A dive boat captain has pleaded not guilty in federal court to manslaughter in the fiery deaths of 34 people trapped below deck on his burning vessel three years ago off the Southern California …
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By STEFANIE DAZIO
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11/10/22
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The first winter storm of the season to blast off from the Rockies is unloading its energy primarily in North Dakota, where it could dump up to 18 inches of snow and kick up winds as high as 50 mph. …
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By DAVE KOLPACK
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11/10/22
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Three former police officers who were charged in the killing of an 8-year-old girl when they opened fire toward a crowd leaving a Philadelphia-area high school football game pleaded guilty Thursday …
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By CLAUDIA LAUER
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11/10/22
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A jury has ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape. The verdict in the civil case came Thursday in one of several …
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11/10/22
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Environmental groups are hailing a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the remote North Cascades ecosystem in Washington state. The …
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
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11/10/22
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company have been ordered to pay an extra $473 million to families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. The punitive damages …
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By DAVE COLLINS
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11/10/22
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The swift collapse of crypto exchange FTX sent more shockwaves through the cryptocurrency world on Thursday, with authorities now investigating the firm for potential securities violations and …
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By KEN SWEET and MICHAEL BALSAMO
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11/10/22
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A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic. NASA's Kennedy Space Center announced the discovery Thursday. Divers for a TV …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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11/10/22
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Migrant laborers who built Qatar’s World Cup stadiums often worked long hours under harsh conditions and were subjected to discrimination, wage theft and other abuses. That's according to a 75-page …
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS
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11/10/22
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Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin kept a low profile over the years, but he has been increasingly in the spotlight recently. He has admitted that he is behind the Russian mercenary …
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By The Associated Press
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11/10/22
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A string of California U.S. House races remains in play, and the outcome could make the difference in which party controls the chamber next year. With millions of votes yet to be counted statewide, …
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
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11/9/22
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A Texas jury has sentenced a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn daughter. Jurors returned with the sentence for 29-year-old Taylor Parker after deliberating for just over …
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11/9/22
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The Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls has requested a public defender in a letter to the court filed because both he and his wife can no longer work. Richard M. Allen wrote in a letter …
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11/9/22
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Snoop Dogg is getting a big-screen biopic. Universal Pictures announced Wednesday that the studio is developing a film about Snoop Dogg’s life to be produced by the 51-year-old rapper. The film …
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11/9/22
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Testing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found no radioactive contamination at a Missouri school that was shut down last month amid fears that nuclear material from a contaminated creek nearby …
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By JIM SALTER
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11/9/22
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A Northrop Grumman capsule has delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station despite a jammed solar panel. The shipment arrived Wednesday, two days after launching from …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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11/9/22
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Wealthy donors publicly gave more to mental health last year than in any other year over the past decade: According to a Chronicle of Philanthropy tally of publicized donations of $1 million or more, …
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By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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11/9/22
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Bitcoin slumped to a two-year low and other digital assets sold off Wednesday following the sudden collapse of crypto exchange FTX Trading. A day earlier, FTX agreed to sell itself to Binance after …
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11/9/22
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Some LGBTQ soccer fans are skipping the World Cup in Qatar. They’re concerned about how safe and welcome they’d feel in the conservative Gulf country that criminalizes same-sex relations. Before …
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By MARIAM FAM and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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11/9/22
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Most Americans are used to casting their ballot for a single person for each office. But Alaska’s races unfold in the state's ranked choice system. Instead of picking a single candidate for office, …
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By MIKE CATALINI
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11/9/22
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