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The Placer County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding to reports of gunfire heard near a small, private school in North Auburn on Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the sound of gunfire ...

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The United States dismissed a $53 billion, five-year reconstruction plan for Gaza backed by Arab states, saying President ...

North Korea recently sent some 3,500 additional soldiers to Russia's Far East for field training, a South Korean lawmaker ...