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Floods from thunderstorms lead to dramatic rescues and 2 deaths in Connecticut
A bridge washed out in Oxford, Conn., after torrential rains turned streets into raging rivers in parts of Connecticut and New York’s Long Island, trapping people in cars and sweeping two women to their deaths,…
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Russia court rejects US soldier’s appeal of jail term
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black sits in a glass cage in a courtroom in Vladivostok, Russia, June 6, 2024. Moscow — A Russian court rejected an appeal Monday by a U.S. soldier who has…
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US Supreme Court Won’t Allow LGBT Student Protection in Certain States
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) –The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let President Joe Biden’s administration enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges…
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Hurricane Ernesto moves toward Bermuda
A man boards up a house to protect it from the approaching Hurricane Ernesto in Warwick, Bermuda, Aug. 16, 2024. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said early Friday evening…
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Australia, US look to joint production of hypersonic missile, US lawmaker says
In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on March 11, 2018, a Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile flies during a test in southern Russia. SYDNEY — Joint production…
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US colleges revise rules on free speech in hopes of containing anti-war demonstrations
Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, on April 29, 2024, in New York NEW YORK — As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a…
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Pentagon leaker Teixeira arraigned on military charges ahead of March trial
Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira appears in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts — Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National…
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Former Nevada official stands trial for murder of investigative journalist
Robert Telles waits in the courtroom during a break in proceedings during his murder trial in the death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada,…
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COVID-19 cases in US surge; experts suggest keeping vaccinations current
Comirnaty, a new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination booster for COVID-19, is displayed at a pharmacy in Orlando, Florida COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around…
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Former USAGM chief John Lansing, credited with modernizing agency, dies at 67
The U.S. Agency for Global Media’s former Chief Executive John Lansing is photographed preparing to speak in this undated photo taken at USAGM’s headquarters in Washington. He died Wednesday in Wisconsin at age 67. Washington…