House Democrats released a bipartisan short-term spending bill to keep the government open after midnight Friday and plan to put it to a House vote later Thursday.
The bill would fund U.S. …
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12/2/21
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The omicron variant is spreading so quickly that it could account for more than half of COVID-19 cases in Europe in a few months, a key European health agency said on Thursday.
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12/2/21
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SAN DIEGO — The United States did not respond by deadline in an international human rights case alleging that border officials used excessive force when they killed Anastasio Hernández …
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12/2/21
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WASHINGTON — As Democrats seek to turn the political tide less than one year out from the midterm elections, they are increasingly leaning into the volatile issue of abortion, with the Roe v. …
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12/2/21
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OXFORD, Mich. — After Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard reviewed videos of the Oxford High School shooting, he described on Wednesday the crime scene as brutal and cold-hearted.
Shell …
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12/1/21
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's new conservative majority will weigh in for the first time Wednesday on the future of abortion rights — hearing arguments that could determine whether it …
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12/1/21
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Richard Ragle looked at the island as the boat pulled up. He’d studied historical photographs of Great Sitkin Island for years, but it wasn’t exactly what he …
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12/1/21
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MIAMI — A blissfully quiet final few weeks in the Atlantic Basin marked the end of another record-breaking storm season that once again left South Florida unscathed.
The rest of the country …
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12/1/21
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ATLANTA — In April, dozens of federal agents swarmed Wayne Hawkins’ rural Carroll County home armed with a warrant to seize assets, shut down his business and gather evidence of something …
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12/1/21
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The Biden administration is looking for communities willing to serve as temporary homes for tens of thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste currently stranded at power plants around the …
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11/30/21
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NEW YORK — CNN has suspended Chris Cuomo “indefinitely” after reviewing the host’s testimony in the investigation of sexual harassment allegations against his brother, former …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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11/30/21
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NEW YORK — Testifying Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime private pilot Lawrence "Larry" Visoski listed a litany of famous men he recognized on Epstein’s planes in the nearly 20 …
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Julie K. Brown and Ben Wieder / Miami Herald (TNS)
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11/30/21
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Germany’s incoming chancellor threw his support behind mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations as European leaders take a tougher line in a bid to check a brutal surge in infections.
During a video …
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11/30/21
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DETROIT — A 15-year-old sophomore is accused of a shooting at Oxford High School with a semi-automatic handgun Tuesday afternoon, killing three students and injuring six others, including a …
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Lily Altavena, Liz Shepard and Frank Witsil / Detroit Free Press (TNS)
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11/30/21
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LOUIS — A neighbor caught a 3-year-old girl tossed by her mother from a second-floor window Monday morning as flames spread inside an apartment building in the Wells-Goodfellow …
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Kim Bell / St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
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11/30/21
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DETROIT — Two former political rivals are gearing up to begin collecting signatures for an initiative that could make their vision of deciding presidential elections by the popular vote rather …
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Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press (TNS)
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11/29/21
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Even the dictionary knows you’ve been “doing your own research.”
After a year of normalizing phrases like “shots in arms” and “COVID toe,” Merriam-Webster …
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11/29/21
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LOS ANGELES — In 2018, Matthew Strugar received a postcard from a whale.
The card came out of an old SeaWorld tourist pack, the kind with glossy pictures of animals doing tricks, purchased …
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11/29/21
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CHICAGO — It’s not unusual for people to cry on the phone when they talk with contact tracers.
Often, people vent to them about their fears, such as missing work because of a COVID-19 …
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Lisa Schencker / Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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11/29/21
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NEW YORK — The first woman to say she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein is bracing for a moment she’s long dreaded: the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Opening arguments begin Monday in the …
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11/29/21
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