‘That can distract our investigation’: Police warn against false tips in Bel Air
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Continue Reading ‘They don’t know how to deal with conflict’: Chief, parents address bullying
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Continue Reading More criminal complaints filed against University of Iowa and Iowa State players in gambling investigation
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Continue Reading Webb telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe Earendel, the most distant star ever…
Continue Reading 3 hunters are dead after trying to rescue a dog trapped in a hole in the ground, authorities say
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Three hunters from Florida and a dog were found dead after they got trapped in an underground cistern partially…
Continue Reading The origins of special counsels, their powers and what to expect in the Hunter Biden probe
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Continue Reading Smoke rushed in, then they ran. How local Maui residents faced the fire that killed their neighbors and leveled their town
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Continue Reading Brice Marden, painter revered for his distinctive approach to abstraction, dies at 84
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Continue Reading IRS cannot find millions of backup tax records, watchdog says
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Target recalls 2.2 million candles that pose a safety threat
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Pints & Purrs 2023 set Saturday
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Mudslides in Lemhi County are starting to get cleaned up
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Continue Reading El secretario de Justicia de EE.UU. nombra a un fiscal especial para el caso de Hunter Biden
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Continue Reading Oprah Winfrey visits Maui shelters and donates time, supplies to fire evacuees
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Continue Reading Farmer, legislator talk impacts of Inflation Reduction Act
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Continue Reading They lost everything in the Paradise fire. Now they’re reliving their grief as fires rage in Hawaii
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Continue Reading Argentines to vote in a primary election that’s expected to set the stage for a rightward shift
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VA extends PACT Act deadline to Aug. 14 for backdated benefits after website issues
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Judge Chutkan says Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’
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Continue Reading Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours
WDRB By Amy Simonson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the…
Continue Reading Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses and in schools for hours
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Continue Reading ¿Qué pasa si no voto en las elecciones presidenciales en Argentina? ¿Hay multa?
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Continue Reading Math teacher at HISD middle school accused of having sexual relationships with 2 of his students
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“My health has been better than it has in 25 years” – Local athlete Rod Hutchins tells story of recovery
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Continue Reading NW Harris County neighborhood worried about ‘illicit activity’ after squatters take over home
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Continue Reading South Salt Lake elementary school welcomes students from abroad
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Continue Reading Italy gets back 266 antiquities from New York seizures after collector approaches Houston museum
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Continue Reading Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — The Premier League kicks off this weekend and one of the most highly anticipated games of the opening weekend…
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Who is David Weiss, the special counsel overseeing Hunter Biden criminal probe?
By Shawna Mizelle and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — David Weiss, the Donald Trump-appointed US attorney who on Friday was named a…
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Hayden Fire closure reduced
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Continue Reading Opinion: Maui fire shows that Hawaii paradise was a dream
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Continue Reading Attorney general appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe, deepening investigation
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Continue Reading Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys home in Miami’s ‘billionaire bunker.’ Tom Brady will be his neighbor
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Continue Reading Former Catholic priest admits to sexual misconduct with 11-year-old boy he took on beach vacation
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Continue Reading Kenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee’s. The actual suspects were in the bathroom
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Continue Reading US attorney leading Hunter Biden criminal probe is now a special counsel after plea talks break down and a trial looms
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Idaho AG Raúl Labrador ordered to rewrite titles of ranked-choice voting ballot initiative
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Man arrested after standoff in Salmon
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Continue Reading More than 1 million barrels of oil removed from deteriorating tanker moored off Yemen, UN says
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Continue Reading Dog finds woman in cornfield, 2 days after she disappeared in Michigan crash
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Continue Reading Two teens injured after shooting inside library, 3 teens face charges
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IDL hiring seasonal workers to meet surging demand for wildland firefighting equipment and supplies
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Continue Reading Opinion: Biden needs to steal a page from the Reagan playbook
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Continue Reading Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records
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US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago
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Continue Reading Ruble touches 99 to the US dollar, continuing the Russian currency’s monthslong fall
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Continue Reading Clayton County DA speaks out on Eric Holmes case after mother pleads for indictment
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Playing football may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease, study suggests
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Continue Reading Zelensky says all officials in charge of military recruitment offices dismissed amid corruption scandal
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Smoke rushed in, then they ran. How ordinary Maui residents faced the fire that killed their neighbors and leveled their town
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Continue Reading Olivia Rodrigo shows off a bad girl side in new ‘Bad Idea Right?’ music video
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Continue Reading Teen pleads not guilty to hate crime in killing of O’Shae Sibley, who was fatally stabbed while dancing at a Brooklyn gas station
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Continue Reading Before-and-after satellite images show Maui devastation in stark contrast
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Continue Reading 6 suspects in custody in Meriden after 48 hour crime spree
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Continue Reading Illinois Supreme Court upholds state’s assault-style weapons ban
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Continue Reading Woman living on Maui forced to flee fires to Oregon
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Continue Reading Gov. Kelly: Flags will fly half-staffed Monday to honor fallen Fairway officer Jonah Oswald
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Continue Reading Attorney says MCPSS teacher acted in self defense before she allegedly fired shots into a car
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Continue Reading 5 kids found malnourished, weighing less than 55lbs, in Racine home; mother charged
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Continue Reading Amazon warns employees who don’t go to the office enough
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Continue Reading Asylum-seekers removed from controversial UK barge after bacteria discovered
By Zahid Mahmood and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Asylum-seekers have been removed from a controversial barge in southern England…
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US consumers are feeling less optimistic about the economy for the first time this summer
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Continue Reading Celebrity hair, makeup and nail stylists: How the Hollywood strikes have affected glam squads
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Continue Reading After reported suicide of participant, human research studies suspended at psychiatric institute affiliated with Columbia University
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Continue Reading UN announces release of 5 staff members kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen 18 months ago
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Continue Reading ‘Heart of Stone’ suits up Gal Gadot in a not-so-wonderful spy thriller
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‘Heart of Stone’ suits up Gal Gadot in a not-so-wonderful spy thriller
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Continue Reading China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London stall amid local opposition
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Continue Reading Russia and Ukraine trade aerial attacks as Zelenskyy makes another move against corruption
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