The world might see its first trillionaire sooner than you think. And that adds a spotlight on today’s richest 1%. In an annual assessment of global inequalities published earlier this week, Oxfam …
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1/18/24
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California court ruling could threaten key source of funding for disputed giant water tunnel project
A California judge has ruled that the state does not have permission to borrow billions of dollars for a water project. The decision by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Mennemeier could …
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By ADAM BEAM
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1/18/24
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A prosecutor says a California man acted callously in pulling out his gun and firing a shot at a car traveling on the freeway, killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back in a booster seat. …
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By AMY TAXIN
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1/18/24
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A scathing Justice Department report into law enforcement failures during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, includes a minute-by-minute accounting of missteps by police at the …
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1/18/24
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood. The experiment is a step toward one day trying …
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By The Associated Press
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1/18/24
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A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000. The state health department said Wednesday that Jeanette Breen …
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By PHILIP MARCELO
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1/18/24
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Former First Lady Melania Trump remembered her mother as “a ray of light in the darkest of days” during a funeral service at a church not far from the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The former …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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1/18/24
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A Justice Department report details a myriad of failures by law enforcement who responded to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, when children waited desperately for over an hour before police …
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CLAUDIA LAUER
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1/18/24
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An estimated 320 journalists around the world were imprisoned because of their work toward the end of 2023. That's from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which on Thursday issued its annual …
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1/18/24
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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in more than a year, underscoring the resilience of the labor market amid elevated interest rates. …
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By MATT OTT
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1/18/24
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Missouri abortion-rights campaign backs proposal to enshrine access but allow late-term restrictions
Missouri activists are throwing support behind a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights while also allowing the procedure to be restricted in later stages of pregnancy. The group …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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1/18/24
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A federal report into the halting and haphazard law enforcement response to a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is about to be released. The Department of Justice review will likely revive scrutiny …
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By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG
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1/17/24
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The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would make xylazine a controlled substance. Xylazine is a large-animal sedative that is being mixed with fentanyl and then used by some people. The …
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1/17/24
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The arctic blast of winter weather that is gripping much of the U.S. this week is also bringing with it various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe. These dangers can …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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1/17/24
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A nanny has testified about the frantic time in 2019 when a Connecticut mother of five went missing and her efforts to find her. The testimony on Wednesday came during the murder conspiracy trial of …
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By DAVE COLLINS
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1/17/24
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Winter turned its icy glare on the U.S. this week, blanketing cities and states from east to west with snow and sending temperatures into an Arctic spiral.
In Buffalo, New York, residents trekked …
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By The Associated Press
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1/17/24
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Texas’ refusal to allow Border Patrol agents into a park along the U.S.-Mexico border is a new marker in the state’s deepening rift with the Biden administration over immigration. For nearly a …
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and PAUL J. WEBER
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1/17/24
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US woman gets 26 years in prison for helping kill her mother in Bali and stuffing body in a suitcase
A federal judge has sentenced an American woman to 26 years in prison for helping to kill her mother at a luxury resort in Bali then stuffing her body into a suitcase. U.S. District Judge Matthew …
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE
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1/17/24
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Federal prosecutors say the Baltimore Police Department has completed its first official step toward fulfilling a series of court-ordered reforms. The consent decree was imposed in 2017 after federal …
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By LEA SKENE
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1/17/24
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Demolition is underway at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which was the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The work that began Wednesday is part of the effort to …
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By GENE PUSKAR and BROOKE SCHULTZ
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1/17/24
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