Voters in 32 states this year will cast ballots on state supreme court seats, and several of those will be heavily contested by Republicans and Democrats. In the 2020 election cycle, those races drew some $97 million in spending. .
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A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across the Americas. apne.ws/RQRB0px
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BREAKING: The death toll has risen to 10 in a mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
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BREAKING: At least 8 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, law enforcement officials tell .
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A small plane has crashed into a bridge near Miami, striking an SUV and bursting into flames. The Miami Herald reports at least one person was taken to a hospital, but there were no known fatalities.
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BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, police there said, adding that the alleged shooter was in custody. Details on the number of people shot at the Tops Friendly Market weren't immediately available.
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Richard Wald, a longtime journalist who helped build ABC News into a powerhouse following a career in newspapers, has died at 92.
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Scuba divers at Lake Tahoe are sorting through their haul after an unprecedented, yearlong effort to remove litter from the alpine lake's entire 72 miles of shoreline atop the Sierra Nevada.
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There's a nationwide baby formula shortage. Here's what led to the problem and advice from experts on what parents can do.
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Upcoming primaries focus attention on state supreme court races, which have become increasingly partisan as the two major parties fight for control of the judiciary. .
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Judy Woodruff says she plans to step down as anchor of PBS' daily ‘NewsHour’ program at the end of the year. The veteran broadcast journalist has been a notable Washington presence for PBS, CNN and NBC News through the years.
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Milwaukee officials have enacted a curfew for young people and added extra patrols after 21 people were injured in three downtown shootings near an entertainment district where thousands gathered for an NBA playoff game.
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The Cannes Film Festival begins Tuesday and is aiming to return to normalcy after last year's pandemic precautions. That means a return of Hollywood stars like Tom Cruise and a spectacle that puts world cinema and French Riviera glamour in the spotlight.
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A sweet treat: Jessica Biel says she loved working with her husband Justin Timberlake in the new series #CandyOnHulu
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and other GOP senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv during an unannounced visit. The trip came at a time when the Senate is working to approve a nearly $40 billion package for Ukraine.
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Israeli police are investigating the conduct of officers who attacked the funeral of a slain Al Jazeera journalist, causing mourners to briefly drop the casket in Jerusalem. Police beat pallbearers with batons at the start of the funeral procession.
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Republicans aiming to retake control of Congress have blamed Democrats for high inflation, expensive gas, migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and violent crime. Now, the baby formula shortage is becoming the GOP's latest attack on President Biden.
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Decades after seizing businesses in the name of socialism, Venezuela plans to offer private investors 5% to 10% stakes in state-run companies that have suffered from years of mismanagement. The government has released few other details so far.
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A cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world’s pulse. Twitter is all these things and more to its users. For Elon Musk, whose buyout of the company is on shaky ground, Twitter needs changes. Whether and how the takeover will happen is anyone’s guess.
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The first trial from special counsel John Durham’s probe of the Trump-Russia probe is starting Monday in Washington. The case is about a false statement that a lawyer with ties to the Hillary Clinton campaign is alleged to have made to the FBI in 2016.
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The owner of a rural English pub says he was asked to change the bar’s name by a fashion magazine because of the village where it’s located: Vogue.
Publisher Conde Nast later struck a pose of contrition.
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Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it. Millions of Americans are affected, een if they don't gamble.
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FACEOFF: The players dream of it. The fans look forward to it: Game 7. And on Saturday, there will be three of them in the NHL.
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Military cadets who may not graduate due to COVID-19 vaccine refusal may have to pay back thousands of dollars for tuition; Service secretaries decide.
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A federal report on Indigenous boarding school legacies underscores how churches worked with the U.S. government to strip Native Americans of their culture, identities and land.
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Upcoming primary elections for state supreme court seats in North Carolina and Arkansas are putting the spotlight on how such races across the U.S. have grown in importance in recent years and led to high-dollar, partisan battles for control.
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In February 2020, an unfamiliar illness began spreading through a nursing home outside Seattle where Neil Lawyer, 84, was a patient.
He died of complications from COVID-19 on March 8, when the U.S. death toll stood at 22. Now, he's one of a million. apne.ws/VJlXukv
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A Wichita, Kansas, official says a teenager “went from crisis to death" because police got involved in his mental crisis.
But authorities say under the law, no one was criminally responsible. apne.ws/PERckL1
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A federal trial for “Chrisley Knows Best” stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion is set to get underway Monday in Atlanta. Prosecutors say they submitted false documents to get loans and failed to pay income taxes.
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A U.S. Senate delegation led by Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with the Ukrainian president in Kyiv. A video posted on Zelenskyy's Telegram account showed McConnell, Susan Collins, John Barrasso and John Cornyn greeting him.
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Against the backdrop of a war in Europe, the hugely popular Eurovision Song Contest reaches its flamboyant climax Saturday night as 25 bands perform in Italy. The Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra is heavily favored to win by bookmakers.
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Nothing to be sniffed at: Hungary's military has found a new mission in life for a talented dog who was rescued from abusive owners, recruiting 2-year-old Logan to serve in counterterrorism operations for an elite bomb squad.
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Twenty people were injured in two shootings in Milwaukee where thousands of people were watching the Bucks play the Celtics in the NBA's Eastern Conference semifinals, authorities said. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
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A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient was sentenced to three years of probation Friday as hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the courthouse, warning that criminalizing such mistakes will lead to more deaths.
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Fred Ward, actor who brought a tenderness to tough-guy roles in such films as “The Right Stuff,” “The Player” and “Tremors,” has died at age 79. Ward earned a Golden Globe and shared the Venice Film Festival ensemble prize for Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts.”
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Four Air Force Academy cadets may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers due to COVID-19 vaccine refusal; Army, Navy see no similar problems yet.
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An Indian couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law, demanding a grandchild within a year or pay them $675,000. “We got him married in the hope we would have the pleasure of becoming grandparents. It has been six years since their marriage.” apne.ws/N5ZN41w #odd
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"Yeah, that's just life, baby." Camila Cabello discusses the inspiration behind her single "Bam Bam," featuring Ed Sheeran.
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A 21-year-old Palestinian man has died from a head wound sustained last month after Israeli police fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing Palestinian demonstrators at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
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