Ex-college student pleads not guilty to CA murder charges
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WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday,…
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The nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people is bringing a crisis to the forefront in Washington state
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Nearly a year since the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people launched in Washington, the push to…
Continue Reading Dennis Barnes, a 16-year-old senior, picks Cornell University after getting over 185 college acceptances
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Continue Reading Michigan’s Upper Peninsula gets 2 feet of snow, a May record
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Continue Reading The way the US government tracks Covid-19 is about to change
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Continue Reading Father of baseball player arrested for punching 63-year-old umpire, sheriff says
By Sara Smart, CNN A father has been charged after punching a 63-year-old umpire during a high school baseball game in central Florida, authorities…
Continue Reading Newly released documents detail the search of Bryan Kohberger’s home and office in Washington state hours after his arrest in Pennsylvania
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Continue Reading Ford recalls some vehicles for air bag inflator installation
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Continue Reading WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
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Continue Reading The University of California Santa Cruz is condemning recent antisemitic and anti-LGTBQ actions, including an event to celebrate Hitler’s birthday
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Continue Reading Rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers in Indian-controlled Kashmir
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Continue Reading Father of baseball player arrested for punching 63-year-old umpire, sheriff says
By Sara Smart, CNN A father has been charged after punching a 63-year-old umpire during a high school baseball game in central Florida, authorities…
Continue Reading Iran expels four Azeri diplomats amid ongoing tensions
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Continue Reading German chancellor supports permanent UNSC seat for Africa
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Continue Reading Funeral held in Ukraine for American man killed in action
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Continue Reading 15 killed in Congo flooding, with toll expected to rise
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Continue Reading Newly released documents detail the search of Bryan Kohberger’s home and office in Washington state hours after his arrest in Pennsylvania
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Continue Reading Police video shows Bryan Kohberger in traffic stop a month before Idaho students’ killings
By Taylor Romine, Veronica Miracle and Jason Hanna, CNN Police video obtained by CNN shows Bryan Kohberger — now charged in the November…
Continue Reading Indonesia works to rescue 20 trafficking victims in Myanmar
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Continue Reading US probes complaint that woman was trapped in flaming SUV
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Continue Reading Study: China’s squid fleet avoids Peru to dodge new port law
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Continue Reading Pope seeks to encourage abuse prevention board amid turmoil
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Continue Reading US government is testing avian flu vaccines for birds, but ending the historic outbreak isn’t that simple
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Continue Reading Mourners attend funerals of 7 Shiite teachers in NW Pakistan
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Continue Reading Wagner chief says his forces are dying as Russia’s military leaders ‘sit like fat cats’
By Brad Lendon, Josh Pennington and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Standing in front of the bodies of dozens of what he claims are his fighters killed in…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 5: Ukraine, Proud Boys, Serbia, Supreme Court, Kentucky Derby
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Continue Reading 21-year-old former UC Davis student to be arraigned in series of stabbings near campus, police say
By Emma Tucker, Taylor Romine, Ritu Prasad and Cheri Mossburg, CNN A former student at the University of California, Davis, faces arraignment Friday…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 5: Ukraine, Proud Boys, Serbia, Supreme Court, Kentucky Derby
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Continue Reading Liverpool to mark coronation, notes ‘strong views’ of fans
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool will play the national anthem before the start of its Premier League game on Saturday to mark the coronation of…
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN A man has been arrested in the killing of a woman found dead after an attack along a Phoenix hiking trail last week,…
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By Scott McLean, Vladimir Banic and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Serbians are reeling and demanding answers after two mass shootings in less than 48 hours…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN Ocean surface heat is at record-breaking levels. Temperatures began climbing in mid-March and skyrocketed over the course of…
Continue Reading Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed
By Laura Paddison, CNN Ocean surface heat is at record-breaking levels. Temperatures began climbing in mid-March and skyrocketed over the course of…
Continue Reading Ukraine delegate hits Russian at Black Sea summit in Turkey
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By SAMY MAGDY and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo…
Continue Reading Russia’s Wagner boss threatens Bakhmut pullout in Ukraine
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‘They’re dying so you can get fat in your offices’: Wagner mercenary chief condemns Russian military leadership in expletive-laden tirade
By Brad Lendon, Josh Pennington and Uliana Pavlova, CNN Standing in front of the bodies of dozens of what he claims are his fighters killed in…
Continue Reading Jordan Neely, the man killed in chokehold on NYC subway, is remembered as an entertainer shattered by his mother’s murder
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Continue Reading UK Conservatives take battering in key local elections
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Continue Reading China, Russia foreign ministers among group meeting in India
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press PANAJI, India (AP) — Foreign ministers from a group of nations led by China and Russia are meeting in the Indian…
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Continue Reading Napoli fans celebrated in orderly manner, police chief says
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Continue Reading Strong quake in central Japan; 1 dead, more than 20 injured
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake has hit central Japan, killing at least one person and injuring more…
Continue Reading Belgium arrests Iraqi suspected of terror attack involvement
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Continue Reading Police video shows Bryan Kohberger in traffic stop a month before Idaho students’ killings
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Continue Reading Australia PM to give allegiance to king but wants president
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look pretty…
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By SARA BURNETT Associated Press E. Jean Carroll testified in sometimes searing detail about the day she says Donald Trump raped her in a department…
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By Helen Regan and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN The United States rejected “ludicrous” accusations from Russia that it was behind an alleged drone…
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By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities say a gunman apparently firing at random killed eight…
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Newly released body camera video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students being pulled…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conservative policy analyst Drew Johnson has announced that he will run in 2024 for the highly competitive Nevada congressional…
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