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Casket switch behind discovery of infant's partial remains
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have solved part of the mystery of the child's casket found on a Philadelphia sidewalk: A funeral home worker dumped it there, apparently unaware it contained some of the remains of an infant who had been transferred to another coffin for a funeral in New Jersey.
Virginia governor will not halt inmate's execution
Morva's death sentence, for killing an unarmed security guard and a sheriff's deputy in a 2006 escape from custody, has triggered renewed debate about capital punishment for the mentally ill. Governor Terry McAuliffe said examinations by prison doctors since Morva's 2008 conviction had shown no sign that he suffered from severe mental illness or delusional disorder, an ailment akin to schizophrenia, as his lawyers have argued.
Torrential rains cause severe flooding in Japan
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Troops worked to rescue hundreds of people stranded by flooding in southern Japan. Several death and nearly 20 people were still unaccounted for in flooding that wrecked homes, roads and rice terraces.
Trump arrives for G20 risking isolation over climate
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived for a G20 summit in Hamburg on Thursday, risking isolation on climate policy and the wrath of anti-capitalist protesters threatening to disrupt the meeting of the world's leading economic powers. Trump, who paused to wave when descending the steps of Air Force One with his wife Melania, faces tension with leaders of the other major economies after he decided last month to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris climate deal. "Welcome to Hell" is their greeting for Trump and other world leaders arriving Hamburg for the two-day meeting, which formally starts on Friday.
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