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National Folk Festival to be held in Mississippi's capital from 2025 through 2027

Mississippi’s capital city has been tapped to host the National Folk Festival from 2025 through 2027

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Feds face trial over prison guards' abuse of incarcerated women at now-shuttered California facility

The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison abused incarcerated women

Feds face trial over prison guards' abuse of incarcerated women at now-shuttered California facility
News|Political|US

Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says

A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says
Business|Economy|Finance|News|US

City strikes deal to sell its half of soon-to-be-former Oakland A's coliseum

The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Oakland Coliseum to a local Black development group for at least $105 million

City strikes deal to sell its half of soon-to-be-former Oakland A's coliseum
Health|Opinion|US

Texas health department appoints anti-abortion OB-GYN to maternal mortality committee

Texas’ health department has appointed an outspoken anti-abortion OB-GYN to a state committee that reviews pregnancy-related deaths

Texas health department appoints anti-abortion OB-GYN to maternal mortality committee
Sports

James extends his All-NBA appearance record, while Doncic, Gilgeous-Alexander set for supermax deals

LeBron James is now the youngest and the oldest player to make an All-NBA team

James extends his All-NBA appearance record, while Doncic, Gilgeous-Alexander set for supermax deals
News|Sports

Stanford beats UCLA to capture 3rd NCAA women's golf title

Stanford has won its third NCAA title of the last decade

Crime|News|World

Deputy Russian military chief of staff jailed for bribery in latest arrest of high defense official

Russian news reports say a deputy chief of the military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery

Deputy Russian military chief of staff jailed for bribery in latest arrest of high defense official
MidEast|News|World

Missile splashes into the Red Sea, causing no damage in latest suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attack

A missile has splashed down in the waters of the Red Sea, but caused no damage to a passing commercial vessel in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Missile splashes into the Red Sea, causing no damage in latest suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attack
Asia|Business|Economy|Technology

EV maker Tesla breaks ground on Megapack energy storage battery factory in Shanghai

Chinese state media have reported that electric vehicle maker Tesla has begun construction of a factory in Shanghai to make its Megapack energy storage batteries

EV maker Tesla breaks ground on Megapack energy storage battery factory in Shanghai
News|Education|MidEast|US|World

Pro-Palestinian protesters leave after Drexel University decides to have police clear encampment

Protesters packed up and left a pro-Palestinian encampment at Philadelphia’s Drexel University after the school announced a decision to have police clear the encampment

Pro-Palestinian protesters leave after Drexel University decides to have police clear encampment
Europe|Health|News

Danish court throws out claim that a patient's rights were violated when she wasn't given vegan food

A woman in Denmark did not have her human rights violated when she was not given vegan food by a hospital when hospitalized two years ago

News|Crime|US

Man is found fit to go on trial in attacks that killed 4 in Rockford, Illinois

A man has been found fit to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others during a series of frenzied attacks in northern Illinois in March

Man is found fit to go on trial in attacks that killed 4 in Rockford, Illinois
Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Sam Butcher, artist who created Precious Moments figurines of teardrop-eyed children, dies at 85

The artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children has died

Sam Butcher, artist who created Precious Moments figurines of teardrop-eyed children, dies at 85
News|Sports

French Open 2024: Alcaraz and Swiatek won the singles titles. What are the early Wimbledon odds?

Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to win the French Open for the first time and collect his third Grand Slam title

French Open 2024: Alcaraz and Swiatek won the singles titles. What are the early Wimbledon odds?
Arts|Europe

Unknown bust of the architect who designed the Florence cathedral dome found after 700 years

A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome has been unveiled in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed permanently following restoration

Unknown bust of the architect who designed the Florence cathedral dome found after 700 years
News|Travel|US

American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory

American Airlines is walking back a court filing in which it seemed to blame a 9-year-old girl for not noticing a camera phone when she used an airplane lavatory

American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory
News|Crime|US

Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son

A northern Arizona man has been convicted of first-degree murder and other crimes in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son

Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son
News|Europe|World

The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say

Four people have died and several more have been seriously injured when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca

The collapse of a building on Spain’s Mallorca island leaves 4 people dead, officials say
News|Crime|Lifestyle|Opinion|US

Black Lives Matter activist loses lawsuit against Los Angeles police over ‘swatting’ hoax response

A leading Black Lives Matter activist in Los Angeles has lost her lawsuit against the city’s police department over its handling of hoax calls that brought a large law enforcement response to her home

Black Lives Matter activist loses lawsuit against Los Angeles police over ‘swatting’ hoax response
Election|News|US

Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next Tuesday to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot

Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot
Sports|News

Charley Hoffman leads at renovated Colonial as Scottie Scheffler fails to break par

Charley Hoffman has the lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge after a bogey-free 65 on what feels like a new course at Colonial

Charley Hoffman leads at renovated Colonial as Scottie Scheffler fails to break par
Sports

Replay reviews unavailable in Blue Jays-Tigers game after power failure disrupts both broadcasts

Replay reviews were unavailable to the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers throughout much of their game at Comerica Park because of a technical issue that affected both team broadcasts

Replay reviews unavailable in Blue Jays-Tigers game after power failure disrupts both broadcasts
Americas|Crime|News|US|World

6 killed in Idaho crash were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials say

Officials say six people killed when a pickup ruck crashed into a passenger van in Idaho were agricultural workers from Mexico

6 killed in Idaho crash were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials say
Sports

Orioles survive ChiSox rally, win 8-6 in a game that ended with infield fly and interference call

Jorge Mateo hit a go-ahead, three-run homer and the Baltimore Orioles withstood a late Chicago comeback try and beat the White Sox 8-6 Thursday night in a game that ended on an infield fly and an interference call

Orioles survive ChiSox rally, win 8-6 in a game that ended with infield fly and interference call

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