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Chances that a system in the north Atlantic monitored by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) will strengthen into a tropical storm in the next few days have escalated to 40 percent. On Friday morning, the NHC began monitoring two additional…

DNA evidence from a discarded cigarette has helped investigators finally solve the murder of a 33-year-old woman in Washington state after 44 years. Kenneth Kundert was arrested in Arkansas on a nationwide murder warrant out of Washington, police said. He…