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Rescue workers rushed to the scene of a US-Bangla Airlines jetliner that crashed at an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday.

Passenger Plane Crashes At Nepal Airport; Dozens Of Injuries Reported

A US-Bangla Airlines jet crashed as it was landing at the main airport in Kathmandu, breaking apart in a nearby field after it veered off the runway.

Women detainees at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Unlike Ellis Island, where 98 percent of incoming immigrants made their way through, 18 percent of the applicants at Angel Island were initially rejected – and five percent deported outright – after grueling interrogations, and harrowing detentions.

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Flowers representing the 53 countries in the Commonwealth adorn the veil worn by Meghan Markle.

Not Everybody Was A Fan Of Meghan Markle's Wedding Veil

The veil depicted 53 flowers representing the nations of the Commonwealth. And that has prompted a backlash in India.

Marketing payments to doctors by makers of opioids have declined.

Opioid-Makers Cut Back On Marketing Payments To Doctors

ProPublica found that drugmakers spent less to market opioids to doctors in 2016 than in prior years. Studies have shown that payments to doctors are linked to more prescriptions for the drugs.

Billy McFarland, promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in New York.

Fyre Festival Promoter Billy McFarland Pleads Guilty To Fraud

The man behind a promised luxury music event in the Bahamas admits defrauding investors and faces federal prison time as well as many civil lawsuits.

Nicaraguan refugees fleeing their country due to unrest sleep in a Christian church in San José, Costa Rica, on July 28.

200 Nicaraguans Claim Asylum Daily In Costa Rica, Fleeing Violent Unrest

For over four months, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has responded forcefully to nationwide protests. As many as 23,000 are seeking refuge next door.

Grumpy Cat appears unimpressed posing for a photo during an interview at The Associated Press bureau in Los Angeles in December 2015.

Grumpy Cat Awarded $710,000 In Copyright Infringement Suit

A jury said that Grenade Beverages illegally used the social media star's likeness on a line of coffee grounds and T-shirts promoting its "Grumppuccino" brand iced coffee.

Dozens of migrant women and their children arrive at a bus station in McAllen, Texas, following their release by Customs and Border Protection last month.

Judge Rejects Trump Administration's Bid To Detain Migrant Children Indefinitely

The Justice Department had requested changes to a settlement that bars the detention of children for more than 20 days. But a judge dismissed the move as a "cynical attempt" to shift responsibility.

An informal tented settlement for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. AHA members filmed at this camp, gathering footage for their fundraising video

A German Far-Right Group Aids Syrian Refugees — To Stop Them From Reaching Europe

A far-right movement is providing aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but not for purely humanitarian reasons. The few refugees who received help didn't know the group aims to keep them out of Germany.

A crowd gathered in downtown Annapolis on Friday to honor five people who were killed in Thursday's attack on the Capital Gazette offices.

Annapolis Mourns Employees Killed In The Capital Gazette Attack

Five people were fatally shot while doing their jobs at the newsroom on Thursday. Devastated and in mourning, hundreds gathered across the city on Friday to honor them.

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