What we know about the women known as the ‘Gilgo Four’
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann has been charged with killing three women whose bodies were discovered along a stretch of Long…
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New Jersey student with special needs dies after school bus ride, leading bus monitor to be charged with manslaughter
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old girl with special needs died in New Jersey this week after her wheelchair harness constricted her…
Continue Reading New Jersey student with special needs dies after school bus ride, leading bus monitor to be charged with manslaughter
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old girl with special needs died in New Jersey this week after her wheelchair harness constricted her…
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Mother and 3 children dead in possible Oklahoma murder-suicide
VERDIGRIS, Okla. (AP) — A woman and her three children were found dead in an Oklahoma home Thursday evening in what may be a murder-suicide…
Continue Reading 2 pregnant migrants claim Texas National Guard soldiers denied them water
By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Two pregnant migrant women who were looking to turn themselves in to US immigration authorities…
Continue Reading Northeast floods devastate ‘heartbroken’ farmers as months of labor and crops are swept away
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like…
Continue Reading Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election
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Continue Reading Spain’s far-right Vox party is targeting women’s rights. It may end up kingmaker in Sunday’s election
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s far-right Vox party looks set to continue its meteoric rise in Sunday’s general election, and it aims to…
Continue Reading DeSantis, in deeply conservative Utah, says he’s driven more by faith in God than by politics
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ron DeSantis boasted Friday about his lengthy list of endorsements and…
Continue Reading Actors and writers strikes enter second week with no signs of a deal to get Hollywood working again
By KRYSTA FAURIA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters entered its second…
Continue Reading Biden is building his reelection bid around an organization Obama shunned
By WILL WEISSERT Associated press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staking his reelection bid on the political and financial muscle of the…
Continue Reading Former Israeli principal will be sentenced in Australia next month for abusing 2 students
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former principal of an Australian Jewish school will be sentenced on Aug. 24 after…
Continue Reading Music Review: ‘Barbie’ soundtrack delivers a dreamhouse of Kenergy and ballads alike
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Continue Reading A notorious Indonesian animal market has ended its brutal dog and cat meat trade, campaigners say
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press TOMOHON, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities on Friday announced the end of the “brutally cruel” dog and cat meat…
Continue Reading Rishi Sunak suffers two election losses as British voters reject ailing Conservative government
By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a damaging political blow on Friday as voters…
Continue Reading Federal judge blocks Arizona law banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ school…
Continue Reading Idaho jury finds 5 from white nationalist group guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of…
Continue Reading Judge tentatively OKs live ammunition for Parkland school shooting reenactment in civil case
By Roxanne Garcia and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Florida judge tentatively agreed Thursday that live ammunition could be used in a…
Continue Reading California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A highly technical process is underway in Los Angeles to put NASA’s retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on display in the…
Continue Reading Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President…
Continue Reading The US and North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to talk about US soldier
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Continue Reading UN chief says the world is in a new era marked by the highest major power competition in decades
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world…
Continue Reading Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest begins in Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Almost 140 bearded men who resemble Ernest Hemingway converged on Key West, the late author’s home during the 1930s, to…
Continue Reading New York police officer indicted, accused of using stun gun 7 times on handcuffed man
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against a police officer in a suburban New York community, accusing him…
Continue Reading Doctor emotionally describes terminating pregnancy out of state during hearing over Texas abortion bans
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — On the second day of hearings addressing the emergency medical exception for abortion…
Continue Reading Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization’s new foundation raise concerns
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Continue Reading Jaguars associate strength coach Kevin Maxen comes out as gay in a first for US-based pro leagues
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Maxen, an associate strength coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, has become the first male coach in a major…
Continue Reading Nebraska woman charged with disposing of fetus following illegal abortion sentenced to 90 days in jail
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A woman accused of having an illegal abortion in Nebraska when she was 17 and disposing of the fetus was sentenced…
Continue Reading 18-year-old Miami woman arrested after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to go after her 3-year-old son
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Continue Reading Actors and writers on strike rally in Philadelphia and Chicago as union action spreads
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Continue Reading US sending more warships, Marines to Gulf to counter Iran’s efforts to seize commercial ships
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Continue Reading Jury deliberations underway in double murder trial of rapper YNW Melly in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations have gotten underway in the South Florida double murder trial of rapper YNW Melly. Broward County…
Continue Reading Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s troubled upbringing put him at risk for severe mental illness, psychologist says
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Continue Reading Commanders’ Dan Snyder fined $60 million for sexually harassing employee, financial improprieties
By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder sexually harassed a team employee and oversaw team executives who deliberately…
Continue Reading NFL owners unanimously OK the Commanders sale to Josh Harris; Dan Snyder fined $60M on the way out
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Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press A landslide triggered by torrential rains in India’s western Maharashtra state killed at least 10 people, with many others…
Continue Reading Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released an unclassified document Thursday that…
Continue Reading College student falls to his death climbing Central Oregon mountain
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The body of a 21-year-old college student was located Thursday, days after he fell hundreds of feet down a steep, rocky ravine…
Continue Reading Australian castaway recounts comfort he felt adrift at sea, thanks to meditation, swimming and dog
BY MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — He quit his corporate job and moved to Mexico to pursue his dream of sailing solo across…
