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Actor Danny Masterson arrives at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles on May 31, 2023

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BREAKING NEWS

'That ’70s Show' star Danny Masterson convicted of two counts of rape

The verdict comes six months after Masterson’s first trial for raping three women he met through the Church of Scientology ended in a mistrial.

A side by side of Joe Biden with a blue overlay and Kevin McCarthy with a red overlay.

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Debt ceiling crisis

Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill heads for House passage after clearing key test vote

Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas

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National Security

Pentagon leaders cancel drag show at a Nevada Air Force base

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A booklet, check and collection of coins bought by Alabama grandmother when she invested in “Trump Buck,” in her apartment in Mobile, Ala., on May 19, 2023.

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Trump bucks

'Trump Bucks' websites taken down after being exposed for selling bogus currency

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

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2024 Election

Mike Pence is set to launch his presidential campaign next week

Politics

Staff Sgt. Alex Garviria and 2nd Lt. Rachel James work in the Global Strategic Warning and Space Surveillance System Center Sept. 2, 2014, at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo. Garviria is a 721st CS senior systems controller and James is the 721s

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EXCLUSIVE

Congress threatens to block funding for Space Command HQ as abortion laws impact location decision

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Politics News

Abbott appoints interim attorney general in Texas following Paxton’s impeachment

Abortion-rights supporters rally at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City on May 3, 2022.

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Politics News

Oklahoma high court strikes down 2 abortion bans; procedure remains illegal in most cases

Image: Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with an audience members during a campaign event at Port Neal Welding on May 31, 2023, in Salix, Iowa.

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2024 Election

DeSantis plays up his personal side, hits back at Trump in campaign blitz across Iowa

Tech News

A verified AOC parody account got a boost from Elon Musk’s Twitter

Congress

House Oversight chair prepares to hold FBI director in contempt over document in Biden probe

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Majority of Americans favor affirmative action in colleges as Supreme Court seems poised to end it

U.S. news

A partially collapsed apartment building in Davenport, Iowa.

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U.S. news

Tenants of partially collapsed building in Iowa say complaints were ignored for years

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U.S. news

Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty — for now — to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges

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EXCLUSIVE

Ex-CIA officer accused of abusing women may walk free because of how feds searched his phones

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U.S. news

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

U.S. news

Boiler explosion at southeastern Texas power plant leaves contractor dead

U.S. news

Body of missing Missouri ER doctor found in Arkansas, family says

Guns in America

Teen fatally shot in back by S.C. store owner who wrongly accused him of shoplifting, sheriff says

World

Russia Moscow Drone Strike

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War in Ukraine

Drone attack brings Putin's war home to a shaken Moscow

Latvia's newly elected President Edgars Rinkevics in Riga on May 31, 2023.

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OUT Politics and Policy

Latvian Parliament elects first openly gay president of a Baltic nation

North Korea Satellite Failure

World

North Korean spy satellite launch fails

World

An airline is asking passengers to weigh in before their flights

World

Chinese jet flew past nose of U.S. plane, Pentagon says

World

An airline is asking passengers to weigh in before their flights

World

Chinese jet flew past nose of U.S. plane, Pentagon says

Pop culture

Image: Yeezy shoes, made by Adidas, at Laced Up, a sneaker resale store, in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022.

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Business News

Months after Adidas cut ties with Kanye West, Yeezy shoes are back on sale

Sean "Diddy" Combs at Fox Theater on June 2, 2022 in Atlanta.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files lawsuit alleging race played a role in marketing of his liquor brands

Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash in "The Flash."

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Pop Culture News

Ezra Miller won't be recast if there's a sequel to ‘The Flash,’ director says

U.S. news

Al Pacino, 83, is expecting a baby with girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, 29

U.S. news

Alec Baldwin receives hip replacement after suffering 'intense chronic pain,' wife says

U.S. news

Al Pacino, 83, is expecting a baby with girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, 29

U.S. news

Alec Baldwin receives hip replacement after suffering 'intense chronic pain,' wife says

An unidentified aerial phenomenon in a video from the Department of Defense.

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UFOs and aerial phenomena

NASA panel studying UFO sightings says stigma and poor data pose challenges

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Business, tech & media

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

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Tech News

A verified AOC parody account got a boost from Elon Musk’s Twitter

Image: Yeezy shoes, made by Adidas, at Laced Up, a sneaker resale store, in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022.

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Business News

Months after Adidas cut ties with Kanye West, Yeezy shoes are back on sale

A Ring doorbell camera in Wolcott, Conn., on July 16, 2019.

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Consumer

Amazon.com's Ring will pay $5.8 million after employees spied on customer videos

Artificial intelligence

AI risks leading humanity to 'extinction,' experts warn

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LGBTQ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Artificial intelligence

AI risks leading humanity to 'extinction,' experts warn

OUT News

LGBTQ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Health

Brain scans at the Monash Brain Park.
17/5/2023

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Health news

The shape of your brain may strongly influence your thoughts and behavior, study finds

Chef in black latex gloves cutting vegetables in his kitchen in restaurant.

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Health news

Foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants are often linked to sick workers, CDC finds

Photo Illustration: A silhouette of a pregnant woman with a pill bottle and wine glass

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EXCLUSIVE

Doctors call for changes to laws that criminalize drug use during pregnancy

Cancer

'I don’t know of a time that’s worse than this': Cancer drug shortages grow more acute

Abortion Rights

Indiana board reprimands Dr. Caitlin Bernard over 10-year-old's abortion case

Cancer

'I don’t know of a time that’s worse than this': Cancer drug shortages grow more acute

Abortion Rights

Indiana board reprimands Dr. Caitlin Bernard over 10-year-old's abortion case

Science

An unidentified aerial phenomenon in a video from the Department of Defense.

Department of Defense via AP file

UFOs and aerial phenomena

NASA panel studying UFO sightings says stigma and poor data pose challenges

Manhattanhenge Sunset in New York City

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Science News

Memorial Day 'Manhattanhenge' to light up New York City streets

Image: China Prepares To Launch Astronauts To Space Station

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Space

China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on foreign partners

Space

Ron DeSantis signs Florida bill limiting the liabilities of private spaceflight companies

Environment

NOAA predicts 'near-normal' hurricane season

Space

Ron DeSantis signs Florida bill limiting the liabilities of private spaceflight companies

Environment

NOAA predicts 'near-normal' hurricane season

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