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HARDAN, Iraq (AP) — Mass graves created by the Islamic State group may contain hundreds of bodies scattered across Iraq and Syria. The Associated Press has documented and mapped 72 of those graves, the most comprehensive survey so far. And more are expected to be uncovered as the Islamic State group's territory shrinks.
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Forecasters expect a tropical depression to become a tropical storm before brushing the North Carolina coast Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and high winds to the barrier islands. And the National Hurricane Center in Miami says another tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico could hit northern Florida as a tropical storm later in the week and possibly head toward the Atlantic coast.
TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon is about to barrel into northern Japan, threatening to bring floods to an area still recovering from the 2011 tsunami. Typhoon Lionrock has already paralyzed traffic, caused blackouts and prompted officials to urge residents to evacuate. It's off the Fukushima coast, packing winds up to 78 miles per hour and it's expected to make landfall later Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of the Los Angeles children's services department says the family of a severely malnourished 11-year-old boy whose body was found in a closet had been the subject of six prior reports to the department. Department director Philip Browning says some of the reports came before Yonatan (yohn'-ah-tahn) Aguilar was born, and involved at least one of his siblings. Browning says Yonatan's teachers and a hospital social worker also reported possible abuse or neglect, but the county determined the child hadn't been abused.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian Gene Wilder is dead at age 83. He died Sunday night of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Wilder starred in several Mel Brooks films, including "The Producers," ''Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein." Brooks calls Wilder "one of the truly great talents of our time."
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