Reba McEntire finds herself behind the bar in her latest return to network TV, making a series that’s a nicely calibrated cocktail of drama and comedy. NBC’s “Happy’s Place” — premiering …
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By MARK KENNEDY
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10/18/24
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A murder trial is beginning in Indiana in the killings of two teenage girls. Fifty-two-year-old Richard Allen is charged in the killings of 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty …
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By RICK CALLAHAN
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10/18/24
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This year has seen President Vladimir Putin repeatedly brandish the nuclear sword, reminding everyone that Russia has the world’s largest atomic arsenal in order to deter the West from ramping up …
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By The Associated Press
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10/18/24
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A grand jury in Georgia has indicted a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. A Barrow County deputy court clerk confirms both were indicted on Thursday. Colt Gray is …
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By JEFF AMY
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10/17/24
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State regulators have ordered a former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident to remain closed while its operations …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN
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10/17/24
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Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast who weathered back-to-back hurricanes now have something else to keep an eye on: A possible plume of harmful algae in the waters off of the state’s southwest …
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By KATE PAYNE
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10/17/24
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The former judge who presided over the trial of the 2018 Parkland high school mass murderer has sharply criticized his public defenders during a presentation to Miami law students. Former Circuit …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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10/17/24
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Teen smoking hit an all-time low in the U.S. this year. It's part of a big drop in the youth use of tobacco that includes electronic cigarettes and hookahs. The Centers for Disease Control and …
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By MIKE STOBBE
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10/17/24
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Scientists have pinpointed how sperm and egg join to spark new life across the animal kingdom, from fish to people. New research by scientists in Austria shows that fertilization works like a lock …
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By LAURA UNGAR
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10/17/24
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades. Experts say the settlement with 1,353 people who allege that they were …
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10/17/24
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A group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and ministers are suing to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans. The lawsuit filed …
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By SEAN MURPHY
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10/17/24
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U.S. health officials say whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that so far this year there have been …
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By DEVI SHASTRI
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10/17/24
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3 workers remain hospitalized after collapse of closed bridge in rural Mississippi killed co-workers
A sheriff says three construction company employees remain hospitalized in critical condition a day after a bridge collapsed while they were preparing it for demolition in a rural area of central …
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10/17/24
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Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris says the death of Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar “gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza.” Harris made the comment Thursday at a …
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG
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10/17/24
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Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast are digging out from mountains of sand after Hurricanes Helene and Milton clobbered them with back-to-back hits in less than two weeks. Storm surge as high as 10 …
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By KATE PAYNE
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10/17/24
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Israel says it is looking into the possibility that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a military operation. Sinwar is a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war in …
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By The Associated Press
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10/17/24
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The international authority on hunger crises says the Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war. That's even as the number of people facing the most extreme …
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By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS
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10/17/24
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A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution that was signed and sent to states to ratify is up for auction in North Carolina. The document was found inside a filing cabinet at a property once owned by a …
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By JEFFREY COLLINS
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10/17/24
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A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome is facing a lethal injection. Robert Roberson is scheduled to be …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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10/17/24
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Alabama is preparing to execute a man who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a 2016 drug-fueled rampage. Derrick Dearman, 36, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at …
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BY KIM CHANDLER
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10/17/24
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