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James Anderson and his sister Barbie stand in front of their home where they stayed during the tornado that ripped through Rolling Fork, Miss., two days earlier, on March 26, 2023.

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Mississippi tornadoes

Residents of Mississippi town destroyed by tornado continue search for loved ones

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in New York on March 22, 2023.

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Congress

Bragg pushes back after House Republicans escalate oversight into Trump hush money case

A Silicon Valley Bank office in Tempe, Ariz., on March 14, 2023.

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First Citizens Bank to buy Silicon Valley Bank deposits and loans

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Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan block a highway during a protest moments after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday,

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World

Mass protests erupt in Israel after Netanyahu fires defense chief

A flare up near Cleveland, just down 519 from Mora, N.M. darkens the sky on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, where firefighters have been battling the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon fire for weeks. Weather conditions described as potentially historic are on tap for New Mexico on Saturday, May 7, and over the next several days as the largest fire burning in the U.S. chews through more tinder-dry mountainsides.

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Western Wildfires

A way of life is all but extinguished by New Mexico's largest wildfire

Politics

Former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023.

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Donald Trump

Trump's base splinters on Ron DeSantis

Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas.

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Chicago Elections

Race dominates final days of the mayoral election in deeply segregated Chicago

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., outside the Capitol on Dec. 13, 2022.

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Congress

Ro Khanna endorses Barbara Lee's Senate campaign, announces he won’t run

Politics News

Biden’s pick to lead FAA withdraws amid shaky Senate support

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Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law

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Biden’s pick to lead FAA withdraws amid shaky Senate support

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Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law

U.S. news

Emergency responders and heavy equipment are seen at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory Saturday in West Reading, Pennsylvania.

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U.S. news

Death toll in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion climbs to 7

The Delaware River in 2022.

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U.S. news

Philadelphia rescinds bottled-water alert after chemical spill in the Delaware River

Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pa., on Oct. 21, 2020.

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U.S. news

12 injured after apartment floor collapses near Pa. university, police say

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Celebrity

Army pulls recruiting ads after Jonathan Majors’ arrest

U.S. news

Second incident of train deaths in Texas border area reported

Climate in Crisis

Public pensions get caught up in Republican push to end 'woke' investing

U.S. news

Florida couple missing in Haiti are being held for ransom, family says

Health

Photo Illustration: French fries, a chocolate bar, and potato chips float above a brain

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Health news

What happens in our brains when we eat junk food?

A car exhaust emits fumes.

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Health news

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

A.C. Shilton, a journalist and farmer in Tennessee, is driving more than an hour away to receive ADHD medication from a new doctor after becoming frustrated with her previous provider's drug testing policies.

Mental Health

Why are some ADHD patients drug-tested while others are not?

Latino

Fentanyl has driven a surge in drug overdoses in Latino communities

U.S. news

These ketamine clinics were a lifeline for military veterans, until they all abruptly closed

Latino

Fentanyl has driven a surge in drug overdoses in Latino communities

U.S. news

These ketamine clinics were a lifeline for military veterans, until they all abruptly closed

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World

North Korea test-fires 2 more missiles as U.S. sends carrier

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 19, 2022.

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War in Ukraine

NATO criticizes Putin for 'dangerous' rhetoric over Belarus nuclear weapon deployment

Russian cadets mark the 9 year annexation of Crimea as they pass a banner showing President Vladimir Putin in Yalta, Crimea on March 17, 2023.

War in Ukraine

A Muslim minority loyal to Ukraine bears the brunt of Russia’s crackdown in Crimea

World

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules

War in Ukraine

There's a new dividing line for world leaders: Would you arrest Putin?

World

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules

War in Ukraine

There's a new dividing line for world leaders: Would you arrest Putin?

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow takes the stand during her trial on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah.

Pop Culture News

Gwyneth Paltrow testifies a 2016 ski accident that injured a man wasn't her fault

Reese Witherspoon and James Toth in 2015.

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Celebrity

Reese Witherspoon and James Toth announce divorce

Ari Cagan, Peter McIndoe Jr., and Adam Faze.

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Culture Matters

The prank that sparked a Trump-DeSantis 2024 trending war on Truth Social

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'The L Word: Generation Q' canceled by Showtime after three seasons

#MeToo Reckoning

'Abbott Elementary' star alleges a 'famous TV judge' sexually assaulted her years ago

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'The L Word: Generation Q' canceled by Showtime after three seasons

#MeToo Reckoning

'Abbott Elementary' star alleges a 'famous TV judge' sexually assaulted her years ago

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Climate change protesters block traffic in Washington on Sept. 23, 2019.

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Climate in Crisis

Public pensions get caught up in Republican push to end 'woke' investing

FILE - Sea otters are seen together along the Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing, Calif., on March 26, 2018. A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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Science News

Rare strain of parasite that killed 4 otters in California could pose danger to humans, researchers say

A zebra danio, or zebrafish, swims in a tank in a research institute in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, April 22, 2021.

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Science News

Fish can sense fear in other fish and become afraid, too, study shows

Climate in Crisis

California is dangerously saturated after 12 monstrous storms, and more water is coming

Environment

What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

Climate in Crisis

California is dangerously saturated after 12 monstrous storms, and more water is coming

Environment

What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

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