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Search and rescue teams, often made up of volunteers, search for human remains among the debris of burned down homes on Nov. 16, 2018 in Paradise, California.

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Volunteers dread what they may find searching for the missing in the ashes of Northern California

The number of people killed in California’s deadliest wildfire rose Saturday to 76, while the number of names on a list of people unaccounted for grew to 1,276.

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Asylum seekers — once welcomed in Mexico — met with fear, disdain in Tijuana

The border city welcomed Haitian refugees two years ago, but the latest migrant caravan is unpopular with the mayor and some residents.

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In this image made from video, Kate McKinnon plays Laura Ingraham on "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, Nov. 17., 2018.

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'SNL' parodies Fox News trying to explain away blue midterm wave

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Pacific summit ends with no communique as China, U.S. differ

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Gillum officially concedes Florida governor race, congratulates DeSantis

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King of the North will be decided on Sunday Night Football

The NFC North lead is on the line in Week 11 as the Vikings travel to face the Bears.

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Europe's populists celebrated Merkel's exit. But they might miss her.

The long-serving chancellor's decision to leave politics may not be great news for ascendant fringe movements after all.

Joe Biden on Monday, November 13, 2017

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Joe Biden adopts adorable rescue dog named Major — see the photos

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Amazon's 'National Landing' HQ generates confusion and jokes

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From sperm donor to 'Dad': When strangers with shared DNA become a family

On May 11, 2017, FBI Agent Mark Hastbacka and Nashua Police Detective Joseph Rousseau brought Dana Lawrence in for questioning. Lawrence was still going by the alias Genna Kaplan at the time.

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'she was a ghost'

Serial con artist swindled victims and abandoned her children for decades

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