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NEW DELHI — More than 280 people were killed and hundreds were injured after passenger trains derailed Friday in eastern India, trapping many people inside damaged rail cars, officials said. More than 288 dead bodies were recovered overnight and into Saturday morning, said Sudhanshu Sarangi, director of Odisha’s fire department. …

The Bipartisan Budget Agreement passed by a final vote of 63-36 in the Senate on Thursday night, sending the bill to the president’s desk. “Senators from both parties voted to protect the hard-earned economic progress we have made and prevent a first-ever default by the United States,” Biden said in …

A group of public libraries and book publishers in Arkansas is pushing back against a growing movement to restrict what children are allowed to read. Arkansas is one of four states that recently passed laws that make it easier to prosecute librarians over sexually explicit books, a designation conservatives often …

PHOENIX — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the restrictions that could affect some …

Four days before part of an Iowa apartment building collapsed, an engineering firm warned that it appeared at risk of crumbling. Select Structural Engineering said in a letter dated May 24 that large patches of brick “appear ready to fall imminently” and laid out repair recommendations “to keep the entire …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Thursday that it will pay for new Alzheimer’s drugs that are granted full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, although it will require physicians to collect data on how well the drugs perform in the real world. It’s expected to help …

A murder suspect phoned Texas police and confessed to multiple slayings, telling them, “You’re looking for me,” triggering a manhunt that led to his arrest this week, authorities said. Marshals and police captured Raul Meza Jr., 62, in Austin on Monday, five days after his chilling call to homicide detectives, …

In exchange for its work, the group has gained direct access to the Central African Republic’s natural resources, according to Sorcha MacLeod, a member of the U.N. working group on the use of mercenaries. “We received information in Central African Republic that the Wagner group was being paid in mining …

The Coast Guard on Wednesday night suspended the search for a cruise ship passenger who is believed to have fallen into the sea east of Florida on Monday morning, officials said. Ronnie Peale, 35, was identified as the passenger who fell about 4 a.m. as the Carnival Magic cruise ship …

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