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  • WorldAssociated Press

    China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines

    For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fi

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  • USLA Times

    Three friends drove from California to Mexico for a surfing trip. Then they disappeared

    Two Australian brothers and their American friend are missing after they visited Mexico's Baja California for a surfing trip.

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  • OpinionUSA TODAY Opinion

    I'm a student who was arrested at a Columbia protest. I am not a hero, nor am I a villain.

    We are not the heroes, nor are we the villains – the latter category belongs to Columbia and the broken system it refuses to heal.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students

    Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. Sanders signed an executive order stating that Arkansas schools will continue to enforce restrictions on which bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use, laws that could be invalidated by the new regulations on how to enforce Titl

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  • USLA Times

    'Folks, it's bad': Merced sheriff warns of public safety crisis as deputy vacancies mount

    Like many rural counties, Merced is losing deputies to jurisdictions that pay more. The shortage is so dire, Sheriff Vern Warnke is sometimes the only one available to respond to calls for help.

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  • WorldCNN

    China’s Shaolin monks are known for their incredible acrobatics. This photographer captured them in action

    The photographer reflects on how he took the memorable shot back in 2004, in one of the martial arts academies that had sprung up near the Shaolin Temple.

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  • HealthYahoo Canada Style

    'I feel like I have razor blades in my vagina': What to know about symptoms of menopause that are often misdiagnosed

    The 57-year-old actress previously said her doctor mistook her menopause symptoms as herpes.

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