The Associated Press
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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.
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Russian and Ukrainian fighters have been battling village-by-village for the Donbas, where Ukraine's military has fought Moscow-backed separatists for eight years.
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The Biden administration is publicly heralding that achievement as this year’s midterm politics intensify.
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The 17-year-old, who was taken into custody following Saturday evening’s shooting, also faces charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated battery, police announced Sunday night.
Updated: 11 hours ago
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Olivia Rodrigo and Kanye West, known as Ye, took home the most awards with six during an earlier non-televised ceremony.
Updated: 12 hours ago
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Police say by the time they arrived on the scene the parishioners had the suspect hog-tied and in custody.
Updated: 12 hours ago
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Police said that a 17-year-old was taken into custody after the shooting and a weapon was found on the teen. Charges are pending.
Updated: 14 hours ago
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The victims of Saturday's grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York, include a retired police officer and a church deacon.
Updated: 16 hours ago
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President Joe Biden is citing the Buffalo shootings in calling for national unity as a remedy for “the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America."
Updated: 17 hours ago
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The shootings late Saturday and early Sunday followed a night of violence in which 21 people were shot.
Updated: 18 hours ago
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Police in Texas said two are dead and three are injured after a shooting at a Houston flea market.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 7:07 PM HST
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Police reported the alleged shooter is in custody.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 5:56 PM HST
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Police say the driver struck a woman walking her dog and kept going, dragging her more than 8 miles to the parking lot of a hotel.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 4:46 PM HST
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The trial of 21-year-old Russian Sgt. Vadim Shyshimarin is the first of dozens of war crimes cases that Ukraine’s top prosecutor says her office is pursuing.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 4:28 PM HST
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Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of popular support for the war-ravaged nation that went beyond music.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 2:56 PM HST
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More than 380 events were set from Maine to Hawaii, with the largest gatherings expected in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and other big cities, organizers said.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 2:06 PM HST
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A video posted on Zelenskyy’s Telegram account showed McConnell, R-Ky., and Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas greeting him in the capital.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 11:03 AM HST
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A small plane has crashed on a bridge near Miami, striking an SUV and bursting into flames.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 8:26 AM HST
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None of the injuries from either shooting Friday night were believed to be life-threatening.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 7:15 AM HST
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The conservative Thomas described the leak as an unthinkable breach of trust.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 6:00 AM HST
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A federal judge has blocked part of an Alabama law that makes it a felony to give gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:44 PM HST
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Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers later this month because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:17 PM HST
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The Jan. 6 committee’s remarkable decision to subpoena GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other sitting members of Congress over the insurrection at the Capitol is as unprecedented as the deadly riot itself.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:01 PM HST
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Attorneys for Young Thug, the Atlanta rapper arrested under an indictment accusing him of co-founding a violent street gang, have filed an emergency motion seeking to have him granted bond.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 3:39 PM HST
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Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as “The Right Stuff,” “The Player” and “Tremors,” has died. He was 79.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 3:26 PM HST
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Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, opened the first war crimes trial of the conflict, in proceedings that will be closely watched by international observers eager to ensure atrocities are fairly prosecuted.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 2:21 PM HST
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The White House released financial disclosure reports for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday showing that the president’s personal finances have changed little since last year.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 1:09 PM HST
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McFarlane, who lived in Washington, died Thursday from complications of a previous illness at a hospital in Michigan, where he was visiting family, according to a family statement.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 12:56 PM HST
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President Joe Biden is looking to nudge southeast Asian leaders to be more outspoken about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 12:55 PM HST
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Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is “temporarily on hold” pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 12:37 PM HST
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Phil Mickelson withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship, electing to extend his hiatus from golf following his incendiary comments about a Saudi-funded rival league he supports and the PGA Tour he accused of greed.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 11:36 AM HST
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Mourners hoisted Palestinian flags and chanted “Palestine, Palestine.” Police accused the crowd of incitement and violence and say officers were “forced to act.”
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 11:28 AM HST
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The bankruptcy filings of Infowars, Prison Planet TV and IW Health last month delayed the lawsuits filed in Texas and Connecticut. Jones has already lost the defamation lawsuits, and the filings came a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much money Jones should pay the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:39 AM HST
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Biden encouraged communities to spend more on public safety and crime prevention before the summer months, which typically bring a spike in violent crime.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:36 AM HST
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The train had just pulled out of the station at Herzogenrath near the border with the Netherlands and was heading for the western German city of Aachen when the man began attacking fellow passengers “randomly and arbitrarily,” state interior minister Herbert Reul said.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:21 AM HST
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A judge imposed the sentence on RaDonda Vaught after she apologized to relatives of the victim, Charlene Murphey, and said she’ll be forever haunted by her mistake.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:13 AM HST
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As a federal judge weighs Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking to halt a civil investigation into his business practices, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office said Friday that evidence found throughout the three-year probe could support legal action against the former president, his company, or both.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 9:46 AM HST
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Little Msituni’s condition meant she wasn’t able to walk or stand and zookeepers were afraid she wouldn’t survive.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 9:35 AM HST
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Former Vice President Mike Pence will campaign with Georgia’s incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this month’s GOP primary in his most significant political break with former President Donald Trump to date.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 8:58 AM HST
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Observers in the eastern half of North America and all of Central and South America will have prime seats for the whole show, weather permitting.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 8:15 AM HST
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Frank James, 62, is facing charges of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system and discharging a firearm during a violent crime.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 8:10 AM HST
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The court did not rule on the merits of the investigations — which were the first of its kind in the U.S. — only that lower courts in Texas overstepped by trying to block all cases from going forward.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 7:52 AM HST
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Strong winds and a tornado caused widespread damage in parts of the Midwest, where officials said another round of severe weather during a stormy week left three more people dead.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 7:41 AM HST
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Mekhi Camden Speed, now 18, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting one count of second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony — namely aggravated robbery, in connection with the Jan. 10 killing of Otis Elder, 38. In exchange, a count of intentional second-degree murder will be dismissed.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 7:14 AM HST
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The U.S. government has not been open to investigating its role in stripping Native Americans of their cultures and identities in boarding schools. Until now.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 6:04 AM HST
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Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 5:55 AM HST
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The grand jury returned an indictment earlier this week against Didion Milling Inc. and company leaders, court records indicate.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 5:19 AM HST
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Prasad says he and his wife want a grandson or a granddaughter because he has spent his life’s earnings on his son’s education.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 4:24 AM HST
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A Russian soldier is scheduled to go on trial Friday in the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 12:23 AM HST
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The Biden administration is taking the first steps to release $45 billion to ensure every U.S. resident has access to high-speed internet by roughly 2028.