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Polls close in Georgia as voters decide heated Senate runoff between Warnock and Walker

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These are the five counties to watch in Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoff

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2022 Election

Georgia Senate runoff smashes early voting records — and attracts new voters

Trump Organization Ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg's Criminal Tax Fraud Trial Continues

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Donald Trump

Jury finds Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud scheme

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FBI asking about videos and racist website in connection with Colorado shooting

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.

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North Carolina county enters 3rd day of outages as authorities probe motive

The border wall in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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Justice Department

Feds cite rarely used law to charge 12 with violent scheme to 'monopolize' business at U.S.-Mexico border

Family and followers of Samuel Bateman gather around as he calls from police custody following his arrest in Colorado City, Ariz., on Sept. 13, 2022.

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U.S. news

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

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Bill Cosby Scandal

Five women file lawsuit against Bill Cosby, accusing him of sexual assault

U.S. news

Fellow officer says Aaron Dean did not mention gun before fatal shooting of Black woman

Weather

Rare subtropical December storm may form in Atlantic for first time in nearly a decade

Job market

White-collar layoffs soar at brand-name companies amid broader economic slowdown

Politics

Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson

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Congress

Jan. 6 committee chair expects panel to issue criminal referrals to DOJ

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Family of deceased Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick snubs GOP leaders

American Prosecutor Jack Smith presides during the presentation of the Kosovar former president Hashim Thaci for the first time before a war crimes court in The Hague on Nov. 9, 2020.

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Donald Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenas local officials in Trump investigation

Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a rally ahead of the November elections in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2022.

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Politics News

RNC chair defends mail-in voting, even as Trump trashes the practice

U.S. news

U.S. court dismisses suit against Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi killing

Congress

Conservative firebrand launches another bid to block McCarthy from becoming speaker

Security

Maryland bans state agencies from using TikTok and other Chinese and Russian products after NBC News report

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

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Thought the Supreme Court couldn't get more extreme? Check out this redistricting case

Elon Musk in 2019.

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Elon Musk's Twitter Files nothingburger highlights a more fundamental problem

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?

President Trump Meets With National Association Of Police Organizations Leadership

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Trump's legal team should have known better when it came to a special master

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The quiet transformation of China’s greatest global weapon

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Company accused of employing minors in slaughterhouses on the graveyard shift reaches deal with feds

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Culture Matters

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

Ye arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party

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Culture Matters

Ye's online fan communities reckon with rapper's praise of Hitler in recent Infowars interview

Ben & Jerry's is releasing "Lights! Caramel! Action! directed by Ava DuVernay," vanilla ice cream with salted caramel, graham cracker and chocolate chip cookie dough. The flavor, in both ice cream and almond milk based Non-Dairy versions, will begin shipping January 2023.

Culture Matters

Ava DuVernay becomes the first Black woman featured on Ben & Jerry's pint

Culture Matters

Kim Kardashian gets restraining order against man claiming to speak with her telepathically

#MeToo Reckoning

Lawsuit alleges writer-director James Toback is a 'serial sexual predator'

Culture Matters

Kim Kardashian gets restraining order against man claiming to speak with her telepathically

#MeToo Reckoning

Lawsuit alleges writer-director James Toback is a 'serial sexual predator'

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Twitter inundated with sexually explicit spam drowning out discussions of Chinese protests

Joe Biden meets Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Bali

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His power secure at home, China’s Xi Jinping goes on a charm offensive abroad

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Indonesia passes law criminalizing extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike

Latino

Lula’s promise to create a ministry of Indigenous affairs in doubt

iran protests

Iran protesters brush off morality police uncertainty and seek to build pressure with strikes

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Lula’s promise to create a ministry of Indigenous affairs in doubt

iran protests

Iran protesters brush off morality police uncertainty and seek to build pressure with strikes

Health news

New York CIty sweep of homeless encampment

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Health news

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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Health news

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

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

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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Minnesota sues weed edibles company it alleges sold products 50-times more powerful than permitted

Various photos of celebrities that have been created using Lensa AI, including: Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Taraji P. Henson, Christina Perri, Chance the Rapper.

Culture Matters

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

Ye arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party

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Culture Matters

Ye's online fan communities reckon with rapper's praise of Hitler in recent Infowars interview

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Maryland bans state agencies from using TikTok and other Chinese and Russian products after NBC News report

Corporations

White-collar layoffs soar at brand-name companies amid broader economic slowdown

Security

Maryland bans state agencies from using TikTok and other Chinese and Russian products after NBC News report

Corporations

White-collar layoffs soar at brand-name companies amid broader economic slowdown

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The five turbines of America's first offshore wind farm, owned by the Danish company, Orsted, stand off the coast of Block Island, R.I., in this, Oct. 17, 2022, file photo. The federal government is working on a plan to protect right whales while also developing offshore wind power off the the East Coast.

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Climate in Crisis

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

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Construction begins on the world's largest radio telescope

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Hawaii locals fear the impact of the Mauna Loa eruption as lava oozes closer to a main highway

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Aerial video captures eruption of world's largest active volcano in Hawaii

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New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes

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Aerial video captures eruption of world's largest active volcano in Hawaii

Space

New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes

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