In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out. Jessie …
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By SARA CLINE
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3/18/25
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An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. It …
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and REGINA GARCIA CANO
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3/17/25
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Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to the collection of remote islands in the South …
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
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3/17/25
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Book Review: John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too
Bestselling young adult author John Green's newest book is a nonfiction thesis on the deadliest infectious disease, which infects millions of people per year. “Everything is Tuberculosis” …
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By DONNA EDWARDS
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3/17/25
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NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last June as the first test pilots for …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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3/17/25
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ACLU asks judge to force the Trump administration to state under oath if it violated his court order
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit over President Donald Trump's use of an 18th century wartime law are asking a federal judge to force the administration to state under oath whether it violated his court order …
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
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3/17/25
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The Belgian actor who won a top Cannes prize for her breakout role in “Rosetta,” Émilie Dequenne has died at 43. Her family and agent told the French news agency AFP that she died Sunday of a …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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3/17/25
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It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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3/17/25
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Japan’s three historic nuclear events — the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II and the 2011 nuclear plant meltdowns in Fukushima — form a key backdrop …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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3/17/25
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Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili's prison terms now total over 12 years after latest verdict
A court in Georgia has handed another prison sentence to imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili. The latest verdict issued on Monday means that Saakashvili's prison terms now total 12½ …
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3/17/25
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A Hindu temple in Chino Hills, California, was desecrated on March 7 with anti-Hindu graffiti, which also targeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police are investigating the incident as a hate …
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By DEEPA BHARATH
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3/17/25
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A former mayor of a town in Haiti is set to go on trial after authorities say he lied on his visa application about committing rights abuses in his country. Jean Morose Viliena goes on trial Monday …
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By MICHAEL CASEY
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3/17/25
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Oklahomans are assessing the devastation after wildfires damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes around the state during a severe weather outbreak. Officials say at least four people were killed as a …
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By JAMIE STENGLE
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3/16/25
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Women’s basketball has not slowed down at all this season as March Madness arrives. A year ago, the women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game …
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By The Associated Press
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3/16/25
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The countdown to March Madness is on. The beloved annual tradition that is the NCAA Tournament will begin next week. Tens of thousands will fill out brackets in hopes of winning the office poll or at …
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The Associated Press
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3/16/25
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as the U.S. tries to broker a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Trump special envoy Steve …
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE
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3/16/25
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President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic …
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
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3/16/25
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A fire at a nightclub in the town of Kocani in North Macedonia has killed 51 people and injured more than 100 others, according to authorities. Here is a look at some other nightclub and music venue …
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By The Associated Press
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3/16/25
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Sexual assault is a constant risk for many women in South Sudan. Yet most women struggle to get help. Now one aid group is trying to bridge the gap with technology, to find and help survivors more …
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By SAM MEDNICK
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3/16/25
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The college basketball season is winding down, which means March Madness is upon us. The annual men’s and women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments are among the most closely …
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By BRIDGET BROWN
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3/16/25
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