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- Vet admits attacking U.S. Capitol officer on Jan. 6
  Mark Leffingwell pleaded guilty to attacking Capitol Police officer Daniel Amendola during the assault on the U.S. seat of government by supporters of Donal…
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NFL team owner reportedly used anti-Asian slur
Cal McNair reportedly made the comment while addressing participants at a charity golf event last May.
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FDA advisers back Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, moving the U.S. closer to beginning vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11.
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NBA player calls out Nike co-founder on forced labor
Enes Kanter also called out China prior to the Celtics' season opener.
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'Atmospheric river' drenches drought-stricken Calif.
A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. The weather system weakened as it moved south but still dropp…
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World Series ring guaranteed for longtime baseball family
The Snitker family will be divided this World Series, as father and son are in opposing dugouts.
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Alligator crawls out of drain at Alabama apartment complex
An Alabama apartment complex was paid a visit by an unusual guest as children were coming home from school Monday afternoon: an alligator that crawled out of a storm drain. Ke…
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Majority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll
About 6 out of 10 Americans also believe that the pace of global warming is speeding up, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Rese…
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Florida police who were monitoring Brian Laundrie admit to mistake
Investigators said they were surprised when Laundrie's parents reported him missing. They thought they had seen him return home.
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TikTok star accused of killing wife and man she was with
Ali Abulaban, who has nearly 1m online followers, pleaded not guilty on Monday to double murder at a San Diego high-rise.
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Lawmakers defer some Jan. 6 doc requests, seek others
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection “deferred” its requests, but President Joe Biden again rejected the former President Donald Trump's invocation of exec…
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Ugly MNF clash defined by struggling offenses
Neither team could move the ball Monday night, but the Saints scored just enough to win.
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Missing Illinois grad student Jelani Day drowned, coroner says
Day's mother, Carmen Bolden Day, has suggested foul play may be to blame in her son's disappearance and death.
politics
Biden rejects Trump's latest claim over Jan. 6 documents
The former president sued last week to block a House committee from obtaining the first batch of documents from the National Archives.
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Abbott signs bill banning trans participation in sports
Texas joins a growing list of Republican-led states limiting the rights of transgender athletes in public schools.
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Veteran NFL official dies after working Sunday game
Carl Madsen, 71, reportedly suffered a medical emergency while driving home after working the game between Kansas City and Tennessee.
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Texas governor approves voting maps redrawn by GOP
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer path for the GOP’s slipping majority, leaving opponents hoping courts will block the ne…
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Jets trade for Super Bowl-winning quarterback
A day after the team's quarterback, Zach Wilson, suffered a knee injury, the New York Jets have traded for Philadelphia Eagles backup Joe Flacco.
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Police: 2 killed, 4 injured in Idaho mall shooting
A suspect is in custody after two people were killed and four injured — including a police officer — in a shooting at a shopping mall Monday in Boise, Idaho, police said.

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'Atmospheric river' drenches drought-stricken Calif.

World Series ring guaranteed for longtime baseball family

Alligator crawls out of drain at Alabama apartment complex

Majority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll

Florida police who were monitoring Brian Laundrie admit to mistake

TikTok star accused of killing wife and man she was with

Lawmakers defer some Jan. 6 doc requests, seek others

Ugly MNF clash defined by struggling offenses

Missing Illinois grad student Jelani Day drowned, coroner says

Biden rejects Trump's latest claim over Jan. 6 documents

Abbott signs bill banning trans participation in sports

Veteran NFL official dies after working Sunday game

Texas governor approves voting maps redrawn by GOP

Jets trade for Super Bowl-winning quarterback

Police: 2 killed, 4 injured in Idaho mall shooting

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