Idaho Falls Airport conducts safety training
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Milan menswear seeks reassurance in nostalgia and artisanal craft, from Fendi to Dolce&Gabbana
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Continue Reading FAA investigating Southwest flight that came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean
By Gregory Wallace and Ross Levitt, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward…
Continue Reading Derek Jeter’s New York castle might finally have a buyer
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Continue Reading Italian Premier Meloni describes Putin’s cease-fire offer for Ukraine as ‘propaganda’
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Continue Reading On Father’s Day, this LGBTQ+ couple celebrates the friend who helped make their family dream reality
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Continue Reading UK government demands an explanation after police ram a runaway cow with a squad car
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Continue Reading 8 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza in one of the deadliest incidents for the IDF since October 7
By Lauren Izso, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Andrew Raine, CNN (CNN) — Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the…
Continue Reading 8 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack in months. Only one…
Continue Reading Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
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Continue Reading Much of U.S. braces for extreme weather, from southern heat wave to possible snow in the Rockies
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Blackfoot farmer expresses concern about water curtailment
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Continue Reading Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
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Continue Reading How South Africa’s rival parties ‘found each other’ in a last-ditch deal that saved a president
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Continue Reading German police shoot to death an Afghan man who killed a compatriot, then attacked soccer fans
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Continue Reading Residents, communities preparing for heat wave that will envelop Midwest, Northeast next week
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Continue Reading There may not be many of them. But these Southern lesbian bars are still finding ways to thrive
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Continue Reading How Elon Musk’s $44.9B Tesla pay package compares with the most generous plans for other U.S. CEOs
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Continue Reading Lower your risk of falling as you get older with these simple steps
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Continue Reading Aussie swimmers Cameron McEvoy, Bronte Campbell reach 4th Olympics, singer Cody Simpson misses out
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Continue Reading Catherine, Princess of Wales joins royals on palace balcony, capping first public appearance since cancer diagnosis
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Continue Reading Photos offer a glimpse of Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee
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Continue Reading Iran and Sweden carry out a prisoner swap, freeing man convicted of war crimes over 1988 executions
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Continue Reading Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease
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Continue Reading Catherine, Princess of Wales joins royals on palace balcony, capping first public appearance since cancer diagnosis
CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Billy Stockwell, CNN The Mall, London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales joined other British royals on the…
Continue Reading LGBTQ Pride Month flags vandalized near Stonewall National Monument, police say
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Continue Reading Trump’s Michigan trip will include stops at a Black church and a gathering of far-right activists
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Continue Reading Explosions heard as Maine police deal with armed individual
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Continue Reading Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of the populist prime minister, is sworn in as Slovakia’s president
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Continue Reading All eyes are on Kate as she returns to public view at a military parade honoring King Charles III
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Continue Reading World leaders join major Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland – but no Russia or China
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Continue Reading Philippines seeks UN confirmation of its vast continental seabed in the disputed South China Sea
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Continue Reading Cyprus says no let-up to fiscal discipline course as S&P raises country’s credit rating to BBB+
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Continue Reading Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics
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Continue Reading Nearly 30 riders were rescued after being stuck upside down on a ride at a Portland amusement park
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Continue Reading World leaders to meet at Swiss resort on possible Ukraine peace roadmap. Russia is notably absent
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Continue Reading 1 person is dead and 4 others injured in apparent drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale, police say
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Continue Reading French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections
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Continue Reading Charles Barkley says next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with NBA media deals
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Continue Reading A usually joyous Muslim holiday reminds families in Gaza of war’s punishing toll
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Continue Reading US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing
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Continue Reading What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets
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Continue Reading Chinese premier flies to Australia after New Zealand visit
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Continue Reading Muslim pilgrims converge at Mount Arafat for daylong worship as Hajj reaches its peak
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Continue Reading Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms
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Continue Reading Doncic scores 29, Mavericks roll past the Celtics 122-84 to avoid a sweep in the NBA Finals
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 30 people Friday after they were stuck for close to half an hour dangling upside down high…
Continue Reading Ecuadorian lawmakers block indictment of vice president whom authorities accuse of collusion
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Beware of buying knock-off power tool batteries for Father’s Day
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Continue Reading Prosecutor says ATF agent justified in fatal shooting of Little Rock airport director during raid
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Continue Reading Louisiana US Rep. Garret Graves won’t seek reelection, citing a new congressional map
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Continue Reading Dogs’ digs at the Garden: Westminster show returning to Madison Square Garden next year
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Continue Reading Report uncovering biased policing in Phoenix prompts gathering in support of the victims
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Continue Reading Maine opens contest to design a new state flag based on an old classic
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Continue Reading Trooper with checkered FBI past convicted of child rape in Alabama
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Continue Reading Reacting to Supreme Court ruling, governor wrongly says Buffalo supermarket killer used bump stock
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Elks Lodge honors Old Glory with flag retirement ceremony
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Continue Reading Holly Bobo murder case returns to court, 7 years after a Tennessee man’s conviction
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — Seven years after a man was convicted of killing nursing student Holly Bobo, the case is…
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Continue Reading Trump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he ‘did nothing’ to restrict guns
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Continue Reading The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill
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Continue Reading The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Supreme Court ‘s ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in…
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