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Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski is is escorted from the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont

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U.S. news

'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski found dead in his prison cell

Police at the scene of a mass shooting in San Francisco Friday night.

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Manhunt launched after 9 injured in 'targeted' San Francisco mass shooting

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Kouri and Eric Richins.

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Attorneys for Utah grief author accused of killing husband with spiked drink argue for her release

Narkis Golan with her son

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A mother spent years fighting for her son. Now he could be sent back to her abusive husband in Italy.

Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating an encounter recorded on video that shows a man being held down by officers in a Walmart on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

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Video shows a man held down by police in a Kansas City Walmart

U.S. news

Family of woman found in dumpster outraged after charges dropped due to police department’s racist texts

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NYC launches program to reexamine gay bar drugging and homicide cases

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Family of woman found in dumpster outraged after charges dropped due to police department’s racist texts

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NYC launches program to reexamine gay bar drugging and homicide cases

Politics

Secretary of State Blinken, right, shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 9, 2022.

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National Security

Is the Biden administration downplaying China's plans for an eavesdropping post in Cuba?

Image: Reality Winner, a former intelligence analyst contracted by the NSA, at her mother's home in Texas in 2021.

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EXCLUSIVE

Reality Winner says she's 'blown away' by details in indictment against Trump

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H.

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EXCLUSIVE

Ron DeSantis’ top aide organized government staff to solicit campaign cash from lobbyists

2024 Election

Biden to attend first 2024 rally in Pa. next week, as campaign plots flurry of fundraising

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Iowa couple behind landmark same-sex marriage ruling worries about the future

2024 Election

Biden to attend first 2024 rally in Pa. next week, as campaign plots flurry of fundraising

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Iowa couple behind landmark same-sex marriage ruling worries about the future

World

In this handout photo released on June 9, 2023, by the Colombian Presidency, members of the army assist four Indigenous children who were found alive after spending more than a month lost in the Colombian Amazon jungle following the crash of a small plane. Four Indigenous children were found alive Friday after spending more than a month lost in the Colombian Amazon rainforest following a small plane crash that triggered a massive rescue operation, the country's President Gustavo Petro said.

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World

4 children, including baby, found after their plane crashed in Amazon jungle 40 days ago

Evacuations continue in Khersonâs flooded areas after explosion at dam

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War in Ukraine

Drowned zoo animals and rescued pets: Ukraine counts ‘catastrophic’ environmental cost after dam blast

Pope spends first night in hospital after surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue, repair hernia

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Pope Francis

Pope to skip Sunday blessing as he heals from abdominal surgery

War in Ukraine

U.S. citizen arrested in Russia on drug trafficking charges

Business News

Six months after ‘zero Covid,’ U.S. firms in China still face ‘uncertainty on top of uncertainty’

War in Ukraine

Last reactor shut down at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant as flood recovery goes on

World

Injured toddlers remain hospitalized as French stabbing suspect charged with attempted murder

Health

A positive Covid-19 test on May 2, 2022 in San Anselmo, Calif.

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Coronavirus

When should you come out of Covid isolation? Experts weigh in.

Cans of energy drinks are displayed in a store in San Diego, California 10 November 2006. The kick from caffeine has a growing number of consumers jumping into energy drinks-soft drinks spiked with nutritional aids and stimulants despite warnings from health professionals. The drinks are often aimed at the youth market with edgy names like Rockstar and Full Throttle, and the provocatively named Cocaine Energy Drink, which despite its name contains no illegal ingredients. The typical energy drink sells for two dollars or more per can or bottle, well above the average price of traditional soft drinks.

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Aging

Taurine, a nutrient found in high-protein foods, slows aging in animals — and maybe humans, too

A fisherman docks his boat at a beach filled with plastic waste at Freedom Island in Paranque, Philippines on April 19, 2023.

Ezra Acayan / Getty Images file

Science News

Yes, flesh-eating bacteria can hitch rides on seaweed and plastic (no, don't cancel your summer vacation)

Coronavirus

White House Covid response coordinator Ashish Jha to step down

Health news

FDA panel recommends injectable drug to prevent RSV in infants

Coronavirus

White House Covid response coordinator Ashish Jha to step down

Health news

FDA panel recommends injectable drug to prevent RSV in infants

Pop culture

Photo illustration of an everything bagel with a red locator pin stuck in it.

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Culture & Trends

He found a bagel shop’s location based on a video. Now he's TikTok famous.

Photo Illustration: Madden San Miguel ("Baby Gronk") and Olivia Dunne

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Culture & Trends

He's Baby Gronk. She's Livvy. He's got drip and she rizzed him up (and we've got it translated)

A Cracker Barrel store near Boise, Idaho.

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Culture & Trends

Cracker Barrel’s support of Pride Month draws conservative backlash online

Culture & Trends

Bryan Cranston says he plans to retire from acting in 2026

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Mike Batayeh, comedian and ‘Breaking Bad’ laundromat manager, dies at 52

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Bryan Cranston says he plans to retire from acting in 2026

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Mike Batayeh, comedian and ‘Breaking Bad’ laundromat manager, dies at 52

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Six months after ‘zero Covid,’ U.S. firms in China still face ‘uncertainty on top of uncertainty’

The Economist office in New York.

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Critics slam The Economist for 'racist' article calling Latin American workers 'useless'

A Cracker Barrel store near Boise, Idaho.

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Culture & Trends

Cracker Barrel’s support of Pride Month draws conservative backlash online

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GM’s electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla’s vast charging network

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Los Angeles county DA's office quits Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacks

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GM’s electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla’s vast charging network

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Los Angeles county DA's office quits Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacks

Science

A fisherman docks his boat at a beach filled with plastic waste at Freedom Island in Paranque, Philippines on April 19, 2023.

Ezra Acayan / Getty Images file

Science News

Yes, flesh-eating bacteria can hitch rides on seaweed and plastic (no, don't cancel your summer vacation)

People take photos of the sun as smoke from the wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York City on June 7, 2023.

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Climate in Crisis

How New York's day of smoke laid bare the realities of climate catastrophe

Image: One of eight aircrafts from New Brunswick that drops a mix of water and fire retardant makes a pass over the fire near Barrington Lake, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia province on May 31, 2023.

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Environment

Air quality levels in parts of the U.S. plunge as Canada wildfires rage

Science News

Here comes El Niño: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

Climate in Crisis

125 degrees? Puerto Rico faces 'dangerous situation' due to record-breaking heat

Science News

Here comes El Niño: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

Climate in Crisis

125 degrees? Puerto Rico faces 'dangerous situation' due to record-breaking heat

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