Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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With the shock of Oct. 7 still raw, profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day

Memorial Day is always a somber occasion in Israel

With the shock of Oct. 7 still raw, profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day
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Donald Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial

As Donald Trump’s hush money trial reaches a pivotal moment the former president’s allies are out in force and serving as his voice to criticize the process and people while Trump himself is under a gag order

Donald Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial
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Harris utters a profanity in advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Vice President Kamala Harris has used a profanity while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break down barriers

Harris utters a profanity in advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
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Appeal judges voice doubts about ruling on transgender woman's admission into Wyoming sorority

Appeal judges are having doubts about whether they can rule on a transgender woman’s admission into a University of Wyoming sorority

Appeal judges voice doubts about ruling on transgender woman's admission into Wyoming sorority
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Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump

President Joe Biden says in defending his new tariffs on Chinese products that China's government subsidies ensure its companies don’t have to turn a profit, giving them an unfair advantage in global trade

Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump
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Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends

The media industry is crumbling, and late-night comedy on television has less than half of the audience than it had a decade ago

Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends
Education|Opinion|Sports

Chiefs kicker Butker congratulates women graduates and says most are more excited about motherhood

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is getting attention for comments he made during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend in which he congratulated the women receiving degrees, but then said most were probably more excited to get married and have children

Chiefs kicker Butker congratulates women graduates and says most are more excited about motherhood
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70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't

Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional

70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't
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Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife

A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is blaming the politician’s wife for his legal problems

Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife
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UK court system 'crooked', says WikiLeaks editor ahead of crucial Assange hearing

The editor of WikiLeaks denounced the British judicial system as crooked on Wednesday, days before a crucial court hearing which could end the legal battle by the organisation's

UK court system 'crooked', says WikiLeaks editor ahead of crucial Assange hearing
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Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder

Dawud Assad still has nightmares of the day Jewish militias attacked his village of Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem 76 years ago, killing more than 100 people

Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder
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#MeToo struggled to find traction in France. Then Judith Godrèche came forward

Before Judith Godrèche kickstarted a #MeToo wave in the French industry, she was one of the first prominent actors to go on the record against Harvey Weinstein

#MeToo struggled to find traction in France. Then Judith Godrèche came forward
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Biden commemorates Brown v. Board of Education anniversary with White House meeting

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday met with family members of the plaintiffs in the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v.

Biden commemorates Brown v. Board of Education anniversary with White House meeting
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Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support

President Joe Biden has marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and their family members in the landmark case to the White House

Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support
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Justice Alito's home flew a US flag upside down after Trump's 'Stop the Steal' claims, a report says

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election and the 2021 Capitol insurrection after a report about an upside-down American flag outside his home

Justice Alito's home flew a US flag upside down after Trump's 'Stop the Steal' claims, a report says
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Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy

Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
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He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own

The Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley had always loved the Black Church, and developed an ambition in his youth to become a pastor even as he realized he was gay

He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own
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Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights

Former President Donald Trump has urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas

Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights
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Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board

The 1954 Brown v

Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board
Education|Opinion|Political|World

Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too

President Joe Biden has offered his most direct recognition of the anguish American college students are feeling over the Israel-Hamas war

Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too
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Half of Americans oppose immigrant detention camps, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

About half of U.S. voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos

Half of Americans oppose immigrant detention camps, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'

It has now been taken down, but a video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network included references to a “unified Reich.”

Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'
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London judge rejects Prince Harry's bid to add allegations against Rupert Murdoch in tabloid lawsuit

A London judge says Prince Harry can't expand his privacy lawsuit against The Sun tabloid's publisher to include allegations that Rupert Murdoch and some other executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of unlawful information gathering

London judge rejects Prince Harry's bid to add allegations against Rupert Murdoch in tabloid lawsuit
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German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for tale of tangled love affair

German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have won the International Booker Prize for the novel “Kairos.”

German author Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker Prize for tale of tangled love affair
Opinion|Lifestyle

Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship

Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor

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