Continue Reading Investigators in Gilgo Beach case operating on theory that the killings occurred in suspect’s home
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Continue Reading Video shows Oklahoma judge texting and scrolling on phone in trial over fatal beating of 2-year-old
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Continue Reading 2024 will probably be hotter than this year because of El Niño, NASA scientists say
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Continue Reading The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows
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Continue Reading See how an Alaska paddleboarder escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man on a paddleboard escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale, not even…
Continue Reading Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the…
Continue Reading Synagogue gunman had traumatic childhood and couldn’t function as an adult, defense expert testifies
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Continue Reading Texas is largest state to leave bipartisan national effort to prevent voter fraud
By ACACIA CORONADO and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is becoming the largest state to resign from a bipartisan,…
Continue Reading Families form nonprofits to address gun, school safety after Nashville school shooting
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pausing at the microphone, 6-year-old Noah took a breath and softly stated, “I…
Continue Reading 18-year-old Miami woman arrested after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to go after her 3-year-old son
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Continue Reading New York City agrees to pay more than $13 million over police tactics used at George Floyd demonstrations
By Maria Sole Campinoti (CNN) — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the…
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities are searching for the person who set a fire that killed a Memphis firefighter and sent three others to the…
Continue Reading Economics website is filled with racist and sexist speech, some blame the nation’s top universities
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Continue Reading Swarm of 37 boulders spotted by Hubble around asteroid hit by DART
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a swarm of boulders around the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA’s DART…
Continue Reading Why does Sweden allow Quran burnings? Like much of West, it has no blasphemy laws
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — A recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists in Sweden…
Continue Reading New US sanctions are aimed at choking off Russia’s access to battlefield supplies and revenue
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on roughly 120 firms and people in an effort to choke…
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours, and Pride parade…
Continue Reading Oil and gas companies would pay more to drill on public lands under new Biden rule
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing new rules for the nation’s oil and gas leasing program…
Continue Reading A flag carried by a Japanese soldier who was killed during World War II is returning to his family
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II is returning to the man’s family.…
Continue Reading Pioneering hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dead at 59
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Kevin Mitnick, whose pioneering antics tricking employees in the 1980s and 1990s into helping him steal software…
Continue Reading Biden administration asks employers to give more help to workers who lose Medicaid
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The Biden administration is asking employers to give workers who lose Medicaid coverage more time to land health…
Continue Reading Alabama lawmakers are divided on eve of major redistricting deadline impacting Black voters
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Continue Reading Mother of missing 12-year-old girl in North Carolina discussed a theory that stepfather gave girl away for money, warrant shows
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River…
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Continue Reading Indiana police recover 2 DNA profiles from human remains found at property of long-dead businessman
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press An 18-year-old northeastern Nebraska woman was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail and two years of probation…
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LONDON (AP) — The chief executive of U.K. bank NatWest Group has apologized to populist politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank…
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By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Mick Krever, Alex Marquardt, Scott McWhinnie and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Odesa and Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has…
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Continue Reading Shocking video emerges of sexual assault in India’s Manipur state amid ethnic violence
By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced…
Continue Reading At least 9 people killed by a bomb in northeastern Congo as violence in the region escalates
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday imposed travel restrictions on most British diplomats in the country, a practice reminiscent of the Soviet…
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By Michelle Watson and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The number of homicides in 30 US cities declined in the first half of 2023 compared to the…
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three of Kevin Spacey ‘s accusers are liars, his lawyer told jurors Thursday at the…
Continue Reading An unusual object has been releasing pulses of radio waves in space for decades. Astronomers just discovered it
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme…
Continue Reading Florida 10-month-old dies after being left in hot car that reached 133 degrees
By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child after a 10-month-old…
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Continue Reading Blinken heads to Tonga, New Zealand, Australia as US shifts Indo-Pacific strategy into overdrive
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Tonga, New Zealand and Australia next week as…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott’s $250 million open call for donations yields applications from 6,353 nonprofits
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s first open call for grants yielded 6,353…
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer From high school to the professional leagues, hazing is ingrained in teams sports in the United States.…
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Barbie, the doll, may be 64 years old, but “Barbie,” the movie, is a pandemic baby. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker…
Continue Reading UConn settles 9-year legal battle with soccer player who flipped off camera and lost her scholarship
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UConn has settled a lawsuit filed by a former women’s soccer player who lost her scholarship for flashing…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross says it helped deport Ukrainian children to Belarus
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his…
Continue Reading Belarus Red Cross says it helped deport Ukrainian children to Belarus
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovich, CNN (CNN) — The head of the Belarusian Red Cross has sparked an international outcry with his…
Continue Reading Jason Momoa hosts Discovery’s ‘Shark Week,’ featuring feeding frenzies and junkie sharks
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Channel has landed the perfect host this year for “Shark Week,” none other…
Continue Reading Police seized laptops, memoir from Vegas-area home of witness to Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
By RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by…
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