The three people got into trouble Saturday afternoon at Tuckerman Ravine, an area popular with backcountry skiers, according to officials.
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U.S. flies forces in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel
Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, traveled to Kenya to push for the U.N.-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country to fight the gangs. But a Kenyan court ruled such a deployment would be unconstitutional.
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Heavy rain brings more flooding, power outages to coastal Maine
Wind gusts and falling trees knocked out power for thousands Sunday. Portland received 2.5 inches of rain on top of the already saturated ground.
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Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, meaning month of fasting starts Monday for many
The sacred month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Muslim world.
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3 dead, several injured in early-morning shooting in Arkansas
Officers found multiple gunshot victims when they arrived at the scene around 5 a.m. Sunday, police said.
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Brazil’s staggering dengue fever crisis is a warning to the world
Not since the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when hospital systems all over this country ruptured under the weight of the disease, has Brazil witnessed such scenes.
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An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus
The new push for aid came in the final hours before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which could start as early as Sunday evening, depending on the sighting of a crescent moon.
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Nearly 300 students were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis plaguing Africa’s most populous country.
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Diaries of presidents offer history in the raw – even the naked – and may have secrets to tell
In these journals they confide to themselves, express raw opinions, trace even the humdrum habits of their day and offer seat-of-the-pants insight on monumental decisions of their time.