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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says it is rushing aid to nearly 25,000 people fleeing Ramadi for the second time in a month after the Islamic State group seized the key Iraqi city. The deputy spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, Farhan Haq, told reporters Tuesday that most of those …

ST. LOUIS – A plane carrying the Mississippi State men’s basketball players made an emergency landing in St. Louis when one of its engines failed, and a spokesman said Sunday the team plans to take a bus home. The mishap occurred after the Bulldogs defeated the Missouri Tigers 77-74 Saturday …

WASHINGTON – It will soon be legal to grow small amounts of marijuana at home and smoke it on private property in the nation’s capital. But it can’t be sold, and the District of Columbia will not tax it. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the city’s plans Tuesday to move forward …