Harvard University has condemned what it called a “flagrantly antisemitic cartoon” posted on social media by student and faculty groups that advocate for Palestinian liberation. Harvard's …
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By MICHAEL CASEY
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2/21/24
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The Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. This is raising concerns about how the decision could affect in vitro fertilization, commonly …
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By LAURA UNGAR
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2/21/24
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A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 will stand trial next February. Robert Crimo III is …
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By KATHLEEN FOODY
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2/21/24
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After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law
Authorities say a Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver pleaded not guilty after becoming the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring …
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2/21/24
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The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has filed a lawsuit at a court in the Arctic city of Salekhard contesting officials’ refusal to release her son’s body. Russia’s state …
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By The Associated Press
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2/21/24
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A pacemaker for the brain helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon offer hope to others
Researchers are testing deep brain stimulation as a treatment for people with a severe form of depression. Doctors compare it to a pacemaker for the brain. It involves implanting electrodes in the …
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By LAURA UNGAR
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2/21/24
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Donald Trump is doubling down on comparing his criminal indictments to the circumstances of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Navalny died in a remote arctic prison after being jailed by Russia’s …
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By BILL BARROW and JONATHAN J. COOPER
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2/20/24
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Authorities say a young girl was buried in sand and died when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy collapsed on them both at a south Florida beach. A fire department official says emergency …
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2/20/24
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A Michigan man has been charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver the day after the law took effect. …
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2/20/24
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The most stolen books from San Francisco public libraries' shelves are those about recovering from addiction. Now, city officials want to provide universal access to free drug recovery books, …
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
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2/20/24
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One person has been arrested after they allegedly set off a “mortar-type firework” near a Southern California shopping center. Reports of an explosion at The Village at Tustin Legacy prompted …
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2/20/24
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Prosecutors say a former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had contacts with …
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2/20/24
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Two young police officers and a firefighter-paramedic were killed in a burst of gunfire over the weekend as they responded to a domestic disturbance call in the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville. …
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By TRISHA AHMED, ANITA SNOW and JIM SALTER
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2/20/24
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New Hampshire lawmakers are considering changing the settlement process for those who allege they were abused as children at the state's youth detention center. The state faces about 1,200 lawsuits …
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By HOLLY RAMER
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2/20/24
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A friend of a New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter has testified that he told her he hated the child “right to his core” because the girl reminded him of her mother. …
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By KATHY McCORMACK
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2/20/24
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Attorneys for Georgia slave descendants urge judge not to throw out their lawsuit over island zoning
A lawsuit by Black descendants of slaves that challenges zoning changes affecting their island homes is before a Georgia judge, who must decide whether to allow lawyers to amend the civil complaint …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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2/20/24
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Marissa Mayer has long been an inspiration for innovative women battling to break through the gender barriers in the male-dominated technology industry. After graduating from Stanford University, …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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2/20/24
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Police say a student arrested in the shootings of two people who were found dead in a Colorado college dorm room was the roommate of one of the victims. Twenty-five-year-old Nicholas Jordan is …
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By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN
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2/20/24
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is facing charges that he ran his impoverished Central American nation as a “narco-state." His trial on drug trafficking and weapons charges began …
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By PHILIP MARCELO
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2/20/24
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Bank of England says UK recession is modest in historical terms and that upturn is probably underway
Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey says the U.K.’s economic recession, which was confirmed last week, is modest by historical standards and is probably over. In testimony to lawmakers, Bailey …
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By PAN PYLAS
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2/20/24
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