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Continue Reading UFC set to debut new fighter gloves designed to minimize eye pokes
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Continue Reading UN tribute to Iran’s late President Raisi marred by protests and European and US snubs
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Continue Reading Larry Bird Museum officially opens in Terre Haute
By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Boston Celtics great Larry Bird addressed a public ceremony for the official opening of…
Continue Reading Bodycam captured desperate rescues after Ohio explosion, NTSB probes gas pipeline
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press The National Transportation Safety Board is now leading the investigation into a massive explosion that blew out…
Continue Reading A pair enjoyed pricey meals and bolted when it was time to pay. Their dine and dash ended in jail
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Continue Reading Reading the ‘tea leaves’: TV networks vamp for time during the wait for the Donald Trump verdict
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Museum of Idaho opening new flight and space travel exhibit
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Continue Reading Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
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Continue Reading Man charged in AP photographer’s attack pleads guilty to assaulting officer during Capitol riot
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Continue Reading Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy
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Continue Reading Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban
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Continue Reading Truckers suing to block New York’s congestion fee for Manhattan drivers
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Truckers have added to the list of legal challenges to block New York’s first-in-the-nation…
Continue Reading Officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler criticizes attorney but holds ‘no ill will’ toward golfer
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Continue Reading Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say
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Continue Reading Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says
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Continue Reading A national network of local news sites is publishing AI-written articles under fake bylines. Experts are raising alarm
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The articles on a local news site popping up around the country appear to cover what any community outlet would…
Continue Reading IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented…
Continue Reading Man accused of driving toward people outside New York Jewish school charged with hate crimes
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Continue Reading Vermont police conclude case of dead baby more than 40 years later and say no charges will be filed
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Continue Reading Louisiana may soon require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
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Continue Reading Ohio attorney general must stop blocking proposed ban on police immunity, judges say
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Continue Reading ‘Pure grit.’ Jordan Chiles is making a run at a second Olympics, this time on her terms
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Continue Reading Michigan reports another person working with cows got bird flu, the third US case this year
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Continue Reading Police say suspect, bystander hurt in grocery store shootout with officers
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Continue Reading Sacré bleu! The French Open banned alcohol in the stands after fans were called out for rowdiness
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Continue Reading Darke and Donovan to head Fox Euro 2024 coverage, Strong and Holden work Copa America
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Continue Reading US District Judge Larry Hicks dies at 80 after being struck by vehicle near Nevada courthouse
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Continue Reading Supreme Court gives homeowners another chance in escrow dispute with Bank of America
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Continue Reading Florida 12-year-old Bruhat Soma wins 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee after competition’s second-ever spell-off
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Continue Reading Stockholm accuses Iran of using criminals in Sweden to target Israel or Jewish interests
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Continue Reading US military defends Africa strategy in light of coups and a drift toward Russia
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Continue Reading Medline recalls 1.5 million adult bed rails following 2 reports of entrapment deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million portable adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada,…
Continue Reading Plaza dedicated at the site where Sojourner Truth gave her 1851 ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ speech
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Continue Reading Global aid group asks warring forces to respect its neutrality with 24 of its aid workers killed
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Continue Reading EU official denies allegation that Western powers want to delay South Sudan’s elections
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The European Union delegation in South Sudan has denied reports that the group is working…
Continue Reading South Dakota man arrested and charged in Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol
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Bonneville Deputies search for person who damaged election ballot box
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect involved in a hit and run accident that damaged an election ballot box.…
Continue Reading North Korea’s trash rains down onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here’s what it means
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Continue Reading Clerk over Alex Murdaugh trial spent thousands on bonuses, meals and gifts, ethics complaint says
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Continue Reading US sanctions Uganda’s parliament speaker and others over corruption and rights abuses
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Jury convicts Chad Daybell of killing wife and Vallow’s children
Jury deliberations continue Thursday morning in the Chad Daybell…
Continue Reading Nelly Korda makes a 10 and faces uphill climb at Women’s Open
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Continue Reading Colombo and Moscow discuss the issue of Sri Lankans fighting alongside Russians in Ukraine
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Continue Reading Georgian group says it will take controversial media law to the constitutional court
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Continue Reading Amazon gets FAA approval that allows it to expand drone deliveries for online orders
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal regulators have given Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program.…
Continue Reading Inside the US effort to bring home two young American missionaries killed in Haiti
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Continue Reading Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit…
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Continue Reading Slovenia’s government endorses recognition of a Palestinian state, sends to parliament for approval
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Continue Reading Trial postponed in financial dispute over Ohio ancient earthworks deemed World Heritage site
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Continue Reading Bus crashes into gorge in India-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 21 people
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Continue Reading Chad Daybell found guilty of killing first wife and second wife’s 2 children
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Continue Reading Gift registries after divorce offer a new way to support loved ones
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Continue Reading Syrian President Bashar Assad visits Iran to express condolences over death of Raisi
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Continue Reading Biden to make his first state visit to France after attending D-Day 80th commemorations next week
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Continue Reading The special Tony Award for educators goes to Baltimore community artist CJay Philip
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Continue Reading Usher, Victoria Monét will receive prestigious awards from music industry group ASCAP
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Continue Reading Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974
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Continue Reading Sheriff denies that officers responding to Maine mass shooting had been drinking
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Continue Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to nonfiction and explores the power of stories in upcoming ‘The Message’
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Continue Reading Turkey signals new military intervention in Syria if Kurdish groups hold municipal election
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Continue Reading Police begin dismantling pro-Palestinian camp at Wayne State University in Detroit
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Continue Reading Ukraine army head says Russia augmenting its troops in critical Kharkiv region
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Continue Reading Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
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Continue Reading Early results in South Africa’s election put ruling ANC below 50% and short of a majority
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Continue Reading Aid entering Gaza drops by two-thirds since Israel’s assault on Rafah, UN says
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Continue Reading Spanish parliament approves controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists
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Continue Reading Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group’s main benefactor
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Continue Reading First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid
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Continue Reading BHP Group drops its bid for Anglo American, ending plans to create a global mining giant
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — BHP Group has dropped its 38.6 billion pound or $49.3 billion bid for Anglo American. That ended…
Continue Reading Spain’s parliament to give final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists
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Continue Reading Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried
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Continue Reading Massive international police operation takes down ransomware networks, arrests 4 suspects
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer…
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