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ROME (AP) — A major search and rescue operation is taking place in waters north of Libya after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean. Italy's Coast Guard says at least 24 people are confirmed dead and the eventual toll could be in the hundreds. There have been 28 people rescued so far. The capsizing comes amid a wave of migrants trying to leave Libya for Italian shores. Some 900 have died trying this year.
BAGHDAD (AP) — A United Nations organization says humanitarian agencies are moving quickly to provide assistance, including food, water and shelter to more than 90,000 people fleeing the Islamic State group's advance in Iraq's western Anbar province. There's been fierce fighting in and around the provincial capital Ramadi. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs sys civilians are fleeing Ramadi and three nearby villages.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A United Nations report says Afghanistan is failing its women citizens. The report says most complaints of domestic violence are dealt with by mediation rather than prosecution. The U.N.'s assistant secretary general for human rights, Ivan Simonovic, says women often choose mediation to resolve complaints of violence, partly because they lack faith in the justice system.
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A campus cookout turned chaotic when a shooter opened fire at Delaware State University, wounding three people. Authorities say the injuries are not life threatening. No arrests have been made and students have been told to remain in their dorms.
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — Residents of some 300 Southern California homes are staying elsewhere as an out-of-control wildfire threatens the structures. Officials say the fire near a dam is in rugged terrain thick with brush and is also creating its own weather, making it difficult for fire crews.
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