A California bill aims to explicitly ban caste discrimination in the state
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A California lawmaker has introduced a bill in the state Senate that would explicitly ban caste discrimination — the first…
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Four children and one adult killed in Mississippi car crash
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Continue Reading North Carolina lawmakers nearing final Medicaid expansion OK
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina has reached the cusp of final…
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By ADRIANA MORGA and CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key rate by another quarter point Wednesday,…
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What the Fed rate increase means for your credit card bill
By ADRIANA MORGA and CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key rate by another quarter point Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Explosion, fire injure 1 at Houston-area chemical plant
PASADENA, Texas (AP) — Officials are investigating an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in suburban Houston that injured one person. It is not…
Continue Reading US State Department ends assignment restrictions that were perceived as discriminatory
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Continue Reading Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine injured in assault at Florida gym
LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose testimony against his own gang helped convict two high-ranking members, was assaulted by…
Continue Reading DeSantis to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law to all grades
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Continue Reading GM to stop making the Camaro but a successor may be in works
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Continue Reading UN chief urges ‘game-changing’ commitments on clean water
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Continue Reading Stylist Law Roach working on his health post-retirement
By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrity stylist Law Roach helped reinvent Zendaya and turned Celine Dion into a fashion…
Continue Reading The Fed lifts rates by a quarter point as banking turmoil complicates inflation fight
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point on Wednesday as it attempts to fight stubbornly high inflation…
Continue Reading AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury session
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors have postponed a scheduled grand jury session in the…
Continue Reading DNA analysis of Beethoven’s hair reveals health issues — and a family secret
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Continue Reading Video captures brutal beating and robbery of 69-year-old man entering grocery store in San Fernando
By Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FERNANDO, California (KABC) — New surveillance video captured a…
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States with the most active-duty military members
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Continue Reading Denver Public Schools to temporarily suspend its ban on armed guards in schools after shooting at East High School
By Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Andy Rose, CNN One day after two faculty members were shot and wounded by a student at a Denver high school, the…
Continue Reading Las Vegas police cracking down on short-term rental properties by doing ‘spot checks
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Continue Reading Holy month of Ramadan begins for Muslims across the world
By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began at sundown on Wednesday, as the faithful prepared…
Continue Reading GM to stop making the Camaro but a successor may be in works
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Continue Reading Webb telescope details weather patterns on a distant planet with two suns
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Continue Reading Two additional deaths linked to bacteria in recalled eye drops, CDC says
By Janelle Chavez, CNN A rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eye drops has been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss…
Continue Reading Why some lawmakers want to raise the FDIC insurance limit for your savings
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Continue Reading Newsmax returns to DirecTV, inks multiyear distribution deal
By The Associated Press Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite…
Continue Reading Pasadena’s ban on gas-powered leaf blowers starts in April
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Continue Reading Prince William makes surprise visit to troops near Ukrainian-Polish border
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Prince William made a rare, unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday, meeting British and…
Continue Reading ‘Nightmare’: Survivor of Mexico kidnapping returns to North Carolina, seeks justice
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Continue Reading Great white shark cruises by Key West during Spring Break
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Continue Reading Americans’ faith in banks low after failures: AP-NORC poll
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Continue Reading Credit card debt is at record high as Fed raises rates again
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Continue Reading More deaths, injuries linked to recalled eyedrops
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Continue Reading Prince William visits Poland to support ally helping Ukraine
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Continue Reading Body found near Denver high school shooting suspect’s car
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COVID-19 UPDATES: 731 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths
Idaho officials reported 731 new COVID-19 cases and 19 new deaths in the last week.…
Continue Reading Hezbollah chief refuses comment on infiltration into Israel
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Continue Reading Getting safe water a struggle for many of Venezuela’s poor
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Continue Reading WCCO cameras capture flagrant drug use on Metro Transit light rail trains
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Continue Reading War on gangs forges new El Salvador. But the price is steep
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Continue Reading Family sees discrimination in school’s demand that boy cut his long hair
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Idaho updates voter rolls
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Continue Reading UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill
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Continue Reading Florida becomes 4th red state to expand school-choice options this year
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Continue Reading War on gangs forges new El Salvador. But the price is steep.
