Washington says it’s asking Israel about the death of detained Palestinian-American
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Fox News says it ‘addressed’ onscreen message that called Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News appeared to express regret Wednesday for showing an onscreen message that called President…
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — Organizers estimate 4,000 people turned out for the first-ever Pride festival in a…
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After Saudi Arabia, Iran may be patching up with its oldest Arab foe
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — It was perhaps the first royal wedding of its stature to have been filmed in the Middle East. The year was 1939,…
Continue Reading Ohio House votes to mandate defibrillators in schools, sports venues after collapse of Bills’ Hamlin
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Continue Reading Guatemala sentences renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in money laundering case
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan tribunal has convicted newspaper founder and editor José Rubén Zamora and…
Continue Reading Barbara Kingsolver wins Women’s Prize for Fiction with Appalachian novel ‘Demon Copperhead’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — American novelist Barbara Kingsolver has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for a…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at courts-martial. Court-martial refers to both the name of the court where charges are brought…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former CIA Director and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Personal Birth date: June 28,…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of soccer player Lionel “Leo” Messi, who plays for Argentina’s national team…
Continue Reading Former Harvard morgue manager stole brains, skin and other body parts to sell them, indictment says
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Juneteenth, the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. On June 19, 1865, over two…
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Continue Reading California’s Lake Oroville is back at 100% capacity after being hit hard by yearslong drought
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Continue Reading Iowa city hires outside firms to investigate partial building collapse
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Continue Reading Andrew Tate served with legal papers following rape and assault claims
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Continue Reading Israeli parliament vote deals setback to Netanyahu and judicial overhaul plan
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Continue Reading Synagogue massacre survivor cried ‘Mommy’ as her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed by her side
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Continue Reading Theranos founder objects to $250 monthly restitution sought by US due to limited financial resources
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors want Elizabeth Holmes to pay $250 each month to victims of her…
Continue Reading Jury awards $25.6 million to white Starbucks manager fired after the arrests of 2 Black men
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white…
Continue Reading Los Angeles City Hall rocked by another corruption scandal, rattles trust in government
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Continue Reading Hong Kong protest song disappears from music streaming sites, social media platforms
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Continue Reading North Carolina governor signs sports, horse racing betting law; wagering to begin in early 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Regulated sports betting and horse racing should begin across North Carolina in the first half of next year after Gov. Roy…
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The Vatican is investigating a miracle at a Connecticut church. Here's every Eucharistic miracle visualized.
Referencing a list compiled by miracolieucaristici.org, Stacker visualized every Eucharistic miracle the Vatican has declared across time and…
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25 deadliest years in military history between 1980-2021
Stacker ranked the deadliest years for the U.S. military between 1980 and 2021 by the number of conflict-related fatalities, according to data from…
Continue Reading `Cats’ returns at new Perelman Center, a $500 million building in downtown Manhattan
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Lloyd Webber’s absence from New York City’s stages will be at most 14 months, with…
Continue Reading Southern Baptist Convention votes to uphold removal of Saddleback Church over women pastors after appeal by Rick Warren
By Dakin Andone and Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention voted to affirm a decision made earlier…
Continue Reading NFL VP Troy Vincent helps launch domestic abuse study at Niagara University
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer NFL Vice President Troy Vincent and his wife Tommi are helping launch a domestic abuse study at Niagara University…
Continue Reading FIFA official Fatma Samoura leaving after 7 years as pioneering woman in soccer
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer. FIFA says…
Continue Reading UN: Sudan’s war displaces over 2 million, as fighting rages in Darfur region
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Continue Reading Pennsylvania using tons of recycled glass nuggets to rebuild collapsed Interstate 95
By MARC LEVY Associated Press Pennsylvania will truck in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets to help quickly rebuild a collapsed section of…
Continue Reading At least 78 people drown after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast
By Chris Liakos, Catherine Nicholls and Elinda Labropoulou, CNN (CNN) — At least 78 people died after a migrant boat carrying hundreds of…
Continue Reading Early humans left Africa and reached Asia earlier than thought, fossil discovery reveals
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Humans originated in Africa, but when exactly our earliest ancestors left the continent and how they spread around…
Continue Reading How a 3.2-million-year-old human relative named Lucy walked
