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Iraqis paddles a kayak on the Tigris River banks in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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South carolina

Two in apartment where Panettiere died

GREENVILLE -- Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend.

A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afternoon was met by the brothers and then observed paramedics performing CPR on an unresponsive woman. No cause has been determined, and her death remains under investigation.

district of columbia

Judge blocks moving FBI headquarters

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington.

The decision finds that President Donald Trump's administration illegally discarded a previously approved plan to build a new facility in Maryland.

World

liberia

Country to accept deportees from US

MONROVIA -- Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to authorities in the West African country.

The deportees will be received within a year, with the first group of 20 expected on Thursday. Liberia's Information Minister, Jerolinmek Piah, said the deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America, and the Caribbean.

syria

Israel strikes air base to stop deployment

DAMASCUS -- Israel has struck an air base in northwest Syria, aiming to prevent Turkish troops from deploying there.

The attack on the Abu Duhur air base in Idlib caused damage but no casualties.

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