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A levee on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River broke Tuesday in a region already battered for days by severe flooding. The breach happened just across the river from Burlington, Iowa, in Henderson County, Ill. Police subsequently shut down a bridge six miles to the south. • Click here …

CAIRO, Egypt – Offering a cigarette is as common as a handshake in Egypt, where the culture of smoking is so entrenched that patients sometimes light up in hospital rooms. But now the government is getting serious about the health risks, launching a new campaign of stark visual warnings about …

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal judge on Wednesday blocked parts of an Oklahoma law targeting illegal immigration, saying the measures are probably unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of provisions of the law that subject employers to penalties for failing to comply with …