UK inflation surprises for all the wrong reasons
By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — UK inflation dropped back below 10% in April but didn’t fall as sharply as economists were expecting, and…
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — You’d expect the stock market to surge after the White House and House Republicans reached a…
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Continue Reading Alex Murdaugh indicted on 22 federal counts for alleged financial schemes
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Spain’s Melilla exclave rocked by alleged vote tampering scheme days before elections
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Continue Reading Kenneth Anger, influential avant-garde filmmaker and author, dies at 96
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Kenneth Anger, the shocking and influential avant-garde artist who defied sexual and religious taboos in such…
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Continue Reading Felling of historic oak tree sparks outrage in Lithuania as mayor says developer should be fined
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Continue Reading Amanda Gorman is ‘gutted’ by school district’s decision to restrict her poem after a parent complained it contained ‘hate messages’
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Continue Reading Plan to return decommissioned Leopard 2 tanks to Germany wins backing of Swiss executive branch
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Continue Reading Authorities capture 1 inmate who escaped Ohio prison, but convicted murderer still on the lam
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Continue Reading Biden judicial nominee Wamble withdraws from consideration, cites nearly 2-year wait for action
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Continue Reading Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts says there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the…
Continue Reading Greek president appoints judge as caretaker PM ahead of new elections
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Continue Reading A man went to CIA Headquarters and said, ‘I’m here and I have a gun,’ source says. He was later arrested at a preschool with an AK-47 in his car
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Continue Reading Bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria returned to Kabul
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Continue Reading Swiss gov’t favors compensation for journalistic ‘snippets’ posted by online services
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Continue Reading California’s attorney general will review the decision not to charge a security guard in the fatal shooting of a suspected Walgreens shoplifter
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Continue Reading Japan to provide 100 military vehicles to Ukraine
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Continue Reading Polish ruling party wants commission to investigate Russian influence; critics fear witch hunt
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Continue Reading Greek president appoints judge as caretaker PM ahead of new elections
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Continue Reading 95-year-old woman dies after being tasered in her Australian nursing home
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Continue Reading Australian police officer faces charges after shocking 95-year-old woman with stun gun
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Continue Reading German prosecutor says clues to McCann child disappearance possible at Portuguese dam site
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Continue Reading Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’
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Continue Reading US aircraft carrier arrives in NATO member Norway, to take part in drills
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Continue Reading German police conduct nationwide raids against climate activists
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Continue Reading Red Sea corals threatened by mass sea urchin die-off, Israeli researchers say
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Continue Reading Head of Russian private army Wagner says more than 20,000 of his troops died in Bakhmut battle
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Continue Reading A bill that would have required Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments has failed
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Continue Reading Suicide bomber hits checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing 4 in second attack in as many days
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Continue Reading Vinícius Júnior soccer racism dispute ignites heated off-field debate in Spain
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star Vinícius Júnior have unleashed a…
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BEIJING (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says pressure from the West is strengthening his country’s ties with China. Mishustin…
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level since the immediate…
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Continue Reading Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility
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Continue Reading China presses Dutch minister for access to chipmaking tech blocked on security grounds
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the International Booker…
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has dismissed three cabin crew members after a passenger…
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Continue Reading NYC college professor fired after confrontation with abortion opponents
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City college has fired an adjunct professor who was recorded on video berating abortion opponents on campus earlier this…
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By Emma Tucker and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — The father of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves said he felt “rage” in the…
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By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press The state of Texas is suing the Biden administration in an attempt to have a newly-introduced asylum rule thrown…
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By Hande Atay Alam (CNN) — A female student is suspected of starting a deadly school dormitory fire that killed 19 children in Guyana, after…
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Student suspected of starting deadly dormitory fire in Guyana, say police
By Hande Atay Alam (CNN) — A female student is suspected of starting a deadly school dormitory fire that killed 19 children in Guyana, after…
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By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press AMECAMECA, Mexico (AP) — Concern about the Popocatepetl volcano changes with the wind. While east of the mountain…
Continue Reading Kansas woman dies after falling into creek in Glacier National Park
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A 28-year-old woman from Kansas has died after falling into a creek in Glacier National Park and being swept into a…
Continue Reading South Carolina ready to renew abortion ban around 6 weeks of pregnancy after Senate vote
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Continue Reading Boris Johnson referred to police for potential Covid rules breach
By Xiaofei Xu and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Boris Johnson, Britain’s former prime minister, has been referred to the police for new…
Continue Reading Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced new efforts to guide federally backed research on artificial…
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