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TILTON, N.H. — Scientists have long known ospreys make an epic journey each summer from New England to South America. But the details of their dangerous trip remained a mystery — until now.

ISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday his country is willing to accept a role for Syrian President Bashar Assad during a transitional period but insisted he has no place in Syria's future.

DALLAS — Most restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Mexico will lift today, a change expected to bring more options and possibly lower prices for travelers.

WASHINGTON — There's something about bulldozers and hard hats that brings a family together.
It worked for Donald Trump and his father. And it worked for Donald Trump and his children.

WASHINGTON — Democratic megadonors, including George Soros and Tom Steyer, are putting millions of dollars into efforts to put Hillary Clinton in the White House and win control of the Senate. Their investment comes as Republicans worry about not only their nominee Donald Trump's chances, but also his effect on down-ballot races.

WINSTED — The transformation of the police department under Chief William T. Fitzgerald continues with the recent addition of iPads to the officers' high-tech arsenal.

Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It's no day at the beach, but Hillary Clinton is having the political equivalent of a quiet August.

MORRIS — The blue-green algae that led to the three public beaches on Bantam Lake being closed to swimming this month is nothing new. It has been fouling the water and irritating the eyes, ears, noses and throats of swimmers for as long as anyone familiar with the lake can remember.

NEW HARTFORD — "No fishing" signs went up Friday along sections of the Farmington River for the first time in memory, including a section in New Hartford near East Mountain Brook.

ST. AMANT, La. — Louisiana continues to dig itself out from devastating floods, with search parties going door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped by flooding so powerful in some cases it disturbed the dead and sent caskets floating from cemeteries.