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Beach patrol personnel monitor conditions in July 2014 in Nags Head, N.C.

A 17-year-old died in the Outer Banks after a sand dune collapsed on top of him

The teenager's friends and family had been looking for him. He was found buried underneath several feet of sand.

"I have to observe self-isolation and follow orders of doctors," Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. "This is necessary to protect my colleagues."

Russia's Prime Minister Says He Has Coronavirus, As Country Tops 100,000 Cases

Speaking during a videoconference with President Vladimir Putin that was broadcast on state-run TV, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that he had tested positive for the virus.

Former Department of Justice official Jeff Clark speaks during a news conference on Sept. 14, 2020. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena for Clark.

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas a Trump ally who promised to pursue his election fraud claims

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was a key figure in a recent Senate report for his promises to pursue former President Donald Trump's false election fraud claims.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department, last week.

5 Chinese State Media Outlets In U.S. Told To Reduce Nationals On Staffs

The news organizations will be limited to 100 Chinese employees in the U.S. The State Department says the move is aimed at ending restrictions on U.S. journalists working in China.

U.S. Is Evacuating Afghan Allies — But Thousands Might Not Get Out Before Aug. 31

Officials say evacuation flights have resumed at the Kabul airport after chaos on Monday. But it's unclear if the thousands of Afghans who worked with U.S. forces can get out by the Aug. 31 deadline.

U.S. steak is sold among cuts of beef from Australia and New Zealand. Because the U.S. lacks a free trade agreement with China, its beef is expensive in China. As a result, it doesn't sell as well as beef from competing markets.

Shaky U.S.-China Trade Relationship Will Top Trump's Agenda In Beijing

Many U.S. businesses say they're treated unfairly in China. And there are concerns about Chinese acquisitions of U.S. companies.

In Mosul, reminders of the Islamic State's brutal rule include a school wall covered with drawings showing how militants executed their prisoners. The U.N. says the area around the city holds mass graves where thousands of people were buried.

Islamic State Dumped At Least 6,000 Bodies In Mass Graves In Iraq, U.N. Says

"Victims include women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities, members and former members of the Iraqi armed forces and police," says a new U.N. report that details 202 mass graves.

A British National Overseas passport (right) and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport. China said Friday it will no longer recognize the BNO passport as a valid travel document or form of identification.

China Will No Longer Recognize British Hong Kong Travel Document

Britain had offered Hong Kong holders of overseas citizenship a path to residency and citizenship in the U.K. China rejects the move as an infringement on its sovereignty.

Salvadoran Woman in WNC Files Appeal Fighting Judge's Deportation Order

A 21-year-old Salvadoran woman living in Western North Carolina is fighting an immigration judge’s order for her deportation. As a teenager, she fled from…

The Karm al-Jabal neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, in a picture taken during a sandstorm Friday. A U.S. court has issued a temporary order that one Syrian family's asylum petition be processed regardless of President Trump's new travel ban.

A Judge Orders One Syrian Family's Asylum Request Be Processed

The temporary order sets aside President Trump's most recent travel ban, but just for this one case. But lawsuits in other courts are seeking to overturn the executive order entirely.

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