The Associated Press has learned that a former Venezuelan fighter pilot jailed in Venezuela in February for his ties to a prominent human rights attorney is an employee of U.S. oil firm Chevron. …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and REGINA GARCIA CANO
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3/23/24
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Palm Sunday will be celebrated by Christians worldwide this Sunday. It commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before him. It …
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
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3/23/24
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Texas authorities say a school bus with more than 40 prekindergarten students has collided with a concrete truck and rolled over while returning from a field trip. Two people have died. Friday's …
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3/22/24
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war. Blinken says he will share …
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By The Associated Press
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3/22/24
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A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with …
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By JAMIE STENGLE
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3/22/24
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Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer but hasn't said what kind. In a video announcement Friday, she revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy but didn't give further …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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3/22/24
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Authorities are investigating the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin in connection with the escape of an Idaho white supremacist …
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By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN
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3/22/24
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Holi is the Hindu festival of colors, which is celebrated to mark the start of spring in India, Nepal and the diaspora. The festival typically falls in March. Celebrants rejoice by throwing colored …
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By DEEPA BHARATH
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3/22/24
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Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages. Ukraine's energy minister says the nighttime …
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By The Associated Press
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3/22/24
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With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets
The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits passing the entry physical fitness exam thanks to a new law that changed the standards. It is part of a broader effort nationally …
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By BROOKE SCHULTZ
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3/22/24
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As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people. That's because the warming world is leading to erratic …
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By The Associated Press
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3/21/24
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March 15-21, 2024
Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off western Indonesia. The Los Angeles Dodgers started their Shohei Ohtani era with a memorable …
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By The Associated Press
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3/21/24
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An Alabama woman who faked being abducted after stopping her car to check on a toddler wandering along a highway has pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. News …
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3/21/24
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The nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport migrants who illegally enter the U.S. provided a glimpse at what sort of obstacles law enforcement agencies in the state face. It revealed …
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By SEAN MURPHY and ERIK VERDUZCO
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3/21/24
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Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022. That's according to final figures the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. The number of U.S. overdose deaths …
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By MIKE STOBBE
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3/21/24
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A federal appeals court has ordered Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s case to be returned to a lower court to probe claims of juror bias. The order from the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of …
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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3/21/24
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The Georgia Senate on Thursday pushed through bills aimed at forcing local governments to help deport immigrants instead of sheltering them. It is part of a continuing political response to the …
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By JEFF AMY
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3/21/24
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House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber’s impeachment inquiry into …
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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3/21/24
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Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation
A study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds that food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change. Thursday's study looks at monthly …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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3/21/24
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Federal meteorologists predict that the United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes. Thursday's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s spring …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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3/21/24
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