The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off the planet, after rocketing to the International Space Station last week. Sultan al-Neyadi assured Dubai's ruler on …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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3/7/23
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A Texas inmate is facing a scheduled execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago. Gary Green is set to …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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3/7/23
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Federal prosecutors say two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years. The U.S. attorney's office says Mohamed Tahlil …
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3/6/23
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Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck …
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3/6/23
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Tennessee is outsourcing testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab under a $1.5 million federal grant. On Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced the move that aims …
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By JONATHAN MATTISE
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3/6/23
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An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting attack that killed four people at a …
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3/6/23
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Norfolk Southern says it plans to improve the use of detectors along the tracks that are supposed to spot overheating bearings and other problems in the wake of a fiery Ohio derailment a month ago. …
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By RON TODT
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3/6/23
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Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates have buried Southern California’s most famous mountain lion Saturday in the mountains where the big cat once roamed. After making his home in …
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By STEFANIE DAZIO
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3/6/23
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Residents of Southern California mountain towns are still struggling to dig out and get necessities in the aftermath of a blizzard last month that dumped so much snow that roads became impassable and …
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3/6/23
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Greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to Earth’s climate by 2100, according to a study out Monday in Nature Climate Change. The scientists …
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BY DREW COSTLEY
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3/6/23
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Three jurors say Alex Murdaugh didn't help himself by testifying in his own defense against charges he murdered his wife and son. Jurors told the NBC Today show on Monday that Murdaugh only managed …
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3/6/23
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The Virginia Department of Corrections has recorded audio of at least 30 executions over the last three decades, but it has no plans to release the tapes publicly. The department rejected an …
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By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN
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3/6/23
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Days after exiting its stake in troubled electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs, Altria announced a $2.75 billion investment in electronic cigarette startup NJOY Holdings Inc. As part of the deal, …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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3/6/23
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The U.S. government says Exxon Mobil violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman's nooses were displayed at a facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The lawsuit was filed …
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3/5/23
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Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a company train …
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3/5/23
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King Charles III’s office has been in touch with Prince Harry about the new monarch’s coronation. The move raises the possibility of the king's younger son attending the historic ceremony despite …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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3/5/23
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In the last 18 months, an estimated 250,000 migrants and asylum-seekers, mostly from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, have arrived in the Miami area, often only on temporary legal status that …
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By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
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3/5/23
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About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said. But unlike the Feb. 3 …
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3/4/23
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China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, just .1% higher than last year. That marks the eighth consecutive year of single-digit percentage increases in what is now is now the world's …
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3/4/23
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A Canadian woman and a pediatric cardiologist from Georgia are winners in Key West’s annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest. Brian Cardis of Macon, Georgia, performed the Jimmy Buffett song “Fins” …
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3/4/23
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