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US to send hospital ship to Peru as El Nino threat looms 0
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- August 20, 2026
LIMA, Peru — The United States will send a military hospital ship to Peru’s Pacific coast next year to help Peru cope with the effects of the El Nino climate phenomenon as part of a broader collaboration with the South American country, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Bernie Navarro announced Wednesday. The announcement comes after Navarro
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Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms 0
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- August 20, 2026
Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Wednesday, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said crews were working nonstop to fix the outages, but 75,000 customers still lacked electricity by late afternoon, mostly in Lake
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Missouri court rejects petition proposing protections for laws passed by citizen initiative 0
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- August 20, 2026
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri court has rejected a request to let voters decide in November whether to erect some of the nation’s strongest protections for laws and constitutional amendments passed by citizen initiative. Citizen initiatives are placed on the ballot in Missouri if voters collect enough signatures. The secretary of state can reject
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2 college cyclists killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crash 0
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- August 20, 2026
HAMPTON, Tenn. — Two members of a university cycling team were killed and seven others were injured Wednesday when a car collided with a group of riders in northeastern Tennessee, state officials said. Milligan University, a private Christian school with just over 1,200 students, said 11 of its cyclists were out together on a morning
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Army resumes Apache helicopter training missions after Texas crash that killed 2 0
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- August 20, 2026
FORT HOOD, Texas — The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will resume Apache helicopter training missions after a brief pause prompted by a crash in Texas last week killed two soldiers. The cause of the Aug. 12 crash near Fort Hood remains under investigation by the Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama. Military officials
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US national debt now stands at $40 trillion 0
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- August 19, 2026
WASHINGTON — The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion
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