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Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria on Wednesday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said. (July 6)

A missing 2-year-old girl from Lansing, Michigan was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced. The disappearance of Wynter Cole Smith sparked a massive three-day search. (July 6)

Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled. The latest: A trial next week to determine which handwritten document will guide how her estate is handled (July 6)(AP video: Mike Householder)
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In a disturbing nationwide trend, Indiana police find a 4-year-old girl dead from a gunshot wound by apparently by another toddler at their home.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says a bystander’s cellphone footage showing a deputy violently tackling a woman while she filmed her husband being handcuffed and then pepper-spraying her in the face is “disturbing'” (July 5)
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The wave of shootings as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July is spiking fears in communities across the U.S. and highlighting the challenges police face at preventing such violence as temperatures warm and festivities move outside. (July 5)
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The New York Liberty had a 13-hour travel day from Connecticut to Las Vegas during a recent three-game road trip. The Associated Press accompanied the team on the trip, which required two bus rides, two commercial flights and a few hours in three airpo…

Several countries, including South Africa, deployed firefighters to Canada to help local efforts to control widespread wildfires. (July 5)

Sisters of one of victims in a mass shooting in Philadelphia spoke about their anger and sorrow on the death of their brother after a man killed five and left four others wounded in a fatal shooting in Philadelphia. (July 5)
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