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LITHONIA, Ga. – Two federal agents were shot early Friday at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex while serving search warrant for firearms. The agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and DeKalb County police were met with “numerous rounds of gunfire” after knocking and announcing their presence, …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Several key Taliban leaders and about 50 fighters have been killed in a NATO-led operation to clear militants from Afghanistan’s violence-plagued south, officials said Wednesday. Afghan forces are participating in the offensive in Kandahar’s Panjwayi and Zhari districts, where NATO’s biggest ground battle in its history — …

SEATTLE – The death toll from the Northwest’s worst windstorm in more than a decade climbed to 10 Monday, while nearly a quarter million homes and businesses remained without power in hard-hit western Washington. At least 100 people have developed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning blamed on the use of …