Murder, cruelty charges dismissed in Georgia toddler’s hot car death
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia has dismissed the murder and child cruelty charges against a man whose toddler…
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Wisconsin lawmaker says his bar where overdose victims bought drugs isn’t ‘bad establishment’
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say drugs laced with fentanyl that killed one person…
Continue Reading Strangers pay tribute at burial for Jamaican WWII vet who volunteered in Britain’s hour of need
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Continue Reading Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to defend the truth and resist indifference
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Continue Reading Biden releases new strategy to tackle rise in antisemitism, says ‘hate will not prevail’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a new government strategy to fight hate, bias and…
Continue Reading On 3rd anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Biden stops GOP-led effort to block DC police reform law
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Continue Reading Dudamel in surprise move resigns from Paris Opéra 2 years into 6-year contract
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Gustavo Dudamel surprisingly announced his resignation as music director of the Paris Opéra, two seasons into a…
Continue Reading French magistrates probing 27 migrant deaths file charges against English Channel maritime rescuers
PARIS (AP) — French judicial authorities say magistrates have filed preliminary charges against maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the sinking…
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Suspect arrested after shooting and stabbing attack in Japan leaves four dead
By Emi Jozuka, Junko Ogura and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in a shooting and stabbing incident that left four people dead in central…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise as debt ceiling standoff drags on
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates are beginning to feel the impact of the debt-ceiling standoff, jumping higher for the…
Continue Reading Google removes ‘Slavery Simulator’ game from store following a wave of criticism in Brazil
By Mia Alberti and Julia Jones, CNN (CNN) — A game entitled “Slavery Simulator,” where players can “buy and sell” enslaved Black…
Continue Reading Shark attacks American tourist in Turks and Caicos, police say
By Rebekah Riess and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A shark attacked a 22-year-old woman from Connecticut while she was snorkeling at a resort…
Continue Reading Grand jury indicts New York woman on felony charges for allegedly making threatening phone calls to LGBTQ businesses in Colorado
By Aya Elamroussi and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Colorado indicted a New York woman on felony charges for allegedly verbally…
Continue Reading Peru protesters, including children, killed in ‘extrajudicial executions’ by security forces, Amnesty finds
By Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Peruvian security forces carried out widespread attacks against protestors with “extrajudicial executions…
Continue Reading One of Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa after 22 years on run
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Continue Reading Pentagon says allies will unite to train Ukrainians on F-16s, but warns jets aren’t ‘magic weapons’
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Continue Reading Delaware woman pleads guilty to killing 3-year-old daughter, dumping remains on softball field
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Continue Reading US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
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Continue Reading How busy will Atlantic hurricane season be? Depends on who wins unusual battle of climatic titans
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Continue Reading Armed man arrested near CIA headquarters at a Virginia preschool will stay in jail, judge decides
By Marshall Cohen, Holly Yan and John Miller, CNN Fairfax, Virginia (CNN) — The Florida man who allegedly told officers at CIA Headquarters he…
Continue Reading Hundreds of mourners attend funeral of one of the last RAF ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’
By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Hundreds of people gathered at a London church on Thursday for the funeral of one of the last Black…
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Wagner chief claims to have handed over body of US Army veteran killed in Bakhmut
By Clare Sebastian, Allegra Goodwin, Svitlana Vlasova and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — The chief of Russian paramilitary group Wagner told CNN on…
Continue Reading Wagner chief claims to have handed over body of US Army veteran killed in Bakhmut
By Clare Sebastian, Allegra Goodwin, Svitlana Vlasova and Sarah Dean, CNN (CNN) — The chief of Russian paramilitary group Wagner told CNN on…
Continue Reading COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year of emergency use
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer received full approval on Thursday for its COVID-19 pill Paxlovid that’s been…
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Continue Reading US senator hopes Serbia adopts Russia sanctions as Serb spy chief travels to Moscow
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Continue Reading Tennessee’s transgender care exclusions are discriminatory, a federal lawsuit alleges
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Continue Reading Tina Turner created a career on her terms, not defined by her trauma
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Continue Reading Cannes turns up the glamour for amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press ANTIBES, France (AP) — The attention at the Cannes Film Festival turns Thursday to the glitzy amfAR gala to raise…
Continue Reading Threat of US credit downgrade looms over debt ceiling talks
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Continue Reading Calls for unity dominate Africa Day celebrations
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Continue Reading Man arrested after car collides with gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister lives
LONDON (AP) — A car collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister’s home and offices…
Continue Reading Read the letter found in Brian Laundrie’s backpack from his mom marked ‘burn after reading’
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Continue Reading Attorney for 11-year-old Mississippi boy shot by police says there’s ‘no way’ he could have been mistaken for an adult
By Nick Valencia and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — An attorney for an 11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by a police officer after he…
