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Danish gov't launches pilot project to relieve student stress
The Danish government and support parties agreed late Friday to allocate 25 million Danish Krones (3.7 million U.S. dollars) for pilot projects at various educational institutions to strengthen the well-being of students in higher education.
Preservation or development? Brazil's Amazon at a crossroads
Night falls in Brazil's Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt roads that lead away from a national forest, carrying trunks of trees hundreds of years old.
Guatemalan cardinal to visit Mississippi after migrant raids
A Guatemalan cardinal who advocates for migrants will visit Mississippi following immigration raids last summer that prompted 680 arrests.
Shooting at suburban Atlanta mall injures 1 as shoppers flee
A shooting that wounded one man in a mall food court sent suburban Atlanta shoppers fleeing in panic Saturday.
Football championship dilutes grief on Newtown anniversary
Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community's high school football team — with a shooting victim's brother as linebacker — won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thrill.
Georgia man arrested after calling police 3 times to confess
A man apparently felt so bad about breaking the law that he called police three times to confess, according to police in Georgia.
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country where the Christian minority is increasingly a target of attacks. The victims included the pastor and several teenage boys; regional authorities attributed the attack to "unidentified armed men" who, according to witnesses, got away on motorcycles.
Ex-bank employee accused of taking cash from vault arrested
Federal authorities are accusing a former Wells Fargo employee of stealing more than $88,000 in cash from the vault of a bank in North Carolina.
Specialist teams hope to recover last 2 volcano victims
Specialist teams were due to return to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday to resume a land search for the bodies of two victims of an eruption which has now claimed 15 lives.
Fighting rages near Libya's capital amid push by rebel army
Just two days after rebel Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter declared a "final" and decisive battle for the capital Tripoli, heavy fighting raged for a 24-hour period between his troops and militias loosely allied with the internationally backed government based in the city, officials said Saturday.