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Most of the 55 people killed and the dozens who were injured when a truck packed with migrants flipped over in southern Mexico on Thursday were Guatemalans, authorities said on Friday, as survivors recounted the horror of the accident.

A large explosion rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Friday night, causing a number of injuries and leading to reports of a number of deaths.

Two mountain lion kittens that survived after a litter of four was found under a picnic table are being cared for at a Southern California veterinary hospital, officials said.

A Michigan man who was convicted of killing his wife by spiking her cereal with heroin was sentenced Friday to life in prison.

At least 49 people, most of them migrants from Central America, died in a trailer accident in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, emergency services said on Thursday.

Southern California receiver Drake London has declared his eligibility for the upcoming NFL draft after three seasons with the Trojans.

The Los Angeles Board of Education has chosen the longtime superintendent of MiamiDade County Public Schools to be the next superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, officials said Thursday.

Dozens of people have been killed in violence this week in three separate areas of Sudan's West Darfur region and thousands of people have fled the violence, local medics said.

Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a redrawn Maryland congressional map on Thursday, and the General Assembly was scheduled to gather for votes to potentially override his veto later in the day.

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The game plan for the Carolina Panthers heading into an NFC South matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday is pretty simple: run the football.

Lyon has been docked one point by the French league's disciplinary committee, which also ordered a replay of the match between Lyon and Marseille that was abandoned after a spectator threw a bottle at Dimitri Payet.

Relatives of a Chechen man shot dead in Berlin two years ago accused the Russian government on Wednesday of trying to send a message to its political enemies with his slaying, the German news agency dpa reported.

For the immediate Omicron threat, most companies are working on new versions of their existing vaccines targeting the variant.

Some scientists, poring over data from South Africa and the United Kingdom, suggest omicron could emerge the victor.

Brent Venables already has received two Oklahoma welcomes fit for a king.