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BEIRUT – Activists and state media say Syrian troops who had been besieged for nearly a month in a hospital compound in the country’s northwest managed to withdraw. State TV says the troops pulled out of the compound in the town of Jisr al-Shughour and reached government-held areas as other …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities say three children have been injured after a waterspout made landfall at Fort Lauderdale Beach and sent an inflatable bounce house flying into the air. Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Deanna Greenlaw posted on Twitter that when the waterspout came ashore Monday afternoon, it uprooted the …

PARIS – In a rare ceremony, France is honoring four people who resisted the Nazis during World War II by inducting them into Paris’ Pantheon mausoleum. The highly symbolic two-day event is aimed at uniting the French against extremism and anti-Semitism after deadly attacks earlier this year. French President Francois …