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Minnesota officials investigating fatal police shooting during a traffic stop in Minneapolis
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Continue Reading How the Trump fake electors scheme became a ‘corrupt plan,’ according to the indictment
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Continue Reading Takeaways from the Trump indictment that alleges a campaign of ‘fraud and deceit’
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1 person was killed and over 50 injured after a bus rolled over near the Grand Canyon
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Continue Reading Utah law requiring age verification for porn sites remains in effect after judge tosses lawsuit
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Continue Reading 1 dies, 8 others seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West
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Continue Reading Ex-Washington state newspaper editor pleads not guilty to paying girls for sexually explicit images
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Trump indicted for efforts to overturn 2020 election and block transfer of power
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Continue Reading 8 more people charged in kidnapping of migrants that ended in Houston shooting
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Continue Reading The coup in Niger will only embolden extremists, says a former jihadi fighter
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Continue Reading Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’
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Hospitals in a 10th of US counties have lost childbirth units over the past five years, according to a new analysis
Hundreds of hospitals have lost their childbirth units over the past five years, according to a new analysis, affecting about a tenth of US counties…
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