It was a married couple who discovered remains that authorities believe were a man who opened fire on a Kentucky highway. The couple says the community's concerns led them to spend days in rugged …
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By DYLAN LOVAN and BRUCE SCHREINER
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9/19/24
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The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law …
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
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9/19/24
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Attorneys for a road construction inspector who survived the Baltimore bridge collapse in March are planning to file a claim against the owner and manager of the ship that lost power and crashed into …
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By LEA SKENE
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9/19/24
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About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed to a remote Alaska island amid a spike in Russian military activity off the western reaches of the U.S. The deployment of the …
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By MARK THIESSEN
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9/19/24
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A Philadelphia police officer who recently died from wounds he suffered when he was shot during a traffic stop earlier this year was eulogized as a dedicated public servant. Jaime Roman was shot June …
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9/19/24
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Jurors in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in Tyre Nichol's fatal beating have seen video showing two EMTs just standing around, doing nothing to help him as he sat bleeding …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ
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9/19/24
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The deaths of two women in Georgia have been tied to a state law that bans most abortions after roughly six weeks. The news organization ProPublica reported that both women had taken abortion pills. …
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By LAURA UNGAR and MATTHEW PERRONE
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9/19/24
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The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a six-month suspension of former state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s law license. The ruling Wednesday cites actions he took following a deadly …
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9/19/24
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Zachry Quinto is back on TV on Monday in a medical drama. But he’s not portraying any dour, by-the-rules doctor — he’s playing Dr. Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist, path-breaking researcher …
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By MARK KENNEDY
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9/19/24
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Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August to the slowest annual pace in nearly a year even as mortgage rates eased and the supply of properties on the market kept rising. The National …
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By ALEX VEIGA
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9/19/24
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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in four months last week. Jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 219,000 for the week of Sept. 14, the Labor Department …
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By MATT OTT
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9/19/24
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This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel …
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By LISA RATHKE
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9/19/24
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A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo of the badly injured man on the night he was punched, kicked and hit with a police baton …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ
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9/18/24
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A longtime donor who has given more than $160 million to Tulane University is the new namesake of the university’s expanding school of public health. The honor for Celia Scott Weatherhead was …
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9/18/24
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Authorities have found a body near the Kentucky site where a gunman opened fire on an interstate highway, hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five people. Investigators are working to identify the …
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9/18/24
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The Los Angeles area is seeing more cases of people with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, a year after the first such case was reported in California. That's according to …
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By JAIMIE DING
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9/18/24
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A Connecticut aquarium where three beluga whales have died from illnesses since 2021 has agreed to settle a federal investigation that found alleged animal care and water quality violations. Mystic …
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By DAVE COLLINS
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9/18/24
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The hidden figures of the space race have been recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented Wednesday to the families of Katherine …
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
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9/18/24
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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage …
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By WAYNE PARRY
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9/18/24
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The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted …
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JIM SALTER
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9/18/24
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