The military says a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas has crashed, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent. Another soldier on board has been injured. The …
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Hard-line Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt to Thursday night’s State of the Union address that carried a seemingly simple message: Say Her Name. She …
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By GRAHAM LEE BREWER
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3/8/24
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Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code. The bill — meant to address antisemitism on college campuses — has been the topic of persistent debate between …
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By ISABELLA VOLMERT
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3/8/24
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'Oh my God feeling.' Trooper speaks about shooting knife-wielding man, worrying about other officers
A Connecticut state trooper who shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020 has testified that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening …
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By DAVE COLLINS
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3/8/24
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Prosecutors said more cremated remains were found at the home of a Colorado funeral home owner, where a rotting corpse and 35 other cremated remains were discovered last month. Owner Miles Harford …
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By JESSE BEDAYN
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3/8/24
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Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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3/8/24
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Ariana Cubillos is an Associated Press photojournalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. She was based in Haiti from 2004 to 2009, also covering the country’s 2010 earthquake and its descent into gang …
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By ARIANA CUBILLOS
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3/8/24
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The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear. But this much is clear — survivors remain deeply skeptical of the …
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By PETER SMITH
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3/8/24
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A judge has indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols until after the conclusion of a federal …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ
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3/8/24
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At least one fertility clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments. News outlets report that Alabama Fertility Specialists performed several embryo transfers Thursday. Alabama …
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3/8/24
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A judge has restricted the use of a phone and tablet by the father of a Michigan school shooter. Authorities say James Crumbley used the devices to make “threatening statements” from jail. He is …
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By ED WHITE
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3/8/24
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A new Uvalde report defends local police. Here are the findings that outraged some families in Texas
The City of Uvalde has released an independent report into a deadly 2022 school shooting that suggested none of the city’s officers violated department policy. The report released Thursday …
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By ACACIA CORONADO and SEAN MURPHY
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3/8/24
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March 1-7, 2024
A family member of a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 attended the 10th annual remembrance event in Malaysia, Chinese leader Xi Jinping drank a cup of tea during …
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By The Associated Press
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3/7/24
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The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a request to reconsider its earlier opinion stating that a former Grand Rapids police officer should stand trial for murder in the 2022 killing of a Black …
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March 1-7, 2024
From polio vaccines in India to violence in Haiti to snow storms in California, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or …
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By The Associated Press
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3/7/24
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A United Airlines jetliner that lost a tire on takeoff has made a safe emergency landing in Los Angeles. Flight 35 left San Francisco and was bound for Osaka, Japan, on Thursday. Instead, the plane …
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3/7/24
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Democrats walk out of Kentucky hearing on legislation dealing with support for nonviable pregnancies
Democratic lawmakers have walked out of a Kentucky House committee hearing as the GOP-led panel was taking up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying …
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By BRUCE SCHREINER
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3/7/24
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Two Ohio lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that seeks to ease the financial burden on law enforcement agencies that will have to replace their marijuana-sniffing dogs. That's because Ohio voters …
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By PATRICK ORSAGOS and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
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3/7/24
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Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago have determined there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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3/7/24
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The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay $275,000 toward the legal fees of a far-right Catholic media group to settle a lawsuit over the city’s unsuccessful attempt to block a rally in 2021. The …
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By PETER SMITH
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3/7/24
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