New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is due in court to answer to federal charges alleging the Democrat used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out other favors for New Jersey …
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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9/27/23
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Among the first families to return to the burn zone in Lahaina is that of Leola Vierra, who spent nearly 50 years living in a home she designed before it burned down Aug. 8 in the deadliest U.S. …
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By AUDREY McAVOY and GENE JOHNSON
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9/26/23
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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has obtained an original 1858 photograph of the future president with an interesting backstory. Abraham Lincoln gave the image as a memento to a …
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By JOHN O'CONNOR
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9/26/23
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A suspended New York City police officer who had been accused of spying for China — and later cleared — is fighting to be reinstated. But the police department wants him fired for refusing to be …
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
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9/26/23
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A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court's ruling that abortion is legal. …
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By TODD RICHMOND
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9/26/23
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The U.N.’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid." Sima Bahouse …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/26/23
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The share of Latinos who give to established charities has dropped sharply since 2008, a new study has found. The same has been true for other Americans, but the percentage of Hispanics who give to …
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By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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9/26/23
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Serbia’s president has demanded that a NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo take over for the national law enforcement agency in northern Kosovo. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with …
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By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
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9/26/23
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Social media influencers take note: You'll no longer be able to snap that fall foliage selfie in your autumn attire at one popular Vermont spot. The town has temporarily blocked non-residents from …
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By LISA RATHKE
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9/26/23
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The San Diego County District Attorney's Office says 17 people have pleaded not guilty to charges involving an attack on three young Black men by members of the Hells Angels biker gang. The victims …
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9/25/23
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A video shows a Southern California sheriff’s deputy slamming a teenage girl to the ground during a fight outside a Friday night high school football game. The girl's mother says it sent the …
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9/25/23
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A third person has been charged in the death of a toddler apparently poisoned by fentanyl inside a New York City day care center. Federal prosecutors say Renny Antonio Parra Paredes had an …
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
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9/25/23
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There's a broadcast television network offering plenty of original programming this fall, although it often flies under the radar. PBS hopes that the Hollywood writers and actors strike, which may …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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9/25/23
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If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared. That’s the bleak assessment from former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark after the U.N. General Assembly held a high-level …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/25/23
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Homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeting Marseille players has again marred the biggest game in French soccer and prompted calls for sanctions. Olivier Klein is the …
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
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9/25/23
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The ninth-largest lottery jackpot will be on the line when numbers are drawn for a $785 million Powerball prize. The payout for Monday night's drawing has grown so large because it has been building …
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9/25/23
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Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic and taking a minority stake in the company. The investment announced Monday underscores how Big Tech companies are …
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By The Associated Press
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9/25/23
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More Americans believe they've personally felt the impact of climate change because of recent extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States. That's …
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By TAMMY WEBBER and LINLEY SANDERS
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9/25/23
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Jury selection is set to begin as members of an extended family face trial on kidnapping and terrorism charges linked to a law enforcement raid on their squalid New Mexico encampment in 2018. …
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By MORGAN LEE
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9/25/23
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More research is showing that we carry genes from other kinds of ancient humans, and their DNA affects our lives today. DNA research has found that our Homo sapiens ancestors mated with Neanderthals …
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By LAURA UNGAR and MADDIE BURAKOFF
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9/25/23
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