Several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations in recent years. Courts in Belize in 2016 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2018 found such laws unconstitutional. Last year, …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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6/11/23
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Two Southern Baptist churches ousted for having women pastors will be appealing that decision at the Southern Baptist Convention's upcoming annual meeting. Saddleback Church's founding pastor, Rick …
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By PETER SMITH
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6/11/23
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A mobile clinic in Baltimore is expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication that treats opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms. The city’s “Healthcare on the Spot” …
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By LEA SKENE
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6/11/23
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The looming smokestack of a shuttered trash incinerator whose stench sickened and angered Detroit residents for decades is coming down in a controlled implosion. The plan to reduce the smokestack to …
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By COREY WILLIAMS
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6/11/23
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Former UFC champion Conor McGregor knocked out the Miami Heat mascot in a midgame bit that went wrong. Burnie — more specifically, the man who occupies Burnie’s costume — briefly sought medical …
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6/10/23
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The WNBA says Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday. The league said in a statement it was looking into the team’s …
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6/10/23
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June is Pride Month in many parts of the world. It's a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest threats to hard-won civil rights. In the U.S., this …
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By The Associated Press
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6/10/23
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Police in San Francisco say nine people are expected to survive after being wounded in a mass shooting. The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. on Friday in the city's Mission District. The San …
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6/10/23
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New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van last year. New …
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON
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6/10/23
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Montenegro votes in an early parliamentary election which is seen as a test of whether the small NATO-member Balkan country can overcome deep internal political divisions and instability that have …
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By PREDRAG MILIC
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6/10/23
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Nearly two years before Donald Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified records, federal prosecutors say he was showing off “highly confidential” military plans to guests at his New Jersey …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
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6/10/23
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June 3 - June 9, 2023
From a flood affected woman being evacuated following the collapse of the walls of the Kakhovka dam from Kherson in Ukraine, to Canadian wildfires causing a hazy New York …
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6/10/23
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A police officer who rushed inside a classroom building during the Parkland school shooting says he encountered a sheriff's deputy outside who confirmed the shooter was upstairs. Coral Springs …
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6/9/23
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The federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021, and then scheming and …
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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6/9/23
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A Florida professor known as “Dr. Deep” has resurfaced after spending a record 100 days living underwater. Dr. Joseph Dituri raised his face to the sun Friday for the first time since March 1. …
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6/9/23
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Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt has died at age 85. The sharp-tongued Watt drew frequent criticism from environmentalists over what they saw as pro-development policies that …
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By MEAD GRUVER
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6/9/23
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Worshippers, police officers and other witnesses have testified to the horror of the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack in the ongoing federal trial of Robert Bowers. He is charged with killing 11 …
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By PETER SMITH
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6/9/23
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Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army said Friday the man attacked a solider, wounded him …
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6/9/23
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Today in History
Today is Friday, June 9, the 160th day of 2023. There are 205 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 9, 2004, the body of Ronald Reagan arrived …
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By The Associated Press
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6/9/23
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While Republicans accuse the federal government of political persecution, House Democrats say Donald Trump’s indictment is an affirmation of the U.S. justice system. Rep. Adam Schiff tweets that …
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6/8/23
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