Justice delayed leads to California judge’s retirement
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The presiding justice of the California appeals court in Sacramento has retired as part of a…
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Uvalde shooting highlights role of doors in security plans
By KATHLEEN FOODY and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Doors – both the one the gunman entered and the one police did not open for over an hour…
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J,. (AP) — Hundreds of Atlantic City casino workers have picketed outside the Tropicana casino.…
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At least 4 people were killed in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital campus shooting, police say
By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN At least four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police…
Continue Reading $5,000 reward given for help capturing escaped inmate
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Continue Reading Settlement ends police stings in NYC bus terminal bathrooms
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The police agency that patrols New York City’s main bus terminal has agreed to stop sending…
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Jury sides with Depp on lawsuit, Heard on counterclaim
A jury on Wednesday ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated…
Continue Reading Feds say oil deal woes led to murder of Vermont man
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Continue Reading As gas prices soar, Biden leans toward visiting Saudi Arabia
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Continue Reading Judge denies woman’s challenge to conviction in son’s death
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Continue Reading Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Each count the Depp-Heard jurors considered
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Continue Reading ‘Stranger Things’ return encourages weekend binging
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Continue Reading ‘Boogaloo’ member sentenced to 4 years on weapons charges
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Continue Reading California issued its first in-depth report detailing how the government has harmed Black Americans
By Nicole Chavez and Laura Studley, CNN A panel in California considering reparations for Black Americans released its first report Wednesday…
Continue Reading UN has `positive indications’ for extending truce in Yemen
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POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — Professional golfer Bart Bryant was killed and his wife was injured when a truck slammed into their SUV while they were…
Continue Reading US Interior Secretary Haaland tests positive for COVID-19
The Associated Press U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms. The Interior Department says Haaland…
Continue Reading Damian Lewis, Ian Rankin honored by queen on her jubilee
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Continue Reading Florida man killed in possible alligator attack while searching lake for Frisbees
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Continue Reading Transgender athlete ban challenged in Utah lawsuit
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Continue Reading UN peacekeeping convoy attacked in Mali — 1 killed, 3 hurt
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Continue Reading More overseas infant formula coming to US next week as shortage continues
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Continue Reading Novel genetic experiment shrinks tough-to-treat cancer
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Continue Reading DA: Ukrainian stabs Ukrainian at bar, thinking he’s Russian
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Continue Reading US Open’s $10M purse offers hope for gender pay equality
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Continue Reading NASA awards 2 companies the chance to build lunar spacesuits
By Ashley Strickland, CNN New spacesuits made by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace could be worn by astronauts that land on the moon later this…
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Continue Reading Florida woman killed, 2 children injured in a parasailing accident
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Continue Reading NFT insider trading scheme charges are a 1st, feds say
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Continue Reading NJ residents say they’re waiting for Ida aid 9 months later
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Continue Reading Complaint: McDonald’s intentionally sold Muslim family bacon
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Continue Reading Sheryl Sandberg, longtime No. 2 exec at Facebook, steps down
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Continue Reading Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations
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Continue Reading Louisiana governor agrees to testify in Ronald Greene probe
By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed on Wednesday to a request from Louisiana lawmakers that he and his top…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Gov. Evers says GOP will ban books if he loses
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Continue Reading Baltimore files lawsuit against ‘ghost gun’ manufacturer Polymer80, accusing the company of causing a public health crisis
By Amir Vera and Amanda Watts, CNN Baltimore has sued the nation’s largest maker of so-called “ghost guns” that are easy to…
Continue Reading Mexico says seaweed-collection boats working poorly
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Continue Reading Ford CEO sees electric vehicle price war as EV costs decline
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Continue Reading Unidentified boy found in suitcase in Indiana laid to rest
SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A young boy found dead inside a suitcase in a heavily wooded area of southern Indiana was laid to rest Wednesday following a…
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Continue Reading Biden marks 101st anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the 101st anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, saying “hell was unleashed” when a white…
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Continue Reading Man ID’d after death looking for Frisbees in alligator lake
LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been identified after authorities say he waded into a lake inhabited by alligators to find Frisbees and other…
Continue Reading Cuellar, Cisneros runoff in Texas is too close to call
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia spent about 12 hours over three days deliberating defamation claims by Johnny…
Continue Reading Bolstering school safety plans may not be enough to stop school shootings like Uvalde
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Educators across the country are scrutinizing security plans to see what more they can do to protect students after the…
Continue Reading A massive rockfall crashed down on Lake Powell. Record-low water levels from drought could be to blame
By Rachel Ramirez and Sharif Paget, CNN Memorial Day boaters captured the scene on video as a massive rockfall crashed into the waters of Lake…
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PESCADERO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a quick-thinking custodian safely confined a mountain lion in an empty classroom after it entered a…
Continue Reading World’s largest plant is a vast seagrass meadow in Australia
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered the world’s largest plant off the Australia coast — a…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Croatia is ready to join the group of countries using the euro single…
Continue Reading US agrees to update critical habitat for Florida manatees
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for…
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Continue Reading Suicides among college athletes have grieving parents and students calling for NCAA action
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Continue Reading As Uvalde funerals continue, authorities’ timeline of the terror at Robb Elementary continues to shift
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Monkeypox is not COVID-19. Here’s why
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN Grab your party hats and hang up your bunting — the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The world’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia, according to…
Continue Reading CDC defends its authority to issue transportation mask mandate in brief arguing for reversal of ruling that blocked it
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended its authority to issue a mask mandate for domestic travelers, in a brief filed Tuesday…
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Continue Reading Poland boosting its infrastructure to help Ukrainian exports
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Continue Reading Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail
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Continue Reading Muslim call to prayer arrives to Minneapolis soundscape
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By Paradise Afshar and Melissa Alonso, CNN The families of two Utah teenagers have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that bans transgender…
Continue Reading Sheriff: Boy, 8, killed as man shoots randomly at cars
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Continue Reading Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall — or longer
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Agatha left at least 11 people dead and 33 missing in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, where it set off flooding…
Continue Reading Pressure growing to remove PFAS from fast food wrappers
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Continue Reading Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week’s deadly shooting in Uvalde,…
Continue Reading Police: Driver in fatal Nebraska crash had used marijuana
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — One of the drivers in a crash that killed two women and injured 20 bystanders watching classic cars cruise down a Nebraska…
Continue Reading Crews remove Confederate statue outside Kentucky courthouse
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Confederate statue that stood outside a western Kentucky courthouse for more than a century has been removed. The…
Continue Reading ‘We’re not going back’: Uvalde superintendent reaffirms no students will return to Robb Elementary after massacre
By Omar Jimenez, Meridith Edwards, Travis Caldwell and Christina Maxouris, CNN No students or staff will be returning to Robb Elementary in Uvalde,…
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A group of people evacuated from Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to power last year have held a protest in Albania over…
Continue Reading Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital
By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says agents thwarted a planned cyberattack on a…
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Germany’s defense ministry says the country plans to buy 60 Boeing Chinook transport helicopters as part of a massive procurement drive to…
Continue Reading Monument honoring Black Civil War unit to be rededicated
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers is being rededicated after a three-year long restoration. Civic…
Continue Reading Jury sides with Johnny Depp in libel case, awards him $10M
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber…
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slash Russian oil imports in a tough escalation of…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of…
Continue Reading UN chief worries Ukraine war overshadowing climate fight
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the war in Ukraine is diverting attention…
Continue Reading Mother accused of decapitating son found unfit for trial
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City woman accused of decapitating her 6-year-old son has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. A Jackson…
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