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Virginia teacher shot by first-grade student describes grueling recovery: 'Some days I can't get out of bed'

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Republicans threaten to defund local prosecutors as Trump indictment looms

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Trump moves to quash Georgia special grand jury report

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White House

'Ted Lasso' cast joins White House briefing to talk about mental health

President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office on Dec. 13, 2021.

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White House

Biden issues first veto after Congress passes measure blocking new investment rule

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Justice Department

Four Oath Keepers members found guilty of obstruction in the far-right group's third Jan. 6 trial

Supreme Court

Supreme Court wrestles with Navajo Nation water rights dispute

2024 Election

Trump isn't giving up on Fox News even after Dominion revelations

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Candidates who support psychedelics as medicine get a political action committee

U.S. news

U.S. aid worker Jeffery Woodke introduces his NGO in Abalak, Niger, two days before he was captured in October 2016.

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U.S. news

American aid worker held captive for over 6 years in West Africa is released, officials say

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U.S. news

Jury convicts 3 men of murder in rapper XXXTentacion's death

A member of the "Proud Boys" leaves a protest against Drag Queen Story Hour in New York on March 19, 2023.

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Protesters bloodied and arrested at NYC Drag Story Hour

Buster Murdaugh listens during the Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C.

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Crime & Courts

Buster Murdaugh says he had nothing to do with teen's hit-and-run death

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Two aircraft narrowly avoided a collision over the weekend, FAA says days after safety summit

Guns in America

Student dead and another charged with capital murder after Texas high school shooting

U.S. news

Colorado dentist is charged with murder in ‘complex and calculated’ poisoning death of his wife

World

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 20, 2023.

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War in Ukraine

Xi joins Putin in Russia in an even greater show of solidarity

French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 10, 2023.

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World

Macron's government survives no-confidence vote over contentious pension plan

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Climate in Crisis

Major climate report issues a dire outlook for human life on Earth

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Deadly earthquake in Ecuador brings grief and fear

World

Netanyahu softens government's judicial overhaul after Biden call

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Deadly earthquake in Ecuador brings grief and fear

World

Netanyahu softens government's judicial overhaul after Biden call

Business, tech & media

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Security

Twitter is now charging for an important security feature. Here's how to get a better version for free.

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big tech layoffs

Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts

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Business News

New York Community Bank to buy failed Signature Bank

banking fears

UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion as regulators look to shore up the global banking system

U.S. news

Elizabeth Holmes owes over $25 million to Theranos creditors, lawsuit says

banking fears

UBS buys Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion as regulators look to shore up the global banking system

U.S. news

Elizabeth Holmes owes over $25 million to Theranos creditors, lawsuit says

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Bruce Willis attends the premiere of Universal Pictures' "Glass" at SVA Theatre on January 15, 2019 in New York City.

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Culture Matters

Bruce Willis' family opens up about 'grief' they feel on his 68th birthday

Stephanie Hsu as Kat, Sabrina Wu as Deadeye, Ashley Park as Audrey, and Sherry Cola as Lolo in "Joy Ride."

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Culture Matters

'Joy Ride' trailer promises misadventure, scandal and 'The Hangover' for Asians

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Culture Matters

Adam Sandler takes home Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Culture Matters

Will Sharpe of 'White Lotus' to direct 'Crying in H Mart' film adaptation

Culture Matters

Jason Sudeikis and 'Ted Lasso' cast members to visit White House

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Petri dish of candida auris in a laboratory in Wuerzburg, Germany

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Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says

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Map: Where the pills for medication abortions are legal

Nightly News

Disturbing history of negative health outcomes for Black pregnant women, study reveals

Copycat Drugs

The high price of Ozempic is pushing many to unregulated, copycat drugs for weight loss

OUT Health and Wellness

PrEP's promise to change the course of HIV has succeeded — but only for white gay men

Copycat Drugs

The high price of Ozempic is pushing many to unregulated, copycat drugs for weight loss

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PrEP's promise to change the course of HIV has succeeded — but only for white gay men

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Petri dish of candida auris in a laboratory in Wuerzburg, Germany

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Health news

Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says

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Environment

Koalas may be extinct in Australia's New South Wales by 2050

Image: Residents and rescue workers stand in front of buildings brought down by an earthquake that shook Machala, Ecuador, on March 18, 2023.

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Latino

Deadly earthquake in Ecuador brings grief and fear

Climate in Crisis

Major climate report issues a dire outlook for human life on Earth

EXCLUSIVE

Candidates who support psychedelics as medicine get a political action committee

Climate in Crisis

Major climate report issues a dire outlook for human life on Earth

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Candidates who support psychedelics as medicine get a political action committee

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