President Trump and his allies stoked conspiracy theories around Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, but then backtracked and declared an end to the investigation. Backlash ensued.

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates.

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Both nations accused the other of firing first in their deadliest fighting in more than a decade. Thai authorities said the clashes had killed 11 civilians and a soldier.

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Barely a week after devastating floods destroyed Camp Mystic and killed at least 134, Camp CAMP, which serves disabled youth, reopened Monday, thanks to a herculean cleanup led by a volunteer army.

Hunt, Texas, a small town where the north and south forks of the Guadalupe River meet, is grieving the July 4 flood. But even as the search for the missing continues, rebuilding has begun.