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Continue Reading Another key inflation gauge fell sharply in May
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Continue Reading Murder charge filed in Detroit-area teen’s death months after landfill search
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Continue Reading Collapse of a mountain peak in Austria amid thawing permafrost triggers a huge rockfall
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Continue Reading Final witness in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial says she played dead next to her 97-year-old mother
By Sabrina Souza and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The final witness to testify in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial said Wednesday she…
Continue Reading Supporters watch scandal-ridden former Italian PM Berlusconi’s controversial state funeral
By Rob Picheta, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered in Milan on Wednesday for the state funeral of Silvio…
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Continue Reading Kosovo says 3 border police officers ‘kidnapped’ by Serbia; Belgrade says they crossed illegally
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Continue Reading Wolves that nearly died out from inbreeding recovered, now helping a remote island’s ecosystem
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Continue Reading Woman comes forward to accuse lawyer of 2007 rape in Boston, wants to face him in court
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Continue Reading Climate protesters throw paint and glue at Monet painting in Swedish museum
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Continue Reading Roger Payne, who found out that whales could sing, dies at 88
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Continue Reading Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors
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Continue Reading New England and the upper Midwest could have a higher fire risk than the West this year. Here’s why
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — There will be no more rides to Hel on bus 666. The bus to the town of Hel on Poland’s Baltic coast has long been popular…
Continue Reading DEI programs in universities are being cut across the country. What does this mean for higher education?
By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez was just seven months into a job as chief diversity officer at the New College of…
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — More than 100 people are now confirmed dead after a boat ferrying hundreds of wedding guests…
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Continue Reading Inflationary pressures continue to ease, producer prices drop 0.3% from April to May
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden…
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Continue Reading Indigenous community wins, then loses, path to reclaim ancestral rainforest land in Peru
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‘Our offensive does not end here’: CNN visits fluid front lines as Kyiv vows to drive out Russian forces
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Darya Markina Tarasova, CNN Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine (CNN) — Under clear and sunny…
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is turning to artificial intelligence to make it simpler to sift through thousands of user reviews. The…
Continue Reading Russian court sends an associate of Kremlin foe Navalny to prison for 7 1/2 years
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat…
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Continue Reading Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range, military says
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Continue Reading Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range, military says
By Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Two people were killed Wednesday after a cadet allegedly opened fire on members of his own unit at a military…
Continue Reading Scottish charity Mary’s Meals wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias award
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Continue Reading Italian ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi is given a state funeral in the city where he made his billions
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi is being honored with a state funeral in Milan’s Duomo cathedral and a day of…
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has filed a $35 million damage suit against North Korea for blowing up a…
Continue Reading Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall
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By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government says that at least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two…
Continue Reading Germany unveils 1st national security strategy to address growing threats, singles out Russia
By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has said Russia is the greatest security threat “for the…
Continue Reading UK police hunt motive in Nottingham attack as friends mourn student athlete victims
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two…
Continue Reading Chinese navy ship pays port call to Philippines in goodwill tour of region
By IYA FORBES Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese navy training ship with hundreds of cadets has made a port call in the…
Continue Reading American University of Beirut president says Cyprus campus key to institution’s global outreach
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of the American University of Beirut says Cyprus bested 15 other countries as the most suitable to host the…
Continue Reading At least 9 killed in ethnic clashes in India’s northeast, where 100 have died in month of violence
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Officials say rival ethnic groups fired at each other in fresh violence in India’s remote northeast that left at least…
Continue Reading British economy recovers slightly in April but strikes set to keep a lid on growth
LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that the British economy bounced back in April amid strong sales at bars and pubs as well as a rebound in car…
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