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US Woman, 22, Found Beaten To Death Days After Judge Released Ex-Boyfriend From Jail
A 22-year-old university student in the United States was found beaten to death and wrapped in a sheet in the back seat of her car - days after her boyfriend was let out of jail.
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Mississippi River Continues To Sink To Record Lows Due To Historic Drought
The water decreased so much that it revealed human remains and a 200-year-old shipwreck.
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Trump May Host Xi Jinping In Lowa, A City That Reminds Of US-China Ties
US President Donald Trump's suggestion that he could sign a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Iowa has set off a flurry of excitement in Muscatine, Iowa, a city on the banks of the Mississippi River that has hosted Xi twice since 1985.
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2 Dads, A Mom: Rare Trio Of Bald Eagles Raise Eaglet Together In A Nest
Proof that families come in all shapes, sizes and species, three eagles - two dads and a mom - are raising three, fluffy-feathered eaglets in a nest near the Mississippi River this spring.
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Hurricane Nate Makes Landfall In Southern United States
Hurricane Nate has made landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the southeastern tip of the state of Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday.
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Southern Illinois Battles Flooding As Mississippi River Builds Downstream
Residents of flooded areas in far southern Illinois anxiously waited for the swollen Mississippi River to peak on Sunday, with hundreds electing to remain in their homes, as states downstream prepared for the rising waters.
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Southern US States Brace For Surging Mississippi River Flooding
Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people.
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Widespread Flooding Hits Missouri, Illinois With Rivers Still Rising
Rain-swollen rivers rose across Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing parts of a major interstate highway and putting scores of buildings underwater after days of unusual winter flooding that has killed 22 people.
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Frantic Fight Against Floods Swamping US Towns
Soldiers and volunteers packed sand bags Wednesday in a frantic effort to stave off floodwaters that have already swamped several small towns and claimed thirteen lives in the US state of Missouri.
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Severe Floods Hit Missouri As US Storms Sweep North
Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent rivers to record levels, killing at least 13 people, closing hundreds of roads and halting shipping on the swollen Mississippi river.
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MOO-ve Over! Cows Saunter Through Minnesota Town
Six wayward dairy cows sauntered down the main drag in Red Wing, Minnesota, a small city tucked along the Mississippi River.
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Oil spill closes part of Mississippi River in Louisiana
The Coast Guard says a 65-mile (105-kilometer) stretch of the Mississippi River is closed until further notice while crews clean up oil from a barge that hit a towboat between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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Tropical storm Karen weakens as it approaches central Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Karen continues to move toward the northern Gulf Coast and is expected to decrease in speed as it brings rain and potential flooding to the US.
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Tropical Storm Karen forms in the Gulf of Mexico, targets US coast
Preparations began yesterday along the central Gulf Coast as newly formed Tropical Storm Karen threatened to become the first named tropical system to menace the United States this year.
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Hurricane Isaac: Dam in danger of falling, Louisiana orders evacuation
Louisiana officials have ordered evacuation of low-lying, sparsely-populated areas along the Tangipahoa River because an Isaac-hammered dam at a state park lake in southwest Mississippi near the Louisiana border is in danger of failing.
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US Woman, 22, Found Beaten To Death Days After Judge Released Ex-Boyfriend From Jail
A 22-year-old university student in the United States was found beaten to death and wrapped in a sheet in the back seat of her car - days after her boyfriend was let out of jail.
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Mississippi River Continues To Sink To Record Lows Due To Historic Drought
The water decreased so much that it revealed human remains and a 200-year-old shipwreck.
-
Trump May Host Xi Jinping In Lowa, A City That Reminds Of US-China Ties
US President Donald Trump's suggestion that he could sign a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Iowa has set off a flurry of excitement in Muscatine, Iowa, a city on the banks of the Mississippi River that has hosted Xi twice since 1985.
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2 Dads, A Mom: Rare Trio Of Bald Eagles Raise Eaglet Together In A Nest
Proof that families come in all shapes, sizes and species, three eagles - two dads and a mom - are raising three, fluffy-feathered eaglets in a nest near the Mississippi River this spring.
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Hurricane Nate Makes Landfall In Southern United States
Hurricane Nate has made landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the southeastern tip of the state of Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday.
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Southern Illinois Battles Flooding As Mississippi River Builds Downstream
Residents of flooded areas in far southern Illinois anxiously waited for the swollen Mississippi River to peak on Sunday, with hundreds electing to remain in their homes, as states downstream prepared for the rising waters.
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Southern US States Brace For Surging Mississippi River Flooding
Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people.
-
Widespread Flooding Hits Missouri, Illinois With Rivers Still Rising
Rain-swollen rivers rose across Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing parts of a major interstate highway and putting scores of buildings underwater after days of unusual winter flooding that has killed 22 people.
-
Frantic Fight Against Floods Swamping US Towns
Soldiers and volunteers packed sand bags Wednesday in a frantic effort to stave off floodwaters that have already swamped several small towns and claimed thirteen lives in the US state of Missouri.
-
Severe Floods Hit Missouri As US Storms Sweep North
Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent rivers to record levels, killing at least 13 people, closing hundreds of roads and halting shipping on the swollen Mississippi river.
-
MOO-ve Over! Cows Saunter Through Minnesota Town
Six wayward dairy cows sauntered down the main drag in Red Wing, Minnesota, a small city tucked along the Mississippi River.
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Oil spill closes part of Mississippi River in Louisiana
The Coast Guard says a 65-mile (105-kilometer) stretch of the Mississippi River is closed until further notice while crews clean up oil from a barge that hit a towboat between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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Tropical storm Karen weakens as it approaches central Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Karen continues to move toward the northern Gulf Coast and is expected to decrease in speed as it brings rain and potential flooding to the US.
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Tropical Storm Karen forms in the Gulf of Mexico, targets US coast
Preparations began yesterday along the central Gulf Coast as newly formed Tropical Storm Karen threatened to become the first named tropical system to menace the United States this year.
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Hurricane Isaac: Dam in danger of falling, Louisiana orders evacuation
Louisiana officials have ordered evacuation of low-lying, sparsely-populated areas along the Tangipahoa River because an Isaac-hammered dam at a state park lake in southwest Mississippi near the Louisiana border is in danger of failing.
