with symptoms reported by American diplomats in Cuba, where there were reports of sonic attacks.
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The NFL Players Association says the athletes were not consulted about the policy. Anyone who doesn't want to stand can stay in the locker room, the NFL says.
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The union representing the hospitality workers says they could walk out as early as June 1 if their demands, including protection against sexual harassment and technology advances, are not met.
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"I don't see why they can't just, you know, wait a little bit for me to leave the house," Michael Rotondo told the judge in the case.
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Also: American novelist Philip Roth dies; President Trump will travel to New York to discuss combating gangs; and thousands of unionized casino workers in Las Vegas authorize a potential strike.
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Paige Patterson has been under fire for past counsel to women of abuse to simply pray for their husbands. On Tuesday, a new allegation surfaced that he had advised a student not to report a rape.
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Jiachang's Heart, inspired by the story of a 17-year-old Taiwanese girl who volunteers as a nurse for the Japanese army, is taken off the air after criticism about its historical portrayal.