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Powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador prompting people to evacuate
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Man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing set to go on trial
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Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf will be his new White House counsel
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Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
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High divers take the plunge in the Seine in a new test of Paris’ reclaimed river
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