Oath Keeper convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot gets 3 years in latest extremist sentencing
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Oath Keeper convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot gets 3 years in latest extremist sentencing

A Florida man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group was sentenced Friday...
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Records detail Jeffrey Epstein’s last days and prison system’s scramble after his suicide
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Records detail Jeffrey Epstein’s last days and prison system’s scramble after his suicide

Nearly four years after Jeffrey Epstein's death, thousands of pages of records obtained by The Associated Press are shedding new...
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Macron to award top U.S. general France’s highest honors
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Macron to award top U.S. general France’s highest honors

The French president's office says U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley will receive France’s highest medal of honor for...
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America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversal
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America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversal

In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have...
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Biden to enforce ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites around New Mexico’s Chaco
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Biden to enforce ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites around New Mexico’s Chaco

The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of Chaco Culture National...
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US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply
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US expands slots for asylum app at land crossings as demand overwhelms supply

U.S. authorities have expanded slots to seek asylum at land crossings with Mexico through a mobile app for the second...
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Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding
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Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of US Army base rebranding

Fort Bragg is shedding its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small...
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In gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo says NRA prefers to ’round up mentally ill people’
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In gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo says NRA prefers to ’round up mentally ill people’

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Tennessee Gov_ Bill Lee’s administration accused the National Rifle Association of wanting to...
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As legal gambling surges, should schools teach teens about risk?
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As legal gambling surges, should schools teach teens about risk?

Warnings about the potential dangers of gambling could soon join education about drugs and alcohol in the nation's classrooms.
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Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws
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Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Dozens of transgender people in Florida who can't afford to move are turning to crowdfunding to help them leave after...
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Iowa officials expected to detail demolition plans for partially collapsed building
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Iowa officials expected to detail demolition plans for partially collapsed building

Plans to demolish a partially collapsed six-story apartment building in Iowa could become more clear.
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Judge delays first criminal trial in Elijah McClain’s death over objections of prosecutors
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Judge delays first criminal trial in Elijah McClain’s death over objections of prosecutors

A judge in Colorado has agreed to delay the first criminal trial in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old...
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Arizona to restrict some new construction in fast-growing areas of Phoenix reliant on groundwater
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Arizona to restrict some new construction in fast-growing areas of Phoenix reliant on groundwater

Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to...
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AP obtains records shedding new light on Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide and frantic aftermath
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AP obtains records shedding new light on Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide and frantic aftermath

The Associated Press has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide from the federal...
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Opponents hold ‘day without immigrants’ in Florida to protest new restrictions
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Opponents hold ‘day without immigrants’ in Florida to protest new restrictions

Across Florida, workers didn’t show up at construction sites and tomato fields, and scores of restaurants, shops and other small...
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Big-name Texas attorneys hired to present impeachment case against Ken Paxton
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Big-name Texas attorneys hired to present impeachment case against Ken Paxton

Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney...
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Dev Shah wins National Spelling Bee, going out on top after up-and-down spelling career
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Dev Shah wins National Spelling Bee, going out on top after up-and-down spelling career

Dev Shah is the champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Biden says he got ‘sandbagged’ after he tripped and fell onstage at Air Force graduation
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Biden says he got ‘sandbagged’ after he tripped and fell onstage at Air Force graduation

President Joe Biden fell onstage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation on Thursday.
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Heather Mack, convicted in mother’s murder in Bali, plans to plead guilty in US, attorney says
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Heather Mack, convicted in mother’s murder in Bali, plans to plead guilty in US, attorney says

An attorney for the Chicago woman facing federal conspiracy charges in the 2014 killing of her mother during a luxury...
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After decades of attempts, major Alabama bill to cut state’s 4% grocery tax wins final passage
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After decades of attempts, major Alabama bill to cut state’s 4% grocery tax wins final passage

Alabama families could soon pay less at the grocery store after lawmakers gave final passage to a landmark bill to...
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