NEW YORK — The controversial president of the union representing NYPD sergeants resigned Tuesday after federal investigators searched the union’s headquarters and his home.
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By Stephen Rex Brown, Noah Goldberg, Michael Gartland, Brittany Kriegstein and Larry McShane / New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/6/21
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MIAMI — An unusual flow of Chilean children of Haitian descent traveling through South and Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border has led to the arrest of nine people suspected of operating …
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By Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald (TNS)
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10/6/21
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A Navy F/A-18F Superhornet crashed Monday in Death Valley National Park, the Navy said Tuesday. The pilot ejected and suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from a Las Vegas hospital …
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By Andrew Dyer / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
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10/6/21
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to expand gun rights and restrict abortion rights in a new term that begins Monday, one that could reveal how fast and how far the conservative majority …
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At least six pregnant Virginians have died of COVID-19, and 346 have been admitted to hospitals for serious illnesses.
It’s not known what happened to their babies — whether any were …
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, breaking its silence on America's tense relations with China, indicated that it is prepared to take a more forceful approach in pressuring Beijing to …
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By Don Lee / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/4/21
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LOS ANGELES — The owner of an offshore oil operation that spewed at least 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean and fouled Orange County beaches had emerged from bankruptcy just …
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By Connor Sheets, Robert J. Lopez, Rosanna Xia and Adam Elmahrek / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/4/21
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Japan’s Fumio Kishida was appointed prime minister by parliament Monday, and is set to reveal a new cabinet lineup as he seeks to revive support for his ruling party ahead of a general election …
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By Isabel Reynolds / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/4/21
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is turning the corner on the most recent surge in COVID-19 cases and more people need to get vaccinated to keep infections on a declining trend, infectious disease …
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By Max Reyes / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/4/21
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Multiple medical authorities believe the population’s vaccination rate may need to approach or exceed 90% in order to reach an optimal level protection against COVID-19.
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By Peter Sblendorio / New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/4/21
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A Facebook Inc. whistle-blower who turned over thousands of internal documents to U.S. lawmakers and the Wall Street Journal unveiled herself as a Frances Haugen, a former product manager who has …
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By Kurt Wagner and Naomi Nix / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/4/21
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LOS ANGELES — Crews raced Sunday to contain the damage from a major oil spill off the Orange County coast that left crude spoiling beaches, killing fish and birds and threatening local …
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Hannah Fry, Robin Estrin, Anh Do, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Louis Sahagún, Teresa Watanabe and Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/3/21
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the Caldor fire raging dangerously close to their Meyers-area home in late August, Justin Child and his girlfriend, Kristina Covey, had just minutes to pack a few …
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Ryan Sabalow / The Sacramento Bee (TNS)
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10/2/21
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s sweeping economic agenda faces an uncertain future in Congress after he failed this week to unify his own party around a strategy to pass a bitterly …
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/2/21
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court term that starts Monday isn’t entirely about abortion. It only seems that way.
The explosive issue promised to top the agenda even before the court …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/2/21
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MOUNT WHITNEY, Calif. — Five words: Jack Ryan Greener muttered them over and over as he hiked the rocky mess of a trail toward the top of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous …
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Mary Forgione / Los Angeles Times / (TNS)
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10/2/21
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DALLAS — With a mountain lion skull tucked safely under his arm, Mike Bodenchuk walked more than a mile across downtown Fort Worth to the medical examiner’s office.
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Charles Scudder / The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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10/2/21
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An experimental pill from Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP slashed the risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 in a study, findings that could eventually yield a simple …
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By Emma Court and Timothy Annett / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/1/21
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a routine test Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court said. Kavanaugh, 56, who learned of the test results Thursday night, has no symptoms …
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By Greg Stohr / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/1/21
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AUSTIN, Texas — Lawyers with the U.S. Justice Department will be in federal court in Austin on Friday seeking an emergency court order to block the enforcement of a Texas law that bans most …
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