A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison. The …
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
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5/30/23
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A South Carolina gas station owner has been charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old boy whom he allegedly chased from the store and shot in the back. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says …
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5/30/23
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A former Florida sheriff's deputy is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 17 at a Parkland high school five years ago. Scot Peterson could get a nearly 100-year …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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5/30/23
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The coming impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a twist. His wife Angela Paxton is a state senator who could be voting on whether to restore her suspended spouse to office or …
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By JIM VERTUNO and PAUL J. WEBER
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5/30/23
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President Joe Biden is marking one of the saddest days of his life, the death of his son Beau. Biden and his wife, Jill, prayed for Beau Biden on Tuesday during a special Mass at a Roman Catholic …
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
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5/30/23
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The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo has raised to 30 the number of its troops injured in fierce clashes with ethnic Serbs who tried to take over the offices of a municipality in the north. A …
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By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI
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5/30/23
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A New Hampshire stadium is being recognized for playing a largely unheralded role in helping racially integrate baseball. Much of the attention has been on Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league …
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By MICHAEL CASEY
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5/30/23
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The suspect in a 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre is going on trial before a jury that could decide whether he will face the death penalty in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack. The …
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By PETER SMITH
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5/30/23
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Nine people were injured after gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. A police …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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5/30/23
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A converted artists’ warehouse in Oakland that burned in 2016 and killed 36 people has been acquired by a nonprofit community development organization. The Unity Council says it has not determined …
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5/29/23
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In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste bias. They are the …
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By DEEPA BHARATH
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5/29/23
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There are about 20,000 members of the Ravidassia community in California’s Central Valley. A vast majority of community members have roots in Punjab in northwestern India. They are followers of the …
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By DEEPA BHARATH
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5/29/23
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Uganda’s president has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the …
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5/29/23
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The new president of Nigeria takes the reins of power on Monday. Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as president of Africa’s most populous nation, taking over from Muhammadu Buhari, following elections …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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5/29/23
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Criminal justice advocates have struggled at the Louisiana Legislature as they seek legal relief for hundreds of people convicted of serious crimes by nonunanimous juries. They believe their …
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By KEVIN McGILL
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5/29/23
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Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have tried to take over the local government buildings where Albanian mayors entered last week with the help of police. Kosovar police and NATO-led Kosovo Force are …
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By RADUL RADOVANOVIC and LLAZAR SEMINI
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5/29/23
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Rescue operations are underway after part of an apartment building collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. Authorities have not released information about whether anyone was killed or still …
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5/29/23
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New York City is sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, pavement and humanity itself. New research published this month says the city is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters …
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
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5/29/23
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An American soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after he went missing in battle during the Korean War is being buried on Memorial Day near his hometown in Georgia. A wounded Army Pfc. Luther Herschel …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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5/29/23
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Authorities say a suspect has been arrested on connection in connection with five separate shootings in the Phoenix metro area that left four people dead and a woman wounded. Mesa police say …
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5/28/23
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