Transgender woman activist killed in Honduras
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN A Texas state police captain tried to delay a law enforcement team entering the…
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Alberto Fernández of Argentina is objecting to allegations by a contestant in the local version of the…
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Continue Reading Princeton student Misrach Ewunetie found dead, officials say
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a Princeton University student from Ohio who went missing near campus roughly a week ago has been found…
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is shutting down a subsidiary that’s been selling fabrics for nearly 30 years. The…
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By Matt Foster, CNN The cheating scandal that has consumed the chess world has taken its latest twist as American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a…
Continue Reading Rape accuser testifies against filmmaker Paul Haggis
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He was a famous moviemaker. She was a publicist working a film premiere where he was a VIP…
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Continue Reading Gordy, Robinson named MusiCares’ 2023 Person of the Year
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Continue Reading Hubble shows view of ‘unexpected’ twin tail created by NASA spacecraft slamming into asteroid
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new snapshot of the asteroid that NASA recently slammed with a spacecraft in an attempt…
Continue Reading FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements
By ANGELO FICHERA The Associated Press A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should…
Continue Reading Suspect in Raleigh shootings likely killed his 16-year-old brother first, according to preliminary report
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Continue Reading 7 charged, accused of harassing Chinese national in US
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities in New York have charged seven people with harassing a Chinese national living in the U.S. to try to force him…
Continue Reading Appeals court: Graham must testify in Georgia election probe
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Continue Reading Shooting at Cleveland barber shop leaves 5 people wounded
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Continue Reading Feud with tribes threatens Oklahoma governor’s reelection
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press ADA, Okla. (AP) — Many of the 39 Native American tribes based in Oklahoma have played a role in state politics for…
Continue Reading EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water
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Continue Reading COVID-19 vaccines will be on the 2023 vaccine schedule, but that doesn’t mean they’re required in schools
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Continue Reading In ‘Wendell & Wild,’ stop motion moves to an Afro-punk beat
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The spooky, sublime stop-motion animation worlds of Henry Selick are feasts for the eye that can…
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Continue Reading Health system discloses breach tied to online data tracker
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Continue Reading Somali Americans, many who fled war, now seek elected office
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Continue Reading Cell biologist from Duke named new president of MIT
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Continue Reading ‘Momentous’: Asian Americans laud Anna May Wong’s US quarter
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Continue Reading Jury: Kevin Spacey didn’t molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986
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Continue Reading Police: North Carolina rampage began when teen shot brother
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Continue Reading Michigan to pay $20M to people wrongly accused of fraud
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have agreed to set aside $20 million to settle a lawsuit by thousands of people who…
Continue Reading UN experts decry Israeli occupation of Palestinian areas
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Continue Reading Brother of suspect in slaying of family pleads not guilty
MERCED, Calif. (AP) — The younger brother of a man charged in the kidnapping and killing of a family in central California pleaded not guilty…
Continue Reading Wisconsin parade suspect gives tearful opening statement
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Continue Reading Biden closely tends his Pennsylvania roots in election year
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania has been a central part of Joe Biden’s political identity for years.…
Continue Reading Pentagon to provide funds, help for troops seeking abortions
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will provide travel funds and support for troops and their dependents who seek…
Continue Reading US: Iranian troops in Crimea backing Russian drone strikes
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Continue Reading Security forces kill at least 60 as protests engulf Chad
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Continue Reading High court asked to stop Arkansas law against Israel boycott
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Continue Reading Rare 300-foot whaleback boat discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The wreckage of a rare boat — one of the last of its kind to be located — has been identified at the bottom of Lake…
Continue Reading Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman
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Continue Reading Liz Truss is not alone. These are other high-profile figures with short-lived jobs
By Scottie Andrew, CNN After just six weeks in office, Liz Truss announced Thursday she’d resign as Britain’s prime minister. Hers was a…
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Continue Reading Charges dropped against Randy Cox, who became partially paralyzed in a Connecticut police van
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Continue Reading Joni Mitchell heading back onstage after Newport surprise
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Continue Reading Bronx man convicted of murder-for-hire for ordering hits on his father and brother
By Eric Levenson and Kiely Westhoff, CNN A 44-year-old man was convicted of murder-for-hire and conspiracy for ordering hits on his Mafia-associated…
Continue Reading Worker who lowered Vermont town’s fluoride for years resigns
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A town employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in a Vermont community’s drinking water for years has resigned…
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Quick and stealthy ‘Scrabble variants’ are poised to drive a winter COVID-19 surge
A flurry of new COVID-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter…
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By Chris Boyette and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A surge in respiratory illnesses among children is beginning to put a strain on hospitals. In particular,…
Continue Reading Military suicides drop as leaders push new programs
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report and Pentagon data show that suicides across the active duty U.S. military…
Continue Reading Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south
By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two Sudanese officials say tribal clashes in the country’s southern Blue Nile…
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Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise again, creeping closer to 7%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week, stopping just short of the 7% mark. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.94%…
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales in the US declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices…
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By Nouran Salahieh, CNN About 12,000 suspected fentanyl pills packaged in popular candy boxes were seized at Los Angeles International Airport…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Diwali, the Hindu celebration known as the “Festival of Lights,” will be a public school holiday in New York City…
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By Brynn Gingras, Nicki Brown, John Miller and Amir Vera, CNN The body of missing Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie was found on campus…
Continue Reading Liz Truss resigns as Britain’s Prime Minister after disastrous six-week tenure
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Continue Reading Bobo slaying witness to plead guilty in federal weapons case
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Court documents show a convicted felon who was released from prison after his key trial…
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By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates inched up this week ahead of another expected rate…
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The man who accosted Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin at a campaign event in western New York will be released…
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By Gabe Cohen and Aaron Cooper, CNN More than three weeks after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, Johnnie Glisson is still sleeping in his…
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By TAMER FAKAHANY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s not a war, Vladimir Putin said then — and says now. It’s a “special military…
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By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has found contaminated medicines that are suspected of being linked to the…
Continue Reading Romanians protest cost of living in latest European action
By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE AND STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Several thousand protesters in Romania have joined an…
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Continue Reading Allies blast Scholz over Chinese investment in German port
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Continue Reading Spain, Portugal eased energy prices. Can they teach the EU?
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Households and businesses across Europe have struggled with high electricity prices for months,…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic — which upended millions of lives and demanded we stay in our homes for months on end —…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan lawmakers debate bill to trim presidential powers
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have begun debating a proposed constitutional amendment…
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By GREGORY GONDWE Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Officials in Malawi have exhumed the bodies of 26 suspected Ethiopian migrants from a…
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top security official has suggested that a fire that destroyed a shelter for…
Continue Reading German leader warns against ‘worldwide renaissance’ for coal
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