More than 150 quakes shake California-Mexico border; largest registers 5.3 magnitude
CALIPATRIA, California — Over 150 small earthquakes have been recorded Saturday in a rural area near the Salton Sea in Southern California,…
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Yemeni official says missile fired by Houthi rebels kills at least 17, including 5-year-old girl
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say the country’s Houthi rebels have fired a ballistic missile on a government-held city, killing at least…
Continue Reading A Florida dad threw his infant at a deputy after a high-speed chase, sheriff’s office says
A Florida man faces aggravated child abuse and other charges after hurling his infant at a deputy near the end of a high-speed chase, the Indian…
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Fisher-Price baby soothers and gliders recalled after 4 infant deaths
Fisher-Price has recalled models of its baby soothers and gliders after the deaths of four infants who were reportedly left on their backs…
Continue Reading Rare shiny clouds spotted on Mars and more top science stories this week
As far as we know, Earth is a unicorn. We have yet to find a planet quite like ours. Think of what you notice on Earth each day: the shapes of…
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In policy shift, the Justice Department says it no longer will secretly seize reporters’ records in leak investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations. It’s a policy…
Continue Reading Burkina Faso government says gunmen have killed at least 100 people in the country’s north, deadliest attack in years
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says gunmen killed at least 100 civilians in a village in the north Sahel region. A government…
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Florida children’s home pauses emergency shelter program after youths are charged with attempted murder of deputies
A central Florida children’s group home says it is suspending its emergency shelter program after two children staying there allegedly broke…
Continue Reading A passenger tried to breach the cockpit of a Delta flight to Nashville, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing
A passenger attempted to breach the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville on Friday, forcing the plane to make an…
Continue Reading G7 finance ministers reach deal on global tax reform aimed at getting tech giants to pay fair share
LONDON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to deter multinational…
Continue Reading A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns California’s ban on assault weapons
In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday,…
Continue Reading Is the handshake back? How we’re greeting each other as the world reopens
This summer is bringing back a lot of what we used to call “normal,” including greeting long-lost friends and maskless strangers. For…
Continue Reading Whether it’s rainbow capitalism or bad design, LGBTQ people are calling out disingenuous Pride merchandise
Every year, on the first breath of summer, Pride collections emerge like a horde of brightly-colored locusts. They blanket every storefront and…
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Belmont Stakes 2021: Horses, time, channel and what to know
The 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing, takes place on Saturday. Belmont Park in…
Continue Reading Right whales are smaller than they used to be, in part due to commercial fishing and changing oceans, study says
Scientists have found that, even though right whales are protected from direct catch, they are significantly shorter compared to 40 years ago due in…
Continue Reading Two of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. are back at work and the third intends to resign
Two of the three deputies disciplined in the shooting of Andrew Brown, Jr. have returned to work and the third intends to resign, the Pasquotank…
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U.S. judge overturns California’s 3-decade-old ban on assault weapons
SACRAMENTO, California — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the…
Continue Reading Almost 50 years later, Illinois police make an arrest in the death of a teen found stabbed multiple times
Almost five decades later, police have arrested and charged a man in the death of an Illinois teen whose body was found in a field stabbed multiple…
Continue Reading Atlanta police say they found more than 170 pounds of marijuana in suitcases from an arriving flight
Four people were arrested and seven suitcases with more than 170 pounds of marijuana was seized after it arrived in Atlanta on a flight from Seattle…
Continue Reading An American Legion post is suspended after a microphone was cut during a speech that touched on Black people’s role in Memorial Day
The American Legion Department of Ohio has suspended the charter of a post in the city of Hudson after a Memorial Day incident in which the keynote…
Continue Reading Cincinnati school district to settle lawsuit filed by parents of bullied boy who hanged himself
Cincinnati Public Schools is on the verge of settling a wrongful death lawsuit with the parents of Gabriel Taye, attorneys for both parties said in a…
Continue Reading Evidence shows suspect fatally shot by law enforcement in Minneapolis fired gun, investigators say
The agency investigating the fatal shooting of a suspect during an arrest attempt in Minneapolis Thursday says evidence shows “the man fired…
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Biden administration quietly deploys facial recognition to process asylum seekers
WASHINGTON, DC — Facing a backup of tens of thousands of migrants stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Biden administration is betting on a…
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Walmart to close all stores for Thanksgiving Day
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — You won’t be able to go shopping at Walmart on Thanksgiving. Walmart announced it will close all U.S. stores on Thanksgiving…
Continue Reading America is on a gun-buying spree. Here’s what is driving the surge
Robin Armstrong said she’s had a phobia of guns since her brother was fatally shot, but that hasn’t stopped her from buying a Springfield…
Continue Reading Seven high school football coaches lose jobs over allegations they made a Hebrew Israelite player eat a pizza that had contained pork
Seven of eight Ohio high school football coaches who allegedly forced a Hebrew Israelite player to eat a pizza that previously had pork on it,…
Continue Reading A ‘person of interest’ has been named in the 2000 death of a Massachusetts teenager
A man who was previously convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping, and who died in 2016, has been named as a “person of interest” in…
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Houston woman allegedly kept missing child’s body in a plastic storage tote
HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston woman who was charged with tampering with physical evidence in the case of a missing 6-year-old boy kept his body in…
Continue Reading Five additional coffins found at 1921 Tulsa massacre search site
Crews searching an excavation site at Oaklawn Cemetery for the remains of those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found five coffins on Thursday…
Continue Reading Utah governor asks residents to pray for rain to help combat a record drought
The governor of Utah is calling on a higher power to help combat the extreme dry weather afflicting the state. On Thursday, Gov. Spencer Cox issued a…
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