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A bear in New Mexico climbed atop a garbage truck and rode at least 5 miles. (Maybe he thought it was an Uber?) Finally the driver took a suggestion to back up to a tree so the bear could climb down.

The troubled Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will have their opening ceremony on Friday. We get a sneak preview of how the country will be showcasing its unique culture and heritage.

The Coast Guard recommended a 58 percent salary hike for ship pilots on the Great Lakes. Shipping companies and associations are suing, saying the hike could push freighters to carry cargo elsewhere.

In Pennsylvania, disposal of out-of-state waste is an important revenue source for some small towns. But Keystone Sanitary Landfill's plan to expand is meeting strong opposition.

Descendants of Jews who escaped Nazi-occupied France recently gathered to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who issued some 30,000 visas to Jews and others before he was recalled.

Russia is experiencing its first anthrax outbreak in more than 70 years. One child died. Health officials think it might have been triggered by warming permafrost, which unleashed dormant bacteria.

Sales of food labeled "non-GMO" are booming, and it's starting to annoy organic food companies. They see the non-GMO label as cut-rate competition that doesn't deliver what shoppers imagine.

Clinton still has far more cash in the bank, but Trump has caught up considerably.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said there was no quid pro quo with the $400 million payment, which he said was tied to a claim Iran launched in an international tribunal.

All 300 passengers and crew survived, but a firefighter died during rescue operations. Video on social media shows the plane with black smoke rising. Then a massive fireball erupts from the aircraft.