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Severe floods hit Missouri as U.S. storms sweep north
KANSAS CITY, Mo./CHICAGO Missouri residents struggled through a fourth straight day of storms on Tuesday, fighting rising floodwaters that inundated homes, forced evacuations and closed highways and even part of the Mississippi River. | Video
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Magnitude 4.7 quake hits east of Los Angeles: USGS
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Top aide to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un dies in car crash: KCNA
SEOUL A senior North Korean ruling party official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car accident, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, in the latest event to hit the close circle of deputies of the country's leader.
Exclusive: Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with female slaves
WASHINGTON Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females. | Video
France calls for EU crackdown on fake Syrian passports
PARIS France has asked the European Union to improve the detection of fake Syrian passports used by people trying to get into Europe after two of the suicide bombers in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks were found carrying such passports.
Syrian army, backed by air strikes, advances toward southern town
BEIRUT Syrian troops backed by heavy aerial bombardment pushed toward a strategic town in the southern province of Deraa on Tuesday after capturing a nearby military base, the army said.
Cleveland police to review shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice
CLEVELAND Cleveland police will review from start-to-finish the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice to determine if the two officers involved or others should face disciplinary action in the November 2014 incident, officials said on Tuesday.
Georgia, with eye on 2016 election, switches prime minister
TBILISI Lawmakers in Georgia voted on Tuesday to approve Georgy Kvirikashvili as the ex-Soviet state's new prime minister, an appointment widely seen as an attempt to boost the ruling coalition's flagging popularity amid an economic slump.

