Fall gets its official start this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere. This year's autumnal equinox arrives on Saturday. But what does that mean? The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle as it travels …
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By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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9/22/23
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A United Methodist Church court has acquitted a California bishop of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century. Bishop Minerva Carcaño faced four charges of …
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By PETER SMITH
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9/22/23
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Lahaina residents are bracing for what they'll find when they return to the ruins of their homes after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 97 people and destroyed …
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
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9/22/23
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A street dog walks in front of the presidential escort regiment during a military parade in Chile. Migrants rush to the U.S.-Mexico border and overwhelm border services. Formula One driver Sergio …
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9/21/23
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A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing over the weekend is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a perplexing 911 call from the South Carolina home where he had …
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By JAMES POLLARD and TARA COPP
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9/21/23
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An Ohio father who learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult turned to the police for help. But instead of treating the girl as a crime …
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By CLAUDIA LAUER and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON
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9/21/23
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A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for …
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM
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9/21/23
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Talks have opened between representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan government after Azerbaijan claimed full control of the breakaway region. The Azerbaijan State News agency says a …
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9/21/23
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The Asian Games are an attention grabber. They involve more participants than the Summer Olympics. Organizers say about 12,500 competitors will be entered as the opening ceremony takes place Saturday …
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By STEPHEN WADE
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9/21/23
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If you are bored with day-in, day-out sports like basketball or swimming or volleyball, then check out the Asian Games when they open in Hangzhou, China. Of course, the games will have the regular …
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By STEPHEN WADE
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9/21/23
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Debate over a Black student's suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit
The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class has intensified as the student’s family and his school …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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9/20/23
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The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia pscyhiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the …
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By SARAH RANKIN
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9/20/23
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Five puppies learning to serve as assistance dogs had a howling good time during a training exercise at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The pooches and their trainers walked Tuesday through a TSA …
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By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
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9/20/23
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The influential abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America has changed its name to Reproductive Freedom for All. The group says the rebrand better reflects how people think about abortion access …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
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9/20/23
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Los Angeles County prosecutors expect to file charges against a man who allegedly shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy as he sat in a patrol car. Officials say Kevin Cataneo Salazar ambushed …
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9/20/23
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A pair of crossed logs in Zambia may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood. That's according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The simple construction is …
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By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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9/20/23
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President Joe Biden will meet his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in New York. The two leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s largest democracies are seeking areas of …
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By DAVID BILLER and JOSH BOAK
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9/20/23
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to have his long-coveted meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday — bringing together the two men for the first time since the Israeli leader took …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI
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9/20/23
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More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco's City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents. San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors was expected to vote Tuesday to …
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By JANIE HAR
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9/19/23
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Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he …
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9/19/23
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