May 10-16, 2024
People took part in the Piu Sik Parade at the Bun Festival in Hong Kong, Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attended his trial at Manhattan …
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By The Associated Press
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5/17/24
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U.S. figures show that San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April. It is the fifth region to hold that distinction in two years, a sign of how quickly migration routes are …
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
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5/17/24
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The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, …
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By TOM KRISHER and KIM CHANDLER
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5/17/24
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Taiwan is reducing its reliance on the Chinese mainland as it seeks to insulate itself from pressure from Beijing and forge closer economic and trade ties with the United States. In a stark …
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By DIDI TANG
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5/17/24
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Seventy years after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the impact of the decision is still up for debate. Have Americans truly ended segregation in fact, not just in law? The …
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By SHARON LURYE
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5/17/24
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May 10-16, 2024
Naval academy students climbed a monument to celebrate their first year in Annapolis, Maryland, wildfires filled the sky with smoke over Edmonton, Alberta, and lowrider cars were …
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By The Associated Press
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5/16/24
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Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Deep South stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Deep South and the rest of the world, visit …
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5/16/24
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Justice Department documents show a federal prosecutor in Arkansas stepped down from the post while under investigation for having an inappropriate relationship with an employee. He was then …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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5/16/24
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The Justice Department announced this week that the Attorney General has submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking initiating a formal rulemaking process to consider moving marijuana from a schedule I to schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
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5/16/24
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Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, …
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By MATTHEW BARAKAT
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5/16/24
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The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld four voting restrictions passed by Republican lawmakers in 2021 that were struck down by a state judge as unconstitutional. Justices on Thursday unanimously …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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5/16/24
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A key Boeing supplier that makes the fuselages for its popular 737 Max airplanes is laying off about 450 workers. That's because production has slowed down ever since a panel flew off one of those …
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By JOSH FUNK
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5/16/24
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Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge says his death was caused by eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract. The results obtained …
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By STEVE LeBLANC, KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL CASEY
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5/16/24
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The Justice Department has announced three arrests in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons …
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By ERIC TUCKER
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5/16/24
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McDonald’s is planning to introduce a $5 meal deal in the U.S. next month to counter slowing sales and customers’ frustration with high prices. The deal would let customers get a four-piece …
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN
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5/16/24
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Scientists say temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It's so bad that …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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5/16/24
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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election. The attack calls to …
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By The Associated Press
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5/16/24
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Through its long history, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has offered a way for people to get a quick read on how Wall Street is doing. But its importance is on the wane. Because it holds just 30 …
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By STAN CHOE
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5/16/24
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Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent Thursday to the federal …
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
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5/16/24
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The 32nd annual Crawdad Days festival takes place this weekend at the Northwest Arkansas District Fairgrounds in Harrison. The annual festival includes a car show, live music, a carnival, petting zoo, lots of crawdads to eat, and more.
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5/16/24
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