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RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, arrives at a news conference with Tyre's stepfather Rodney Wells, left, in Memphis, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.

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Memphis police set to release video showing fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

House GOP Members Hold News Conference At RNC Headquarters In D.C.

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Selfies, karaoke and Chick-fil-A: Rep. George Santos is reveling in the spotlight despite investigations

Ayala and his brother were also looking for their missing dog. His mother Norma Ayala, 72, and her disabled son live in the home that was destroyed during the storm.

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Tornado Alley is creeping into new territory

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Former Fox News employee sues network, alleging Roger Ailes sexually abused her

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TikTok's 'scar girl' doesn't care if you think her scar is real or fake

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Photo collage: Aerial shot of Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah, images of Taylor Goodridge, and her funeral above an image of the school.

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Boarding school ignored teen's sickness complaints before she died, ex-staff say

Jay Leno reportedly suffers broken bones in motorcycle accident months after garage fire.

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Jay Leno reportedly suffers broken bones in motorcycle accident months after garage fire

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Oregon police hunt man accused of torturing woman 2 years after Vegas kidnapping conviction

Chunli Zhao being arrested on Monday in the parking lot of the Sheriff’s Office Half Moon Bay as a suspect for the mass shooting earlier that day.

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Five Chinese citizens were killed in Half Moon Bay shooting

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Remains found in Oklahoma identified as missing 4-year-old girl

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Colorado bear takes hundreds of 'selfies' on wildlife camera trap

U.S. news

North Carolina couple accused of performing 'exorcism' on child, 4, who died

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Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on Jan. 7, 2009.

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National Archives asks former presidents and vice presidents to check for classified documents

2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner

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Congress

Pelosi says it would be 'very hard' to watch body camera video of husband's brutal attack

The State Capitol building in Phoenix.

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Politics News

Arizona’s GOP legislators vote to shield themselves from public records laws

Elon Musk departs court in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Congress

Elon Musk meets with House leaders on Capitol Hill

President Joe Biden at the White House in on Jan. 20, 2023.

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White House

Biden bashes 'MAGA economic plan' in speech targeting House Republicans

Supreme Court

Kavanaugh touts 'great relations' among justices on divided Supreme Court

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Elaine Chao issues rare rebuke of Trump over his racist attacks on her

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Less than 10% of 2022’s anti-LGBTQ state bills became law, report finds

World

Commemorating Victims Of The Holocaust At Auschwitz Nazi Camp

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World

Auschwitz anniversary is marked as Europe's peace is again shattered by war

Serbia Open 2022

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Djokovic’s dad stays away from Australian Open semifinal after posing with Russian flag

U.S. Army Abrams tanks of the 2nd Brigade 69th Regiment 2nd Battalion at the Mockava railway station in Lithuania on Sept. 5, 2020.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine has been promised dozens of tanks to fight Russia. Now what?

World

'I have Prussians in my attic': Surprise revelation leads to rare Battle of Waterloo discovery

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

As war with Russia rages, Ukraine's government confronts an old enemy: Corruption

ISIS Terror

U.S. military raid in northern Somalia kills a senior ISIS leader and 10 ISIS fighters

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A Clinic Administers Fourth Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine Booster

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Coronavirus

FDA advisers raise doubts about moving to yearly Covid boosters

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Health news

Autism rates have tripled. Is it more common or are we just better at diagnosis?

FILE- An official of the Hygienic and Anti-epidemic Center in Phyongchon District disinfect the corridor of a building in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 5, 2021. The Korean Central News Agency said Thursday, May 12, 2022, tests from an unspecified number of people in the capital Pyongyang confirmed that they were infected with the omicron variant.

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Coronavirus

North Korea locks down capital city over ‘respiratory illness’

Coronavirus

Updated Covid boosters cut the infection risk from XBB.1.5 subvariant by nearly half, CDC finds

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FDA official overseeing food policy and response resigns in wake of baby formula shortage

Coronavirus

Updated Covid boosters cut the infection risk from XBB.1.5 subvariant by nearly half, CDC finds

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FDA official overseeing food policy and response resigns in wake of baby formula shortage

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Jessie Lemonier #58 of the Los Angeles Chargers looks on in the first quarter during the NFL preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on Aug. 28, 2021 in Seattle.

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Former NFL player Jessie Lemonier dies at 25

Told through the lens of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ personal story, historical events and the modern fights for voting rights, the first episode of The 1619 Project “Democracy” explores Black America’s centuries-long fight to democratize America and to hold the country to its founding ideals.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones makes a case for reparations with ‘The 1619 Project’ series

Jeremy Renner attends the "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation!" premiere, in New York

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Jeremy Renner was trying to stop snowplow from hitting nephew when he was crushed, officials say

Internet

Hulu cuts ties with 'Rick and Morty' co-creator Justin Roiland after domestic violence charges

Culture Matters

Biden administration proposes to let people choose Hispanic or Latino as a race

Internet

Hulu cuts ties with 'Rick and Morty' co-creator Justin Roiland after domestic violence charges

Culture Matters

Biden administration proposes to let people choose Hispanic or Latino as a race

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NASA's estimated trajectory of asteroid 2023 BU, in red, and the orbit of geosynchronous satellites, in green.

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Space

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth but will miss

Ayala and his brother were also looking for their missing dog. His mother Norma Ayala, 72, and her disabled son live in the home that was destroyed during the storm.

Jon Shapley / AP

Science News

Tornado Alley is creeping into new territory

The SpaceX Starship Full Wet Dress on Jan. 23, 2023 in Texas.

Space

SpaceX completes Starship test in prep for rocket’s first orbital launch attempt

Climate in Crisis

Scientists set Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before

World

Scans reveal secrets of Egypt's mummified 'golden boy,' buried for 2,300 years

Climate in Crisis

Scientists set Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before

World

Scans reveal secrets of Egypt's mummified 'golden boy,' buried for 2,300 years

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TikTok tries to sell 'Project Texas' as it fights for survival in the U.S.

Roger Ailes

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Corporations

Former Fox News employee sues network, alleging Roger Ailes sexually abused her

Elon Musk departs court in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 2023.

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Congress

Elon Musk meets with House leaders on Capitol Hill

Consumer

Fireball whisky-maker accused of false advertising on miniature drink bottles

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Most Americans just aren't into their jobs, new Gallup data shows

Consumer

Fireball whisky-maker accused of false advertising on miniature drink bottles

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Most Americans just aren't into their jobs, new Gallup data shows

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