Continue Reading Credit rating agency warns it may downgrade US debt rating, driving up costs
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A deadlocked Washington that has taken America to the brink of default could jeopardize the United States’…
Continue Reading The US economy grew faster in the first quarter than previously reported
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US economic growth in the first three months of the year was faster than previously estimated, the…
Continue Reading New unprecedented images reveal what’s happening on the sun as it approaches ‘solar maximum’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — New images of the sun’s surface captured by a powerful ground-based solar telescope have revealed sunspots…
Continue Reading Twitter’s launch of DeSantis’ presidential bid underscores platform’s rightward shift under Musk
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Continue Reading Does Brian Laundrie’s mom risk criminal charges over her ‘burn after reading’ letter? Here’s what legal experts say
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The undated “burn after reading” letter from Brian Laundrie’s mother could provide what one legal analyst…
Continue Reading Man arrested after car driven at gates of Downing Street in London
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN London (CNN) — A man has been arrested after a car was driven at the gates of Downing Street in London, the official…
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Gabby Petito’s parents get copy of ‘burn after reading’ letter that Brian Laundrie’s mom wrote him
Gabby Petito’s parents now have a copy of a letter Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote to her son, which included references to getting a shovel and…
Continue Reading Fears grow for Nobel peace laureate Ales Bialiatski imprisoned in Belarus
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Continue Reading Man killed in accident in Berlin with old-fashioned paternoster elevator
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Berlin say a man has died after an accident involving an old-fashioned jump-on, jump-off elevator in the German…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo
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Continue Reading Steve Bannon’s trial in ‘We Build the Wall’ scheme set for May 2024
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon, the conservative strategist and longtime ally of Donald Trump, will stand trial…
Continue Reading Supreme Court sharply limits federal government’s ability to police pollution into certain wetlands
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sharply limited the federal government’s…
Continue Reading Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, SEUNG MIN KIM and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans pushed debt ceiling talks to…
Continue Reading Parents of Covenant School students can weigh in on release of evidence in Nashville mass shooting, judge rules
By Alta Spells and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Parents of students at Nashville’s Covenant School can intervene in a consolidated lawsuit…
Continue Reading State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights
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Continue Reading FRENCH OPEN 2023: Alcaraz, Djokovic on same half of draw; Swiatek-Gauff could be in quarterfinals
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Continue Reading Centuries-old cotton tree, a national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Sierra Leon’s President Julius Maada Bio says heavy rains felled the centuries-old…
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Continue Reading Sherpa guide who climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times says he’s not ready to retire
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Continue Reading Swedish online fashion retailer blocks 42,000 customers for returning too many purchased items
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden-based online fashion retailer Bootz AB says it has blocked 42,000 customers for returning too many items they had…
Continue Reading Attorney for 11-year-old Mississippi boy shot by police says there’s ‘no way’ he could have been mistaken for an adult
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Continue Reading Firewalkers in Greece honor Saint Constantine in mystery-shrouded, centuries-old rituals
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Continue Reading As Sudanese refugees flee horrors of war, poverty-stricken Chad is struggling to help
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Continue Reading As Sudanese refugees flee horrors of war, poverty-stricken Chad is struggling to help
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Continue Reading War and economy push immigration to Britain to record high in 2022
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Continue Reading Russia signs deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
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Continue Reading 4 people accused of hanging Vinícius Júnior effigy released from custody
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for May 25: Ron DeSantis, Russia, Debt limit, January 6, Florida
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Continue Reading Japan nuclear watchdog ask Fukushima plant operator to assess risk from reactor damage
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Continue Reading Head of Russian private army Wagner says his forces are handing control of Bakhmut to Moscow
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Continue Reading Most wanted Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa after decades on the run
By David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg (CNN) — The most wanted fugitive in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa…
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Continue Reading Russia denies fire at Ministry of Defense, says state media
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Continue Reading Alleged fraudster whose severed foot was found on a beach is dead, Australian coroner finds
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Continue Reading Companies are finding it’s not so simple to leave Russia. Others are quietly staying put
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Continue Reading What about those who can’t flee fighting in Sudan? Many face danger and despair
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Continue Reading Indiana doctor reprimanded, fined $3,000 for talking publicly about Ohio 10-year-old’s abortion
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Continue Reading UN peacekeeping on 75th anniversary: successes, failures and challenges ahead in a divided world
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