Mexico arrests owner of mine where 10 workers died in flooded shaft last year
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner of a northern Mexico coal mine where 10 miners died last year has been arrested.…
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Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death was overturned, will not be retried
By Carma Hassan and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction for the 2014 hot-car death of his…
Continue Reading Environmental groups prevail on limit to grizzly bear deaths in Wyoming cattle grazing area
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An appeals court is sending a plan to allow continued cattle grazing in a vast, mountainous…
Continue Reading Man with paralysis walks naturally after brain, spine implants
By Jamie Gumbrecht and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New research reveals how a medical device helped one man with paralysis walk naturally…
Continue Reading Minnesota governor signs paid family and medical leave act to give workers up to 20 weeks off
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota workers will be entitled to paid time off when they’re seriously ill or…
Continue Reading Ford electric vehicle owners to get access to Tesla Supercharger network starting next spring
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — All of Ford Motor Co.’s current and future electric vehicles will have access to about 12,000…
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday said she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of 1968’s…
Continue Reading Acclaimed Cleveland school dance teacher convicted of raping students, could face life in prison
CLEVELAND (AP) — A former school dance teacher in Cleveland faces up to life prison after being convicted Thursday of raping six teenage students…
Continue Reading Texas lawmakers issue 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton
By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment…
Continue Reading Oklahoma Legislature overrides governor’s veto of tribal regalia bill
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Legislature has overridden Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that would…
Continue Reading NYPD officer charged with assault for repeatedly punching and knocking out a man while he was ‘on the ground, defenseless,’ DA’s office says
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Continue Reading US Park Police used excessive force against journalists during George Floyd protests, inquiry finds
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Continue Reading Portland, Oregon, to clear sidewalk tents to settle suit with people with disabilities
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland will remove tents blocking sidewalks under a tentative settlement…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The training program for Navy SEALs is plagued by widespread failures in medical care, poor…
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Continue Reading Look who’s talking: Biden mostly mum in debt negotiations, while McCarthy can’t stop chatting
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has made a deliberate decision to go quiet as his team gets down to the…
Continue Reading Putin reports progress in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, saying only technical issues remain
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Continue Reading West Virginia company drops bid to build logging pesticide facility amid fierce opposition
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A logging company hoping to build a pesticide facility in West Virginia has withdrawn an…
Continue Reading Prosecutors widen child sex abuse case in polygamous sect
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Continue Reading US sanctions head of Russia’s Wagner Group in Mali, accused of arms trafficking for Ukraine fight
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Continue Reading Murder, cruelty charges dismissed in Georgia toddler’s hot car death
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia has dismissed the murder and child cruelty charges against a man whose toddler…
Continue Reading Wisconsin lawmaker says his bar where overdose victims bought drugs isn’t ‘bad establishment’
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Continue Reading Strangers pay tribute at burial for Jamaican WWII vet who volunteered in Britain’s hour of need
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Continue Reading Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to defend the truth and resist indifference
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Continue Reading Biden releases new strategy to tackle rise in antisemitism, says ‘hate will not prevail’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a new government strategy to fight hate, bias and…
Continue Reading On 3rd anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Biden stops GOP-led effort to block DC police reform law
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Continue Reading Dudamel in surprise move resigns from Paris Opéra 2 years into 6-year contract
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Gustavo Dudamel surprisingly announced his resignation as music director of the Paris Opéra, two seasons into a…
Continue Reading French magistrates probing 27 migrant deaths file charges against English Channel maritime rescuers
PARIS (AP) — French judicial authorities say magistrates have filed preliminary charges against maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the sinking…
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Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise as debt ceiling standoff drags on
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates are beginning to feel the impact of the debt-ceiling standoff, jumping higher for the…
Continue Reading Google removes ‘Slavery Simulator’ game from store following a wave of criticism in Brazil
By Mia Alberti and Julia Jones, CNN (CNN) — A game entitled “Slavery Simulator,” where players can “buy and sell” enslaved Black…
Continue Reading Shark attacks American tourist in Turks and Caicos, police say
By Rebekah Riess and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A shark attacked a 22-year-old woman from Connecticut while she was snorkeling at a resort…
Continue Reading Grand jury indicts New York woman on felony charges for allegedly making threatening phone calls to LGBTQ businesses in Colorado
By Aya Elamroussi and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Colorado indicted a New York woman on felony charges for allegedly verbally…
