Illinois AG probe: Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged
Illinois’ attorney general has released the results of a sweeping investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, saying investigators found that 451 clergy sexually abused …
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By KATHLEEN FOODY and MICHAEL TARM
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5/23/23
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The only five women in South Carolina’s 46-member Senate have vowed to resist new abortion restrictions up for debate after the group filibustered a near-total ban last month. But it remains to be …
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By JAMES POLLARD
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5/23/23
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After 17 years, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang is seeing his American dream come true. “American Born Chinese,” an adaptation of his trailblazing graphic novel, debuts on Disney+ on Wednesday. The …
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By TERRY TANG
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5/23/23
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Sheriff’s investigators in Florida say they foiled an elaborate jailbreak plan by a 78-year-old businessman who is in custody facing child pornography charges stemming from a 2014 arrest. Indian …
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5/23/23
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In a nation plagued by high blood pressure, Black people are more likely to suffer from it. And so, in the time of COVID-19, they are more likely than white people to die. It’s a stark reality. And …
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By KAT STAFFORD
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5/23/23
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The drivers of the youth mental health crisis for Black children begin early and persist through a lifetime. Black children’s first encounters with racism can start before they are even in school, …
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By ANNIE MA
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5/23/23
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Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Some doctors don't take their concerns seriously. Black babies are more likely to …
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By KAT STAFFORD
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5/23/23
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As many community college students around the country struggle to complete degrees, Dallas College in Texas is assigning “success coaches” to help students address whatever stands between them …
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By VALERIA OLIVARES, The Dallas Morning News
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5/23/23
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'Mother Nature has no mercy': Man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in
A man walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him. …
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By MARK THIESSEN
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5/22/23
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A lawsuit has been filed against medical transport provider American Medical Response West, saying the ambulance company’s lax oversight allowed a paramedic to sexually assault two women in their …
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5/22/23
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Guam's governor is urging residents to stay home and is warning the island could take a direct hit from Typhoon Mawar. The storm is strengthening on its path toward the U.S. territory in the Pacific. …
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
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5/22/23
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A team of wranglers chased down and captured a wayward steer named Lester across several lanes of a Detroit-area freeway. State police in-car video shows the tail-end of Sunday afternoon's chase on …
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5/22/23
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Despite Russian claims to have captured the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, top military leaders in Ukraine insist the grinding nine-month battle there is not over. Although Ukraine now controls only a …
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By The Associated Press
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5/22/23
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A former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to confront the Parkland school shooter says he is eager for his trial to begin. Fired Broward County deputy Scot Peterson told reporters on …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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5/22/23
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Authorities say a 37-year-old mother drowned one of her daughters in their South Carolina home and was trying to kill another child when the oldest daughter was awakened by screams and managed to …
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By JEFFREY COLLINS
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5/22/23
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As Sen. Tim Scott enters the 2024 GOP presidential field, he will be eager to introduce himself to voters who might not know much about him. He will be the first to say his Christian faith is an …
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By MEG KINNARD
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5/22/23
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Heavy equipment crews are moving sand along a stretch of badly eroded beach in North Wildwood where a bitter fight over how to protect its rapidly shrinking beaches has led to $33 million worth of …
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By WAYNE PARRY
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5/22/23
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Among the eight people killed when a gunman opened fire at a Texas shopping mall earlier this month were Kyu and Cindy Cho and their 3-year-old son, James. Their family's only survivor that day was …
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By JAMIE STENGLE
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5/22/23
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reveals in a new book how worried prosecutors were that a judge would move the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin out of the city where he killed George …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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5/22/23
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Venmo will officially allow teenagers to open an account with their parents' permission, the company said Monday, expanding the popular social payments app to a demographic that is likely to embrace …
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By KEN SWEET
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5/22/23
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