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DALLAS – A 92-year-old Dallas woman has adopted her 76-year-old cousin to formalize the loving relationship that the two women have had for decades. Family court Judge Kim Cooks this week approved Muriel Clayton’s adoption of Mary Smith. Clayton had raised Smith since childhood, following the death of Smith’s father …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say federal police have destroyed a marijuana plantation containing more than 72 metric tons of plants. The National Security Commission says in a statement that the plantation covered a little over 3 acres (about 13,500 square meters). It was located in the town of Ixtlan …

At least 20 Afghan police officers were killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country’s volatile southern Helmand province, an official said Saturday. Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province’s joint coordination of police and military operations, said the ambushes late Friday night hit checkpoints in the Musa Qala …