Continue Reading Peru protesters, including children, killed in ‘extrajudicial executions’ by security forces, Amnesty finds
By Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Peruvian security forces carried out widespread attacks against protestors with “extrajudicial executions…
Continue Reading One of Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa after 22 years on run
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Continue Reading Pentagon says allies will unite to train Ukrainians on F-16s, but warns jets aren’t ‘magic weapons’
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Continue Reading Delaware woman pleads guilty to killing 3-year-old daughter, dumping remains on softball field
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old…
Continue Reading US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
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Continue Reading Armed man arrested near CIA headquarters at a Virginia preschool will stay in jail, judge decides
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Continue Reading Hundreds of mourners attend funeral of one of the last RAF ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’
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Continue Reading Wagner chief claims to have handed over body of US Army veteran killed in Bakhmut
By Clare Sebastian, Allegra Goodwin, Svitlana Vlasova and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — The chief of Russian paramilitary group Wagner told CNN on…
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Wagner chief claims to have handed over body of US Army veteran killed in Bakhmut
By Clare Sebastian, Allegra Goodwin, Svitlana Vlasova and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — The chief of Russian paramilitary group Wagner told CNN on…
Continue Reading COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that’s been…
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Continue Reading US senator hopes Serbia adopts Russia sanctions as Serb spy chief travels to Moscow
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S. senator says he hopes Serbia adopts Western sanctions against Russia over the…
Continue Reading Tennessee’s transgender care exclusions are discriminatory, a federal lawsuit alleges
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that Tennessee’s decision to deny its employees…
Continue Reading Tina Turner created a career on her terms, not defined by her trauma
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Continue Reading Cannes turns up the glamour for amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press ANTIBES, France (AP) — The attention at the Cannes Film Festival turns Thursday to the glitzy amfAR gala to raise…
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By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With one of three major rating agencies warning that America’s AAA…
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Continue Reading Man arrested after car collides with gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister lives
LONDON (AP) — A car collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister’s home and offices…
Continue Reading Read the letter found in Brian Laundrie’s backpack from his mom marked ‘burn after reading’
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Continue Reading Credit rating agency warns it may downgrade US debt rating, driving up costs
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A deadlocked Washington that has taken America to the brink of default could jeopardize the United States’…
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US economic growth in the first three months of the year was faster than previously estimated, the…
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The undated “burn after reading” letter from Brian Laundrie’s mother could provide what one legal analyst…
Continue Reading Man arrested after car driven at gates of Downing Street in London
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN London (CNN) — A man has been arrested after a car was driven at the gates of Downing Street in London, the official…
Continue Reading Gabby Petito’s parents get copy of ‘burn after reading’ letter that Brian Laundrie’s mom wrote him
Gabby Petito’s parents now have a copy of a letter Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote to her son, which included references to getting a shovel and…
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Continue Reading Man killed in accident in Berlin with old-fashioned paternoster elevator
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Continue Reading Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday gave a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman a new chance to…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, the conservative strategist and longtime ally of Donald Trump, will stand trial…
Continue Reading Supreme Court sharply limits federal government’s ability to police pollution into certain wetlands
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the federal government’s…
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By Alta Spells and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Parents of students at Nashville’s Covenant School can intervene in a consolidated lawsuit…
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Continue Reading Centuries-old cotton tree, a national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Sierra Leon’s President Julius Maada Bio says heavy rains felled the centuries-old…
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Continue Reading Sherpa guide who climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times says he’s not ready to retire
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Continue Reading Swedish online fashion retailer blocks 42,000 customers for returning too many purchased items
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden-based online fashion retailer Bootz AB says it has blocked 42,000 customers for returning too many items they had…
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Continue Reading Firewalkers in Greece honor Saint Constantine in mystery-shrouded, centuries-old rituals
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAGKADAS, Greece (AP) — Sotirios Gkaintatzis danced across burning coals, his stomping bare feet…
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Continue Reading Japan nuclear watchdog ask Fukushima plant operator to assess risk from reactor damage
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A nuclear watchdog has asked the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to assess…
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