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A volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for the first time in centuries

A volcano on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

This photo taken from video by Artem Sheldr shows an...

This photo taken from video by Artem Sheldr shows an aerial view of the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano of the Eastern volcanic belt, about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of the regional center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia far east, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)

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This photo taken from video by Artem Sheldr shows an aerial view of the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano of the Eastern volcanic belt, about 200 km (125 miles) northeast of the regional center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia far east, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Artem Sheldr via AP)

A Texas State Trooper walks back to his car while providing security outside the Walmart store in the aftermath of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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A Palestinian youth carries a sack of aid that landed in the Mediterranean Sea after being airdropped over central Gaza, at the shore of Zawaida, Gaza Strip Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Dozens killed while seeking aid at Gaza crossing as US envoy heads to Israel for talks

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July 30, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

Israeli strikes and gunfire had earlier killed at least 46 Palestinians.

During a tsunami advisory triggered by an underwater earthquake off the coast of Russia, Gaby Lazlo and Daniel Ramirez visit Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Tsunami warnings fading after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. Here’s what to know

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July 30, 2025 at 7:41 a.m.

Tsunami warnings are being downgraded in most areas following one of this century's most powerful...

U.S. decathlon gold medal winner Bruce Jenner of San Jose, Calif., posese with the gold medal he won at the Montreal Summer Olympics, July 30, 1976. Jenner accumulated enough points to not only win the medal but also set a world record. (AP Photo/Sal Veder)

Today in History: July 30, Jenner takes gold in Montreal

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July 30, 2025 at 2:00 a.m.

Bruce Jenner, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, set a world record of 8,618 points and...

Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, poses for a photo at his family home in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts warn

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July 29, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

“Widespread death” will occur without immediate action, experts said.

The USS Forrestal with burning planes on deck, is shown in this 1967 file photo. Thirty years ago a Zuni missile, accidentally fired from another Phantom, struck the A-4 Skyhawk aboard the USS Forrestal and killed 134 men. It was and remains the Navy’s worst disaster since World War II. Former crew members will gather Sunday, July 27, 1997 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and Tuesday, July 29, 1997 aboard the now-retired Forrestal in Philadelphia for memorial services. (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 29, USS Forrestal accident

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July 29, 2025 at 2:01 a.m.

An accidental rocket launch on the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf...

President Donald Trump meets with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club on Monday, July 28, 2025 in Turnberry, Scotland. (Christopher Furlong/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says he’s shortening the 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine

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July 28, 2025 at 9:39 a.m.

Trump said he would implement “severe tariffs” on Russia unless a peace deal is reached10...

Thai residents who fled homes following the clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers rest at an evacuation center in Surin province, Thailand, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand and Cambodia agree to a ceasefire in their deadly border clashes

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July 28, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

The violence has killed at least 35 people and displaced over 260,000.

The gaping hole, circled, at the 78th and 79th floors of the Empire State Building in New York, marks the place where the B-25 army bomber crashed into the structure yesterday, July 28, 1945, killing at least 13 people. Photo was made July 29, after the dense fog that helped cause the crash dissipated. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons)

Today in History: July 28, US Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building

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July 28, 2025 at 2:01 a.m.

A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State...

**FILE** Commander-in-chief, United Nations Command, and U.S. Army Gen. Mark W. Clark signs the Military Armistice agreement at a base camp at Munsan-ni, Korea on July 30, 1953. Seated are members of the U.N. negotiating team, from left to right, Gen. Maxwell Taylor; Gen. Otto Weyland; Gen. Clark; Vice-Adm. Mark W. Briscoe, and Adm. Jocko Clark. The men standing are not identified. The 1953 Korean armistice agreement did stop the fighting, but it didn’t start the peace. Now the last generations to remember the “great toil” may see their war truly come to an end, if the two Koreas achieve the peace settlement proposed last week by their leaders. (AP Photo)

Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end

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July 27, 2025 at 2:00 a.m.

The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the...

Palestinians pray over the body of 5-month-old baby, Zainab Abu Halib, who died from malnutrition-related causes, according to the family and the hospital, during her funeral outside the Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born

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July 26, 2025 at 7:18 p.m.

By SAMY MAGDY and MARIAM DAGGA KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A mother pressed...

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