April 5 - 11, 2024
People across North America watch a total solar eclipse, members of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square perform during a conference in Salt Lake City, and a rainbow forms …
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By The Associated Press
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4/11/24
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Attorneys defending the state of New Hampshire have begun highlighting the past misdeeds of man who says he suffered horrific physical and sexual abuse as a teenager at the state’s youth detention …
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By HOLLY RAMER
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4/11/24
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Two doctors are in favor of releasing a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12. Morgan Geyser is now 21 and no longer takes antipsychotic …
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By ED WHITE
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4/11/24
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A convicted murderer who was released early from a Texas prison in 1993 and now faces two new murder charges has offered to enter a plea and to return to prison for 50 years in exchange for avoiding …
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By JIM VERTUNO
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4/11/24
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Officials say a massive missile and drone attack has destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others. It was part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure. …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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4/11/24
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Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed to celebrate sport for sport’s sake. But the price athletes paid to be any good …
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By EDDIE PELLS
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4/11/24
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A special prosecutor has been assigned to look into whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones should face criminal charges over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The Prosecuting …
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By KATE BRUMBACK
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4/11/24
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A memoir Alexei Navalny began working on in 2020 will be published this fall. “Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is calling the late Russian opposition leader’s “final letter to the …
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4/11/24
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Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Haniyeh accused Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” The Israeli military …
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By The Associated Press
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4/11/24
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Powerful storms are rumbling over parts of the southeastern U.S. as more severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley. The storm system has already been blamed for at least one death in …
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4/11/24
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The Biden administration is handing out almost $830 million in grants for 80 projects around the country aimed at toughening infrastructure against the extreme weather of climate change. The money …
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN
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4/11/24
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Dusty Farr used to be someone else. Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school. Before the bullying and the suicide attempts. Before …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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4/11/24
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Russian officials are scrambling to help homeowners displaced by floods, as water levels have risen in the Ural River. Floods in the Orenburg region near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan sparked the …
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By The Associated Press
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4/10/24
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A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed her partner at their Los Angeles apartment Monday then threw her two children from a moving SUV onto the freeway, killing her infant daughter, appeared to …
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By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
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4/10/24
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Utah state officials are hurriedly trying to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,700 residents of a downstream town. State …
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By BRITTANY PETERSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
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4/10/24
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A judge in Wisconsin is hearing testimony to help determine whether a woman should be released from a psychiatric center, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12. Two psychologists say …
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By ED WHITE
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4/10/24
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A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 shots in under a minute has raised serious questions about the use of force and role of tactical officers in police …
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By SOPHIA TAREEN
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4/10/24
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A woman who worked at New Hampshire’s youth detention center three decades ago says supervisors and staff were dismissive at best and menacing at worst when she reported suspected abuse. Karen …
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By HOLLY RAMER
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4/10/24
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Rescuers on Wednesday were searching for a 30-foot-long gray whale with its tail entangled in a massive gill net last spotted off Northern California’s coast. The whale was spotted Tuesday near San …
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
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4/10/24
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Assistant principal ignored warnings that 6-year-old boy had gun before he shot teacher, report says
A grand jury report says a former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school ignored warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun in the hours before he shot his teacher. The 31-page report was …
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By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE
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4/10/24
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