Trade unionist-turned-businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as South Africa's president on Saturday, vowing to create jobs and tackle deep-rooted corruption that has strangled economic growth. Ramaphosa, who becomes the country's fourth democratically...
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A clearer picture emerged Friday of the size and scope of the powerful tornadoes that tore across Missouri on Wednesday night, leaving a trail of destruction in their paths. The state's capital, Jefferson City, was among the hardest-hit places, struck ove...
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Giant green stems with budding yellow flowers greeted hikers along a narrow path beneath the soaring Santa Monica Mountains on a recent drizzly day. This is where, just seven months ago, the worst fire in Los Angeles County history swept through, destroy...
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The clarity of Lake Tahoe's cobalt blue water improved last year from its worst level in a half-century after weather and runoff returned to more normal conditions at the alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line. A dinner plate-sized disc used t...
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In addition to disrupting outdoor activities over the holiday weekend, thunderstorms will bring lightning dangers and the risk of damage from portions of the Midwest to the Northeast through Sunday. People from the lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to th...
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Bali's Mount Agung volcano erupted on Friday, spreading ash across the Indonesian island and forcing flights in and out of the airport to be cancelled. The eruption happened on Friday night and lasted four minutes and 30 seconds, lava was seen spurting o...
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The Mammoth Mountain resort in California's Eastern Sierra says it has had its snowiest May on record and skiing and boarding will continue into August. The resort said Friday the 29 inches (73.6 centimeters) that has fallen so far this month bests the o...
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Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer and sweltering heat will have a firm grip on the Southeast through and beyond the extended holiday weekend. With the high heat in place, residents will have to use care with campfires, coals from grills a...
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So, what can you expect in terms of weather this Memorial Day weekend? You can look forward to plenty of sunshine with very little rain, but a strong ocean breeze. Unlike the towering thunderstorms we see all summer here in South Florida, the clouds this...
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Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer, but the weather for this holiday weekend will feel more like April across the southwestern United States. While temperatures rebounded on Friday across the Southwest after a cool stretch of weather earli...
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