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Debt ceiling

Biden and McCarthy barely speak, dimming prospects for a debt ceiling deal

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Nashville shooting

These are some of the students and adults killed in the Covenant School massacre

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Fox tries to stop Rupert Murdoch from testifying in person at the Dominion trial

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Image: Police stand guard outside a Mexican immigration detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 28, 2023.

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Immigration & The Border

Advocates decry inhumane conditions of Mexico's migrant detention centers after deadly fire

Photo Illustration: A bitcoin perched at the top of a mountain peak, on the verge of rolling down

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Crypto

How is bitcoin still trading (for now) at $27,000?

Politics

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Oct 19, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Trump probes

Federal judge orders Pence to testify in special counsel probe investigating Trump

A makeshift memorial outside the Covenant School building in Nashville on March 27.

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Guns in America

Some on the right blame gender identity and not guns for Nashville shooting

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee business meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The committee chairman is planning for legislation to ensure presidents, vice presidents and high ranking officials dont take classified documents with them when they return to civilian life.

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Congress

Twitter restricts Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's congressional account

Congress

Republican senator draws blowback for blocking military promotions over abortion policy

Trump probes

N.Y. grand jury not expected to vote on possible Trump indictment this week

Congress

Republican senator draws blowback for blocking military promotions over abortion policy

Trump probes

N.Y. grand jury not expected to vote on possible Trump indictment this week

U.S. news

Maria Santiago, left, and her father Alejandro move out with a few belongings after returning home for the first time after the evacuation order was lifted in Pajaro, Calif., on March 23, 2023.

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Latino

Decades of levee failures amount to disaster in a California town hit by floods

Ohio River barge incident

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U.S. news

10 barges, including one carrying methanol, break free from a tugboat on the Ohio River

Adnan Sayed speaks to reporters outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal building after a hearing on Feb. 2, 2023.

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'Serial' murder case

Adnan Syed's murder conviction is reinstated months after he was freed

An arson at the Wisconsin
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Abortion Rights

Feds arrest man in firebombing of an anti-abortion group using DNA from a partly eaten burrito

Ohio train derailment

EPA pressured for transparency around dioxin testing after Ohio derailment

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Florida elementary school temporarily bars ‘Ruby Bridges’ film following parent’s complaint

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Colleges face loss of racial diversity if race-conscious admissions banned, study finds

World

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, on March 28, 2023.

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U.K. Royals

Prince Harry testifies he was kept in the dark about phone-tapping allegations

The Milky Way over Mount Olympus in Greece on Aug. 13 2018.

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World

Planets on parade: Five line up in night sky tonight

Netanyahu has delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan after a wave of mass protests. The Israeli leader said said he wanted "to avoid civil war" by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents.

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Israel's political crisis

The fight for the future of Israel's political system isn't over. Here's what to know.

From left: Peter MacDonald, head of research and collections and John McLeish, chair of The Scottish Tartans Authority, bring the Glen Affric tartan to curator James Wylie to be exhibited at V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition opening Saturday 1 April 2023.

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World

Tartan found in the Scottish Highlands might be the world's oldest, new research suggests

World

India can't find a separatist religious leader, but its manhunt has gotten the world's attention

World

Police brace for violence as France sees new wave of pension protests

World

Britain raises domestic threat level for Northern Ireland to 'severe'

Health

A one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills.

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Health news

FDA advisers to meet on over-the-counter birth control pills

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Heart Health

Losing weight is good for the heart, even if you regain some of it

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Health news

Drug combo may extend the lives of women with advanced endometrial cancer

Health news

High rates of eczema could be caused by the air that we breathe, new research suggests

Abortion Rights

Senate Democrats ask military to protect abortion access for service members

Health news

High rates of eczema could be caused by the air that we breathe, new research suggests

Abortion Rights

Senate Democrats ask military to protect abortion access for service members

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Nashville Police officers respond to an active shooter situation at the Covenant School on March 27, 2023.

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EXCLUSIVE

YouTube says graphic Nashville body camera video can stay online despite rules against violent content

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee business meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The committee chairman is planning for legislation to ensure presidents, vice presidents and high ranking officials dont take classified documents with them when they return to civilian life.

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Congress

Twitter restricts Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's congressional account

Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Jan. 3, 2023.

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Crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly bribed one Chinese official with $40 million

U.K. Royals

Prince Harry testifies he was kept in the dark about phone-tapping allegations

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Fox tries to stop Rupert Murdoch from testifying in person at the Dominion trial

U.K. Royals

Prince Harry testifies he was kept in the dark about phone-tapping allegations

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Fox tries to stop Rupert Murdoch from testifying in person at the Dominion trial

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Guns in America

Melissa Joan Hart tears up recounting helping kindergarteners run from Nashville school shooting

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OUT Pop Culture

Selena Gomez's 'Wizards of Waverly Place' character was almost in a same-sex relationship, showrunner says

Gwyneth Paltrow at her trial in Park City, Utah, on March 27, 2023.

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U.S. news

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash suit: Man says he was sent 'absolutely flying' down the slope

Culture Matters

'Real Housewife' Jen Shah's prison sentence reduced by a year

Culture Matters

AI-generated images of Pope Francis in puffer jacket fool the internet

Culture Matters

'Real Housewife' Jen Shah's prison sentence reduced by a year

Culture Matters

AI-generated images of Pope Francis in puffer jacket fool the internet

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The Milky Way over Mount Olympus in Greece on Aug. 13 2018.

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World

Planets on parade: Five line up in night sky tonight

Ohio EPA and EPA contractors collect soil and air samples from the Norfolk Southern derailment site in East Palestine

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Science News

EPA pressured for transparency around dioxin testing after Ohio derailment

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Climate in Crisis

Lethal supercell storms to hit South more often as world warms, new study says

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Extreme weather meets reality of poverty to create a tragedy in Mississippi

Climate in Crisis

Wind industry predicts bounceback and rapid growth in 2023

Science News

Extreme weather meets reality of poverty to create a tragedy in Mississippi

Climate in Crisis

Wind industry predicts bounceback and rapid growth in 2023

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