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'This can't be happening': The fateful 11 minutes of the Las Vegas mass shooting

Worst mass shooting in U.S. history unfolded in just 11 minutes

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Bridgescape Learning Center's Capital High School, part of the EdisonLearning umbrella, on September 21, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio. The charter school is in a strip mall with numerous abandoned storefronts.

For-profit charter schools bill taxpayers for empty desks
Schools touted by Betsy DeVos aggressively recruit at-risk students, offer barebones courses, and boost revenue by inflating enrollment.

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In this Sept. 2, 2017, photo, a worker stacks crates at the Yanbian Shenghai Industry & Trade Co. Ltd., which hires some North Korean workers to process seafood in the city of Hunchun in northeastern China's Jilin province. In an effort to boost the

North Koreans prepping seafood for U.S. stores, restaurants
Besides seafood, AP found North Korean laborers making wood flooring and sewing garments in Chinese factories.

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton speaks to the media following a win over the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass.

Contrary to what Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton says, sexism isn't funny
Newton's disparaging response to a female reporter's question is a reminder of how far we still have to go.

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Kathia Ramirez, right, holds her son Rowen Salinas, 11 months, as her husband Randy Salinas holds their daughter Fridah Salinas, 2, during a protest in favor of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in front of the Te

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Damaged homes and trees stripped of their leaves are seen throughout Yabucoa, Puerto Rico eleven days after Hurricane Maria struck the island, Oct. 2, 2017.

Why Puerto Rico donations lag behind fundraising for Harvey, Irma victims
Harvey and Irma donations greatly exceed funds raised for Maria relief, according to large relief organizations, citing a range of possible reasons

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In this Jan. 29, 1974, file photo, singer and poet Bob Dylan performs at the Nassau Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York.

British writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 109 times to 113 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2016.

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3 U.S. Army special operations commandos killed in Niger
They were likely attacked by militants from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

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Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., walks from the chamber before a vote at the Capitol on Sept. 14, 2017.

New Democratic ads would give Steve Bannon assist in war against Paul Ryan, GOP incumbents
If Stephen K. Bannon, the former Trump chief strategist, intends to target House Speaker Paul Ryan, Democrats will lend a hand.

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Former 'Glee' actor Mark Salling in December 2013 in Hollywood.

'Glee' actor pleads guilty in child pornography case
Mark Salling, who played "Puck" on the musical Fox series, reached a deal to plead guilty to child porn possession.