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French wildfires force 12,000 people to flee coastal resort areas

French wildfires force 12,000 people to flee coastal resort areas

Some 12,000 people -- including 3,000 campers -- reportedly moved to safety in Bormes-les-Mimosas, east of Marseille.

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Highway Patrol: 2 dead, 6 hurt in South Dakota crash

At least two people were killed and six hurt when a car slammed into a group of people and then into a nursing home Monday in southeast South Dakota in an apparent accident, authorities said.
by Associated Press

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Minneapolis man charged in deadly crash with Metro Transit bus

Minneapolis man charged in deadly crash with Metro Transit bus

Tyler Randall Bjelland has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide after crashing his car through a Metro Transit bus Friday night in St. Paul.
by John Enger

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Death toll reaches 10 in immigrant-smuggling case in Texas

The death toll climbed to 10 in the case of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants, federal authorities said Monday as a suspect in the smuggling case awaited a court appearance.
by The Associated Press

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I-494 shut down at Portland Avenue bridge

"Law enforcement activity" has closed both directions of Interstate 494 between Minnesota Highway 77 and Interstate 35W at Portland Avenue. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is warning drivers to expect delays.
by MPR News Staff

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Canadians return home as wildfires subside, smoke invades Minnesota

More than 45,000 people remained out of their homes Tuesday as 155 wildfires burned in British Columbia. Cache Creek, with a population of about 1,000, was the first major community to be evacuated on July 7.
by The Associated Press

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Bodies found in Swiss glacier believed to be couple missing since 1942

Bodies found in Swiss glacier believed to be couple missing since 1942

Two bodies have been discovered in a shrinking glacier by a worker from a ski lift company, according to Swiss media, and they are believed to be a couple who disappeared some 75 years ago.

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Rescue teams remember I-35W bridge collapse at wreath laying ceremony

Rescue teams remember I-35W bridge collapse at wreath laying ceremony

Rear Admiral Fritz Roegge said that the week is, "designed to help the Navy have conversations with Minnesotans on who we are, what we do and why it matters. And certainly, ten years ago, it mattered."
by George Dornbach

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