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LEHI, Utah – A popular softball coach from Lehi has died after being shocked over the weekend during a family picnic when lightning hit a nearby tree. Carla Grow, 50, died Wednesday night, said Alpine School District spokesman David Stephenson. Grow was an assistant softball coach at Lehi High School. …

CAIRO – An Egyptian court has released the detailed ruling on why it sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison for airing what it described as “false news,” a case long criticized by press freedom advocates and others. The ruling, published by the state news agency MENA …

YANGON, Myanmar – Campaigning kicked off Tuesday for Myanmar’s Nov. 8 general election, which is expected to be the Southeast Asian country’s most credible vote in more than a half-century. A long-ruling junta made way for a civilian government more than four years ago, but the military still retains a …