Meet the three Chinese astronauts going into space
China is sending three veteran astronauts to work on the country’s orbiting space station. A rocket will launch from the Gobi Desert in just over 24…
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Watch LIVE: Spacewalk for astronauts to give ISS a power boost
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION — The International Space Station is getting a powerful upgrade. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space…
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Virus outpaces vaccines, a sobering milestone, a new variant: What to know about Covid-19 this week
WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of coronavirus is moving faster than the global vaccine…
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Opening summit, Putin says he hopes for ‘productive’ meeting, as Biden says ‘it is always better to meet face to face’
Click here to Watch LIVE ABC News Coverage: Biden, Putin meet face-to-face at summit GENEVA (AP) — Opening their highly anticipated summit,…
Continue Reading France’s prime minister halts mandatory mask wearing outdoors; will end an 8-month nightly coronavirus curfew on June 20
PARIS (AP) – France is lifting mandatory mask-wearing outdoors and will halt an eight-month nightly coronavirus curfew on June 20. The…
Continue Reading Biden and Putin shake hands at opening of daylong summit amid tensions over human rights, Ukraine and ransomware
Click here to Watch LIVE ABC News Coverage: Biden, Putin meet face-to-face at summit GENEVA (AP) – President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the venue for his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Geneva
Click here to Watch LIVE ABC News Coverage: Biden, Putin meet face-to-face at summit GENEVA (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at a…
Continue Reading Georgia authorities identify a grocery store cashier killed after a face mask dispute
Georgia authorities have identified a grocery store cashier killed during a face mask dispute and the man accused of shooting her. DeKalb County…
Continue Reading Coroner amends death certificate of Jamal Sutherland and rules his death in custody a homicide, family says
The death certificate of Jamal Sutherland, who died earlier this year in a South Carolina jail while being forcibly removed from a cell by deputies,…
Continue Reading Investigators release preliminary report on plane crash that killed 7, including a Christian diet guru and ‘Tarzan’ actor
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report into the May 29 plane crash that killed seven people, including Remnant…
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Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza as new hostilities erupt
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a…
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Girl Scouts say they have millions of boxes of unsold cookies due to the pandemic
Buying Girl Scout cookies has become a long-awaited yearly tradition for many people in the US. But this year, the organization is faced with an…
Continue Reading Man convicted of killing student in Colorado STEM school shooting
A Colorado jury on Tuesday found one of the suspects in a deadly Colorado school shooting guilty of more than 40 charges, including murder. Devon…
Continue Reading Brother of Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is acquitted of murder charges from 2018 shooting
After a mistrial was declared last month in the murder trial of Tevin Biles-Thomas, the brother of Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, a judge in…
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2 police officers & 4 cartel hit men killed in Juarez attacks
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican authorities on Tuesday confirmed a half-dozen deaths stemming from shootouts involving police and drug cartel hit…
Continue Reading ‘California is turning the page.’ Reopening celebrated with dancing after midnight and baseball bobblehead giveaway
California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday as part of a grand reopening in which the state ended capacity limits, physical…
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Tech snafus disrupt Southwest Airlines flights for 2nd day
DALLAS, Texas — Southwest Airlines said it was “resuming normal operations” and investigating the cause of technical issues that paused departing…
Continue Reading Suspect in workplace shooting that killed 2 found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say
The suspect in an overnight shooting that killed two employees at a Mueller Co. facility in Alabama was later found dead from an apparent…
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Northern Mexico bus accident leaves 12 dead, 10 injured
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A bus carrying patients for treatment of chronic illnesses flipped in northern Mexico near the U.S. border Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein to be extradited to Los Angeles to face further sexual assault charges
A New York judge on Tuesday approved Harvey Weinstein’s extradition to Los Angeles County so that the imprisoned former movie producer can face…
Continue Reading The first state to shut down due to Covid-19 reopens today without capacity limits or distancing
California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday as part of a grand reopening in which the state ended capacity limits, physical…
Continue Reading What you need to know about California’s reopening
More than 15 months after becoming the first state in the US to implement a stay-at-home order due to the Covid-19 pandemic, California fully…
Continue Reading NIH researchers find more evidence Covid was circulating in the U.S. in December 2019
Researchers have found more evidence that coronavirus was circulating at low levels across the United States as early as December 2019 — weeks…
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At least 1,900 U.S. military guns lost or stolen over decade, some used in crimes
WASHINGTON, DC — An Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen over the last decade.…
Continue Reading Video shows Ocean City police use force on teens while trying to enforce ordinance on smoking and vaping
Videos of police arresting people in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday while enforcing a smoking ordinance have highlighted the use-of-force…
Continue Reading Four dead and four others hospitalized in shooting at home on Chicago’s South Side
Four people were killed and another four were hospitalized Tuesday morning in a shooting inside a residence on Chicago’s South Side. The…
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U.S. surpasses grim milestone with 600,000 lives lost to Covid-19
WAASHIGTON, DC — The number of Americans who have died from Covid-19 has now eclipsed 600,000, 15 months since the onset of the pandemic. The…
Continue Reading 8-year-old boy in medically induced coma following shooting, police say
An 8-year-old boy is in a medically induced coma following a shooting in Cincinnati on Monday, according to police. The boy’s mother, Marcella…
Continue Reading The first state to shut down due to Covid-19 reopens today
California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday as part of a grand reopening in which the state will end capacity limits, physical…
Continue Reading 3 officers injured after being assaulted by an iron pipe-wielding man
Three Arkansas police officers were injured Monday after being assaulted by a man wielding an iron pipe. An officer from the Hoxie Police Department…
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