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Schools grapple with obligations to migrants in shelters

By Sally Ho, Associated Press

A small number of U.S. school systems are preparing for the first day of school on both their public campuses and in new classrooms set up at nearby federal youth migrant shelters.

Big quakes trigger landslides on Indonesia’s Lombok island

By Rosidin Sembahulun, Associated Press

Strong earthquakes jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, causing power blackouts, landslides and damage to buildings, as the tourist hotspot tries to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people.

US says conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs.

Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage

By Omar Akour, Associated Press

More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.

Trump says WH lawyer McGahn isn’t ‘a John Dean type ‘RAT”

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that White House lawyer Don McGahn isn’t “a John Dean type ‘RAT,'” making reference to the Watergate-era White House attorney who turned on Richard Nixon. Trump, in a series of angry tweets,…

Women win primaries in record numbers, look to November

By Christina A. Cassidy, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

Women are not just running for office in record numbers this year — they are winning.

Migrant spouse of pregnant woman detained on way to hospital

By Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press

A California woman said Saturday that she had to drive herself to the hospital and give birth without her husband after he was detained by immigration agents.

This scientist chases wildfires to better predict fire behavior

By Andrea Thompson, Scientific American

To know what a wildfire might do next, researchers need to know how an inferno interacts with the atmosphere.

Pakistan’s Imran Khan sworn in as prime minister

By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

Pakistan's cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan was sworn in as prime minister on Saturday despite protests by opposition parties, which accuse the security services of intervening on his behalf in last month's elections.

800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state

By Aijaz Rahi, Associated Press

Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India's Kerala state, officials said Sunday.