Firefighters are battling devastating wildfires in the US that have reduced hundreds of homes to smouldering ruins and threatened California's renowned wine region.
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NEW YORK - Soul legend Aretha Franklin, the daughter of a preacher, will sing for Pope Francis during his highly anticipated visit to the United States this month.
NEW YORK - Thousands of New Yorkers will get to test a smart device installed in their vehicles to warn them of impending dangers and congestion.
JACKSON, Mississippi - A professor has been killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi and the campus remains in lockdown with the shooter still believed to be on the loose.
PARIS - France's honorary consul in Turkey has resigned after she was found to be selling rubber dinghies and life jackets to migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
MOSCOW - Russia's antitrust authority has found US internet giant Google guilty of unfairly keeping rival services off mobile devices in a probe demanded by local search engine provider Yandex.
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple says pre-orders for its new iPhones set for release this month are on a pace to top last year's record for new handsets.
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