Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright, nearby star in perfect synchrony like a grand cosmic orchestra. The rare find can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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11/29/23
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Black survivors have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community. Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans …
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By TIFFANY STANLEY and LEA SKENE
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11/29/23
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It’s her, hi -- Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2023 most-played artist. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023’s most-streamed artist globally, raking in more than 26.1 billion global streams …
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By MARIA SHERMAN
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11/29/23
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Black survivors have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community. Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans …
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By TIFFANY STANLEY and LEA SKENE
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11/29/23
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With hours left to go before a truce in Gaza expires, international mediators are working to extend it to facilitate the release of militant-held hostages and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The …
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By The Associated Press
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11/29/23
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Rosalynn Carter is set to receive her final accolades and farewells in Plains, Georgia. It's the same tiny town where the former first lady was born. There, she and former President Jimmy Carter …
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By BILL BARROW
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11/29/23
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Opening statements are scheduled to begin in the third and final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who died after he was stopped by police in suburban Denver. Jurors will have to decide if …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN
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11/29/23
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U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was up by more than a year in 2022, after plunging two straight years at the beginning …
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By MIKE STOBBE
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11/29/23
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Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there's more current pain
Experts say the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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11/28/23
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Alaska landslide survivor says force of impact threw her around 'like a piece of weightless popcorn'
A survivor of the deadly landslide in Alaska last week says the force of the impact threw her around like a "piece of weightless popcorn." Christina Florschutz was in the upstairs of her home when …
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11/28/23
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Several of the 18 victims of Alex Murdaugh's financial fraud are letting the disgraced South Carolina lawyer know just how much he harmed them. Among those testifying at a sentencing hearing Tuesday …
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By JEFFREY COLLINS
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11/28/23
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The Mayo Clinic has announced a $5 billion expansion plan that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades. The project is part of a …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI
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11/28/23
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Rosalynn Carter will be memorialized with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, …
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By BILL BARROW
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11/28/23
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The small group of Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military tends to the souls and spirits of troops of all faiths and no faith. At times, they break barriers and celebrate milestones, like the …
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By MARIAM FAM
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11/28/23
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Tornadoes have been forecast for the Black Sea region after a storm left more than 2 million people without electricity in Crimea, Russia and Ukraine. The Institute for the Study of War think tank …
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By The Associated Press
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11/28/23
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two days, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt …
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By The Associated Press
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11/28/23
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The U.S. Navy says it has removed nearly all of the fuel from a plane that overshot a Hawaii runway and landed in an environmentally sensitive bay. But officials don't have a timetable for when it …
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By AUDREY McAVOY
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11/27/23
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Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones' $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million
Families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay only a fraction of the $1.5 billion in legal …
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By DAVE COLLINS
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11/27/23
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U.S. authorities say they are closing a Texas border crossing to vehicles and limiting traffic at an Arizona crossing to shift more resources to illegal entries. The decision is the latest sign of …
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11/27/23
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Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act. He posted on his social media site Saturday that he is “seriously looking at …
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By JILL COLVIN
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11/27/23
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