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A Venezuelan living in Brasilia, Brazil, with his face painted in the colors of his nation's flag, gathers with fellow Venezuelans on the day of their nation's presidential election, Sunday, July 28, 2024.

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Venezuelans anxiously await results of an election that could end one-party rule

The results are not yet in. But if challenger Edmundo González beats president Nicolás Maduro, it could have ripple effects throughout the Americas.
A plane drops fire retardant on the Park Fire near Forest Ranch, Calif., Sunday, July 28, 2024. Smoke from the fire is causing air quality issues across the Northwest and parts of Canada.

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Crews battle wildfires across the U.S. West and fight to hold containment lines

The so-called Park Fire had scorched more than 550 square miles in Northern California as of Sunday, contributing to poor air quality in a large swath of the Northwestern U.S. and western Canada.

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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday.

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Harris calls herself an underdog with momentum during a fundraiser speech

In her speech, Vice President Harris spoke boldly about the stakes of the presidential election, and brushed off Donald Trump's latest attacks against her.
A helicopter searches from the air on Oct. 25, 2023, near where the mass shooting suspect's car had just been found at a boat launch in Lisbon Falls, Maine.

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The 48 hours of chaos after Maine's deadliest mass shooting raise questions about police training

An examination of the police response raises questions about whether they were adequately prepared for what happened — and whether they’d be prepared today if a mass shooter ever took aim at Maine again.
Chef Mustapha Kachetel serves a couscous royal in the restaurant Le Fémina, in Noailles.

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A new French cookbook explores Marseille as a cultural melting pot

A new cookbook celebrates Marseille, France's second-largest city.

A new French cookbook shows the diversity Marseille through its cuisine

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Palestinian children are sitting on a street flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 23, 2024, as municipal infrastructures are failing due to Israeli bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory amid the ongoing conflict with the Hamas movement. The World Health Organization is saying on July 23 that up to 14,000 people are needing medical evacuations from Gaza and is saying it is ''extremely worried'' that diseases could cause more deaths than war injuries after poliovirus is detected in the territory's sewage.

Palestinian children are sitting on a street flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 23, 2024, as municipal infrastructures are failing due to Israeli bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory amid the ongoing conflict with the Hamas movement. The World Health Organization is saying on July 23 that up to 14,000 people are needing medical evacuations from Gaza and is saying it is ''extremely worried'' that diseases could cause more deaths than war injuries after poliovirus is detected in the territory's sewage. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images/NurPhoto hide caption

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Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater

The territory hasn't had any polio cases for 25 years but this suggests the virus is spreading. Polio experts are scrambling to figure out the origins and whether or not there are active cases.

ATC & digital Friday 7/26: Polio in Gaza sewage

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Israeli security forces and medics transport casualties along with local residents, at a site where a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights area on Saturday.

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Middle East crisis — explained

A rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, after Israel struck a Gaza school

A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region, on the same day that an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens.

Children were main casualties in strikes in Gaza and near Israel's Northern border

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