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Continue Reading Man gets 4 1/2 years for role in $8M online romance scam
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Continue Reading Independent probe into alleged extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan by British military begins
By Sarah El Sirgany, CNN A probe into whether UK soldiers stormed the houses of two innocent Afghan families and summarily executed their relatives…
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Property tax relief bill headed to Little’s desk
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Continue Reading Nafiah Ikram says she still feels unsafe 2 years after acid attack with suspect at large
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Continue Reading Why TikTok’s security risks keep raising fears
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Continue Reading Why TikTok’s security risks keep raising fears
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Continue Reading Searchers find a body a short distance from vehicle of student suspected of shooting 2 staff members at Denver high school
By Eric Levenson and Andi Babineau, CNN After a shooting of two faculty members at a Denver high school Wednesday, authorities have found a male body…
Continue Reading UK inflation rises to 10.4% as food prices soar
By Olesya Dmitracova and Hanna Ziady, CNN UK consumer prices jumped by 10.4% in February compared with a year ago, as food inflation hit its highest…
Continue Reading Ai Weiwei recreates Monet’s water lilies using 650,000 Lego pieces
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Continue Reading The banking meltdown may have done the Fed’s work for it
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Continue Reading Dick Van Dyke suffers ‘minor injuries’ in Malibu car crash
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke has suffered minor injuries after his car was involved in a collision in Malibu, California,…
Continue Reading Rare giant spider species spotted in Queensland
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Continue Reading Health officials consider another round of bivalent boosters for the most vulnerable Americans
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Continue Reading Salt Lake store clerk arrested for alleged sexual abuse of customer
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Continue Reading Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds
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Continue Reading Lance Hosler’s medals show “having a disability means absolutely nothing”
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Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly ‘put others first’
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, who pushed ambitious projects that included purchasing a coal mine,…
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Continue Reading Communities across California receive federal funding to reduce wildfire risk
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IFFD to conduct live burn structure training
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Continue Reading These are the deaths and investigations connected to the Murdaugh family
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Continue Reading Swedish lawmakers vote to endorse country joining NATO
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Continue Reading NY hush money grand jury will reconvene Thursday as Trump legal drama reaches fever pitch
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Continue Reading Lori Vallow won’t face the death penalty if convicted in the deaths of her children, Idaho judge rules
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Continue Reading Andrew Tate to remain in Romanian detention for 30 more days
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Continue Reading Brazil assassination plot targeted in massive police raid
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Judge to consider allowing abortions to resume in Wyoming
A judge will hear arguments Wednesday over whether abortions will be allowed in Wyoming while a sweeping new ban gets challenged in her court.…
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Continue Reading What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
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Continue Reading Police: 5 dead, including three kids, at South Carolina home
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Continue Reading Germany arrests Syrian accused of joining Islamic State unit
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested a Syrian man accused of belonging to a unit of the Islamic State group in his homeland that…
Continue Reading Vote on Biden’s pick to run FAA delayed amid GOP opposition
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Continue Reading Vote on Biden’s pick to run FAA delayed amid GOP opposition
By DAVID KOENIG and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press The fate of President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is…
Continue Reading Advocates raise concerns about lead exposure in Ohio community after metal factory explosion last month
By Nicole Chavez and Jalen Brown, CNN Health advocates are urging Ohio state environmental officials to test for lead contamination in a community…
Continue Reading Black, Hispanic adults are less likely to get statins for heart disease, study finds
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Continue Reading March Madness: Athletes balance privacy, online profile
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Aliyah Boston recalls her parents prodding her to be more active on social media, to extend her brand as her…
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Continue Reading Sly Stone book to be released through new Questlove imprint
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Continue Reading Presidential waiting game: GOP hopefuls hold off campaigns
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Continue Reading Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archives
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Continue Reading FAA issues industrywide call to action following runway close calls
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Continue Reading Mexico rights agency: 4 soldiers killed unarmed men
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Continue Reading Large ship tips over at port in Edinburgh, causing injuries
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