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Idaho student killings

Why untangling DNA in the Idaho killings is a 'daunting task' for investigators

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

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Congress

Schumer celebrates expanded Senate majority with Georgia win: 'It's big'

Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states against adherents of the so-called Reich Citizens movement.

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Germany coup plot

Here's what we know of the group that plotted to overthrow Germany's government

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SPECIAL REPORT

The Great Salt Lake is drying up and turning into toxic dust

Declining water levels exposed much of the Great Salt Lake's bed and created conditions for storms of dust laden with toxic metals that now threaten 2 million people.

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Image: Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former lover and business partner of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, arrives at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2022.

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Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani set to be sentenced for his role in company's fraud

Whitey Bulger is taken from a Coast Guard helicopter to an awaiting Sherif vehicle after attending federal court in Boston, on June 30, 2011.

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Whitey bulger

Prison system blunders led to Whitey Bulger's killing, DOJ watchdog says

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Eleven more women accuse dead Florida doctor of criminal and suspicious activity; two sue his business

Severe beach erosion caused by two late-season hurricanes helped partially uncover what appears to be part of an 80-foot-long (24-meters) ship in the sand on Daytona Beach Shores, officials said. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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U.S. news

Wooden ship from 1800s uncovered on Florida beach after erosion caused by recent hurricanes

A Massachusetts man fatally shot his fiancée's father and wounded her mother and sister, then turned the gun on himself, after expressing he was “unhappy” that they were living with him, prosecutors.

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Man kills his fiancée’s father and shoots her mother and sister after demanding they move out

A small dog was accidentally sent through the X-ray screening at Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin

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Dog accidentally sent through an X-ray machine at a Wisconsin airport, TSA says

U.S. news

Philadelphia police are about to identify body of 'Boy in the Box' — found more than 65 years ago

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Gay men staged a 'sip-in' at this NYC bar in the 1960s. It just became a historic landmark.

U.S. news

Polygamous leader in Arizona had more than 20 'wives,' including children, feds say

Politics

U.S. Military Members Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations At Fort Knox

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BREAKING NEWS

Service members kicked out of the U.S. military for refusing Covid vaccine could be allowed to rejoin, officials say

Activists protest partisan gerrymandering at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Mar. 26, 2019.

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court searches for middle ground in North Carolina elections case

Rep. Bennie Thompson and Rep. Liz Cheney during a hearing for the January 6 Committee

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Congress

Jan. 6 committee plans to issue criminal referrals along with its final report

Coronavirus

Fauci criticizes 'extreme' ideological divide that has led to disproportionate Covid deaths

Donald Trump

Jury finds Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud scheme

Coronavirus

Fauci criticizes 'extreme' ideological divide that has led to disproportionate Covid deaths

Donald Trump

Jury finds Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud scheme

Senator Raphael Warnock Holds Runoff Election Night Rally

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The second-biggest loser in Georgia was Joe Manchin

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reaches out to shake the hand of Charles Sicknick, father of slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Dec. 6, 2022.

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The dramatic and unscripted moment we needed at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony

The Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 26, 2022.

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This Supreme Court case could help 2024 election deniers claim the White House

Elon Musk in 2019.

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Elon Musk's 'Twitter Files' debacle underscores the concerning allure of his favorite theory

Image: Deion Sanders speaks after being introduced as the new head football coach at the University of Colorado on Dec. 4, 2022, in Boulder, Colo.

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What criticism about Deion Sanders’ exit from Jackson State ignores

Web designer Lorie Smith in her office in Littleton, Colo., on Nov. 7, 2022.

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Is the Supreme Court about to sanction discrimination against LGBTQ people?

World

A two million-year-old trunk

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Science News

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

In recent weeks, China has been recording some of its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, while many restrictions have been relaxed, there can still be targeted lockdowns and testing, mask mandates, and quarantines.

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Coronavirus

China takes decisive step away from strict 'zero-Covid' approach after mass protests

TIME Person of the Year cover 2022

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Zelenskyy and 'the spirit of Ukraine' win Time’s 2022 Person of the Year

World

Dig at U.K. housing site yields major 7th century treasures

World

Police in Canada say remains of 2 slain Indigenous women are likely in landfill — but they won't search site

World

Dig at U.K. housing site yields major 7th century treasures

World

Police in Canada say remains of 2 slain Indigenous women are likely in landfill — but they won't search site

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Image: Ye, then Kanye West, attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2020.

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Ye's Yeezy clothing brand owes California $600,000 in unpaid taxes

Kirstie Alley in New York on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Kirstie Alley died of colon cancer. These are the disease's early signs.

Cho Gue-sung

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Asian America

Korea may be out of the World Cup, but team heartthrob Cho Gue-sung wins a global fanbase

Internet culture

Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.

Culture Matters

Mexicans speak Spanish in Eugenio Derbez's 'Acapulco' — unlike other shows, he says

Internet culture

Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.

Culture Matters

Mexicans speak Spanish in Eugenio Derbez's 'Acapulco' — unlike other shows, he says

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New York CIty sweep of homeless encampment

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Drug deaths among pregnant women and new mothers hit a record high during the pandemic

Image: A woman stands on a scale. A study published Monday in the JAMA Internal Medicine found that offering people cash can help them shed excess pounds.

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People lost more weight when they were offered cash incentives

Image: A flu vaccine is readied on Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif.

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Health news

RSV cases may be peaking, CDC says, but flu hospitalizations remain at a decade high

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Myocarditis after Covid vaccine low among teens and young adults, large study finds

Coronavirus

New coronavirus variants rendered the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatment useless

Coronavirus

Myocarditis after Covid vaccine low among teens and young adults, large study finds

Coronavirus

New coronavirus variants rendered the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatment useless

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Culture Matters

Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.

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Apple

Apple extends encryption to iCloud service

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Juul reaches settlements covering more than 5,000 cases

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Cyberattack on top Indian hospital highlights security risk

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Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani set to be sentenced for his role in company's fraud

Security

Cyberattack on top Indian hospital highlights security risk

Business News

Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani set to be sentenced for his role in company's fraud

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A two million-year-old trunk

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Science News

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

Severe beach erosion caused by two late-season hurricanes helped partially uncover what appears to be part of an 80-foot-long (24-meters) ship in the sand on Daytona Beach Shores, officials said. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

John Raoux / AP

U.S. news

Wooden ship from 1800s uncovered on Florida beach after erosion caused by recent hurricanes

Gif of Kevin Perry riding his bike through the dry Salt Lake.

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The Great Salt Lake is drying up and turning into toxic dust

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Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in U.S. waters

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Construction begins on the world's largest radio telescope

Climate in Crisis

Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in U.S. waters

Space

Construction begins on the world's largest radio telescope

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