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Hawaii Volcano Spews Most Powerful Ash Plume In Days

By SOPHIA YAN and CALEB JONES , Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted anew early Thursday with little sound and only modest fury, spewing a steely gray plume of ash about 30,000 feet (9,100 meters) into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town. The explosion at the summit came…
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US Has A Daunting To-Do List To Get Ready For North Korea Summit

By CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER AND MATTHEW LEE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Who sits where? What's on the agenda? Will they eat together? What's the security plan? President Donald Trump and his team have a daunting to-do list to work through as they prepare for next month's expected summit with North Korean leader…
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Business Acquaintance Of California Blast Victim Arrested

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AMANDA LEE MYERS , Associated Press ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — A business acquaintance of the woman killed in a Southern California office building explosion has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an unregistered destructive device, the FBI said Thursday. The arrest of Stephen Beal, 59, followed a search of his…
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Signs Of Bomb Found At Site Of Deadly California Explosion

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AMANDA LEE MYERS , Associated Press ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — A deadly explosion that ripped through a Southern California day spa was a crime, authorities said Wednesday as they tried to figure out why someone would target a business that provided facials, waxing and wrinkle treatments. Authorities declined to say…
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North Korea Threatens To Cancel Trump-Kim Summit Over Drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG , Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald Trump, saying it has no interest in a "one-sided" affair meant to pressure the North to abandon its nuclear…
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