A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Texas inmate Melissa Lucio should be overturned. Lucio's execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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4/16/24
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The University of Southern California has canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian, a Muslim student who has expressed support for Palestinians, citing substantial security risks for …
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By JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON
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4/16/24
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The United Nations human rights office says Israeli security forces must immediately put an end to settler attacks on Palestinians. Violence erupted Friday in the West Bank, triggered by the killing …
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By The Associated Press
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4/16/24
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PITTSBURGH — U.S. Steel shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s sale to Nippon Steel of Japan for $14.1 billion in cash, voicing unequivocal support for a combination that has drawn opposition from the Biden administration on economic and national security grounds.
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The Associated Press
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4/16/24
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The Maui Fire Department is expected to release a report Tuesday detailing how the agency responded to a series of wildfires that burned on the island during a windstorm last August. That includes …
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By REBECCA BOONE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
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4/16/24
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French President Emmanuel Macron says world donors are pledging more than $2.1 billion in aid for Sudan. A year of war has pushed the African country's population to the brink of famine. Macron spoke …
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By BARBARA SURK and SAMY MAGDY
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4/15/24
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Authorities and relatives say a Las Vegas lawyer and his wife were fighting to win custody of her children from a previous marriage when the woman’s former father-in-law, also an attorney, fatally …
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By RIO YAMAT
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4/15/24
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that it is now accepting applications from agricultural producers for enrollment in a special Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) sign-up.
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4/15/24
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A 9-year-old boy's dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance's story online
Nine-year-old Cal Clifford had always wanted a pet octopus. His dream recently came true when his father Cameron Clifford helped him adopt Terrance the octopus and set it up in a saltwater aquarium …
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By ANITA SNOW
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4/15/24
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Wildlife experts are bringing butterflies back to the Presidio National Park in San Francisco as part of an effort to restore native ecosystems. The park was once home to the Xerces Blue butterfly, …
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By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
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4/15/24
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An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The female newborn was delivered by cesarean section on Saturday, weighing just over three …
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4/15/24
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The dying words of an Oregon man who had an asbestos-linked cancer are being replayed in a federal courtroom for a jury hearing a wrongful death case against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway. …
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By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN
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4/15/24
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Lawmakers in Georgia’s legislature have scuffled as the parliament started debating a divisive new law dubbed the foreign agent bill. Hours later, hundreds of people protested against the …
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By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE
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4/15/24
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked a freeway leading to three Chicago O’Hare International Airport terminals, temporarily stopping vehicle traffic into one of the nation’s busiest airports. …
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By SOPHIA TAREEN
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4/15/24
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The U.S. Attorney office in Colorado have indicted the owners of a funeral home on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife are …
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By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN
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4/15/24
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The coffee that picked you up this morning is 600,000 years old. Researchers have found that the world's most popular type of coffee, known as arabica, emerged hundreds of thousands of years ago …
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
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4/15/24
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Reef scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time due to prolonged warming of the oceans. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN
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4/15/24
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Macron says the Olympic opening ceremony on the Seine could be moved to stadium for security reasons
French President Emmanuel Macron says the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the Stade de France if the security threat is deemed too high. …
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
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4/15/24
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Authorities say two bodies have been recovered in a rural Oklahoma county, a day after four people were charged there with murder and kidnapping in connection with the March disappearance of two …
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4/15/24
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World leaders are urging Israel not to retaliate after Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told the …
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By The Associated Press
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4/15/24
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