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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speak during a Likud-Yisrael Beitenu campaign rally in the port city of Ashdod.Israel's defense minister officially stepped down on Sunday, May 22, 2016 capping a tumultuous week of politics that is expected to result in the replacement of the former military chief with an inexperienced hard-liner in the sensitive post. Moshe Yaalon's departure cleared the way for Lieberman, one of Israel's most polarizing politicians, to take over as defense chief. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

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Israeli defense chief steps down

by Aron Heller Associated PressMay 22, 2016

This photo taken by freelance photographer Abdul Malik on Saturday, May 21, 2016, purports to show volunteers standing near the wreckage of the destroyed vehicle, in which Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour was allegedly traveling in the Ahmed Wal area in Baluchistan province of Pakistan, near Afghanistan border. A senior commander of the Afghan Taliban confirmed on Sunday that the extremist group's leader, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Abdul Malik)

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Afghan leaders hail Taliban chief’s death

by Lynne ODonnell Associated Press, and Mirwais Khan Associated PressMay 22, 2016

File- This July 13, 2015, file photo shows Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite and Sunni pro-government fighters preparing to attack Islamic State group positions in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operations to retake the Islamic State-held held city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad in a televised address Sunday, May 22, 2016. Iraqi forces are "approaching a moment of great victory" against the Islamic State group, al-Abadi said surrounded by top military commanders from the ministry of defense and the country's elite counter terrorism forces. Fallujah has been under the control of IS for more than two years. (AP Photo, File)

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Bid to retake Fallujah launched

by Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated PressMay 22, 2016

Bishop Daniel, deputy priest of Al-Boutrossiya Church, swings an incense burner during prayers for the departed, remembering the victims of Thursday's crash of EgyptAir flight 804, at Al-Boutrossiya Church, the main Coptic Cathedral complex, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 22, 2016. Making his first public comments since the crash of the Airbus A320 while en route from Paris to Cairo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Sunday, in comments broadcast live on Egyptian TV channels, that it “will take time” to determine the exact cause of the crash, which killed all 66 people on board. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Submarine joins hunt for crashed jet’s black boxes

by Hamza Hendawi Associated Press, and Ahmed Hatem Associated PressMay 22, 2016

A morel mushroom is shown in a blackened forest near Conconully, Wash., in June 2007.

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Mushroom hunting heating up after wildfires

by Keith Ridler Associated PressMay 22, 2016

A Massachusetts State Police diver uses a metal detector to search Stoneville Pond near the site where Auburn police Officer Ronald Tarentino was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Auburn, Mass., Sunday, May 22, 2016. A suspect is on the loose, authorities said. (Rick Cinclair/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Massachusetts police kill suspect in officer slaying

by Staff Report May 22, 2016

Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee member Vira Douangmany Cage, right, speaks out in support of Pelham Elementary mother Aisha Hiza,who was issued a stay-away order by Superintendent Maria Geryk.

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Regional School Committee member backs banned mother

by Amanda Drane @amandadrane May 22, 2016

Georgie Lellman, left, of Northampton, tries to grab a pass intended for a Four Rivers defender during the Pioneer Valley Ultimate Invitational, Sunday at the Oxbow Marina Fields.

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Northampton boys ultimate defends Pioneer Valley Invitational title

by Greg Fitzpatrick For the GazetteMay 22, 2016

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Weekend high schools: Amherst sweeps final Northeastern High School Regional championships

by Staff Reports May 22, 2016

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Rims, tires stolen at Ford of Northampton

by Staff Report May 22, 2016