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Continue Reading Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says
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Continue Reading Student, 56, considers calling it quits after 27 attempts at college entrance exam
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Continue Reading Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says
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Continue Reading Ohio mom charged in death of toddler left alone for 10 days, prosecutors say
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Continue Reading Mexico arrests former official in disappearance of 43 students in 2014, charges 8 soldiers
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Continue Reading California mushroom farms cited for workplace safety violations after January fatal shootings
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Continue Reading James Meredith risked his life doing civil rights work. At 90, he says religion can help cut crime
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Continue Reading Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana’s Yellowstone River
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Continue Reading Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students
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Continue Reading VP Harris visits historic LGBTQ+ landmark, decries flurry of anti-trans bills in state legislatures
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Continue Reading Colombia honors searchers and sniffer dog that helped find 4 children who survived plane crash
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president has handed out 86 medals to soldiers, Indigenous volunteers and…
Continue Reading Idaho student killings suspect could be executed by firing squad if he is convicted and sentenced to death
By Taylor Romine and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students could be executed by firing…
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Five teenagers were killed when their car ran off a curving street and landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Nine cut marks on a fossilized shin bone suggest that ancient human relatives butchered and possibly ate one another…
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s…
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Continue Reading White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Major League Baseball wants to grow in Europe and is looking for ways to connect with the local fans.…
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s former lieutenant governor and longtime civic leader Richard Ravitch has died…
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Continue Reading Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to receive honorary Oscars
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The union organizing Starbucks workers said Monday that a strike timed to Pride month closed 21 stores over the…
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Continue Reading Prosecutor says there’s ‘insufficient evidence’ for murder charge against woman arrested in shooting of a Black mother who knocked on her door
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Continue Reading Massachusetts man arrested and charged with triple homicide after 3 family members found dead at home, officials say
By Rob Frehse and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a triple homicide after three relatives…
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Continue Reading Pittsburgh synagogue gunman’s mental health is focus of punishment phase of death penalty trial
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Continue Reading Supreme Court dismisses case in which Democratic lawmakers sued over Trump hotel lease
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Continue Reading Club Q mass shooter sentenced to over 2,000 years in prison after family begs judge to ‘lock this animal away to the depths of hell’
By Andi Babineau, Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) — The suspect accused of using an AR-style rifle to…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court won’t let a North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
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Continue Reading A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the Titan submersible implosion as a multinational investigation begins
By Nouran Salahieh and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A robot is combing the sea floor for debris from the fatal implosion of the Titan…
Continue Reading Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024
By KEVIN McGILL, MARK SHERMAN and SARA CLINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana…
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