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CrackerClips/iStock(JACKSON, Miss.) — All 21 of Mississippi’s beaches have been shuttered for swimming due to the presence of toxic algae. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced two additional closures on Sunday due to a blue-green harmful algal bloom, after previous closures were issued for the 19 other beaches along the state’s Gulf Coast. The …

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KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — The suspect in a road rage shooting that ignited fireworks inside a family’s car, causing serious burns, has surrendered to police. Houston County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced on Sunday evening that Bayron J. Rivera turned himself in to police in connection with the incident. The 18-year-old will be charged with four counts of …

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ktsimage/iStock(NEW YORK) — A New York couple filed a federal lawsuit against a fertility clinic claiming they gave birth to twins that were not biologically theirs. The couple said they spent more than $100,000 on treatment and other expenses at CHA Fertility Center in Los Angeles after countless attempts to conceive a child, but they …

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Barbados Coast Guard(NEW YORK) — Authorities recovered a jet ski over the weekend bearing the same registration number as the one an American couple was riding before they went missing in Barbados last month. French Navy officers found the missing jet ski hundreds of miles away in Guadeloupe on Saturday, nearly two weeks after Magdalena …

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Utku Ucrak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The seventh round of U.S.-Taliban talks is on pause until Tuesday after “the most productive session to date,” according to the chief U.S. negotiator, Zalmay Khalilzad. The pause is for two days of “intra-Afghan” talks which began Sunday in Doha, Qatar — a dialogue that finally includes the Taliban and …

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Brad Greeff/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said he did not accept reports of unsanitary conditions and limited food and water at U.S. Border Patrol stations, calling the situation at the border “extraordinarily challenging” for the department, in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday. “We have no evidence that children …

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bensib/iStock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Six Tempe, Arizona, police officers were asked to leave a local Starbucks on the Fourth of July because a customer said the officers were making them feel uncomfortable, prompting an outcry on social media and an apology from Starbucks. “Don’t appreciate Starbucks asking our Temp cops to leave on 4th of July …

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Hariandi Hafid/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A 6.9 earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake’s epicenter was in the ocean around 115 miles away from the city of Manado, at a depth of about 15.5 miles, according to the USGS. Indonesian authorities initially announced …

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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, was arrested on Saturday for alleged sex trafficking of minor girls in Florida and New York, multiple sources tell ABC News. Epstein’s arrest was first reported by The Daily Beast. Sources tell ABC News that Epstein was picked up in New York on Saturday after …

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Instagram/@sussexroyal(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s newborn baby, Archie, was christened Saturday at the Queen’s private chapel in Windsor, England. One of the photographs, taken by the Green Drawing Room, released Saturday show Harry and Meghan holding Archie; proud uncle and aunt, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; Archie’s grandfather Prince Charles, and his …

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