A judge has vacated the murder conviction of a 78-year-old Las Vegas woman who spent 20 years in prison for the 1994 killing of her millionaire husband until she was paroled in 2020. Margaret Rudin …
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5/17/22
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Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year’s winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book “The Hardest Place: The American Military …
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5/17/22
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Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford will bring their star power to the newest addition to the “Yellowstone” franchise. The pair will headline a Paramount+ series with the working title “1932,” The …
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By LYNN ELBER
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5/17/22
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A new report finds far fewer Americans said “I do” during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended. There were 1.7 million weddings in 2020, a drop of 17% from the year …
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By MIKE STOBBE
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5/17/22
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A group fighting homophobia in soccer has called on the French league and Paris Saint-Germain to ask player Idrissa Gueye for an explanation after he missed a game last week amid reports that he …
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
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5/17/22
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ABC is teaming Hilary Swank and the writer of the “Spotlight” movie for a new series with a journalist as a hero. ABC entertainment chief Craig Erwich says it's a brave show for this era, and is …
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By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER
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5/17/22
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A new, 63-page IRS tax filing shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. ended its last fiscal year with nearly $42 million in net …
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By AARON MORRISON
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5/17/22
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U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 vaccine booster for healthy children ages 5 to 11. Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster dose for the best protection against the …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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5/17/22
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The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and …
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The Associated Press
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5/17/22
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Georgia's parole board has declined to halt the execution of a man who killed an 8-year-old girl 46 years ago. The board issued its decision Monday, a day before Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. is …
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By KATE BRUMBACK
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5/17/22
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The 10 people shot and killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, were caregivers and protectors and helpers. Some were running an errand or doing a favor or finishing out a shift. One came from …
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MATT SEDENSKY
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5/17/22
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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot near “The Bean” sculpture in downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park, which is among the …
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5/16/22
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The white gunman charged in a racist rampage inside a Buffalo supermarket didn’t need to travel abroad for tactical training, nor did he need to join an organization of like-minded militants who …
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By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and AMANDA SEITZ
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5/16/22
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A court-appointed expert released a draft of new congressional maps for New York that are more favorable to Republicans than the original gerrymandered political maps drawn by Democrats. The draft …
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE
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5/16/22
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The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. That is a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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5/16/22
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The co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation to fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in public service and includes multiple stipends …
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5/16/22
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When the U.S. hit 1 million COVID-19 deaths, the news was driven by a government tally derived from death certificates. But that’s not the only tally. And you may be wondering, where do these …
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By MIKE STOBBE
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5/16/22
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A total lunar eclipse provided a spectacular celestial show as it unfolded Sunday night into early Monday in the Americas.
The eastern half of North America and all of Central and South America …
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By The Associated press
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5/16/22
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The new chief health equity officer at CVS Health hopes she will have more influence in fixing care disparities before they land patients in the hospital. Dr. Joneigh Khaldun sees those disparities …
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By TOM MURPHY
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5/16/22
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Hollywood's summer movie season kicks off Friday with the release of Disney and Marvel's “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." Other big May releases include “Downton Abbey: A New Era," …
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By The Associated Press
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5/16/22
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