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U.S. diplomat found dead in Madagascar, 1 person held

An image from the embassy's website shows the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar. HANDOUT WASHINGTON -- The death of an American diplomat in Madagascar is being investigated by U.S. and local authorities and one person has been taken into custody,…

Business deals with serious flooding

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A viewer captured a flooded parking lot in Ringgold on Monday. And, over in Hamilton County you could see water sitting in spots at a gas station on a slick Standifer Gap Road. The flooding caused…

Teen survives 49 days adrift on a raft in the Pacific

An Indonesian teenager is telling an extraordinary story of how he survived seven weeks adrift at sea. Aldi Novel Adilang, 19, worked alone on a wooden fishing raft called a "rompong," which is used to trapped fish. In July, a…

Researchers mapping climate change through tree rings

Scientists are studying tree rings to learn about changes in climate over hundreds of years. Researchers showed BBC News how the width of the rings can give clues to rainfall, temperature fluctuations and even tsunamis and earthquakes. In a new lab, Cambridge…

Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016

GENEVA — Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said. The U.N. health agency also warned that current policy responses are not sufficient to reverse trends predicting an increase…

Russian opposition leader freed, re-arrested immediately

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of violating a protest law, attends a hearing at a court in Moscow, Sept. 24, 2018. Getty MOSCOW -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from jail on Monday at the end of…

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