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May 18, 2024
Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel's three-member war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan within three weeks.
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May 18, 2024
A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems.
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May 18, 2024
Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died.
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May 18, 2024
Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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May 18, 2024
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. and we need all the protection we can get. So why is it so hard to get newer, more effective ingredients approved here?
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May 18, 2024
Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.
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May 18, 2024
At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.
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May 18, 2024
Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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May 18, 2024
Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined 5th grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.
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May 18, 2024
Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.
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May 18, 2024
Meanwhile, Maryland's governor signs a bill to address the surge of conversion devices, including Glock switches, that bypass a pistol's trigger mechanism, allowing the weapon to fire fully automatic.
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May 18, 2024
McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.
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May 18, 2024
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.
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May 17, 2024
Before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing "poverty and death" to Spain.
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May 17, 2024
The three were identified as Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelernter. Israel's military said they had been killed by Hamas militants when they attacked a music festival on Oct. 7.
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May 17, 2024
President Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin doubled down on their alliance against the West this week during the Kremlin leader's visit to Beijing.
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May 17, 2024
A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.
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May 17, 2024
Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfully reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.
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May 17, 2024
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.
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May 17, 2024
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers who build luxury SUVs in Alabama were eligible to vote on whether to join the UAW. Workers faced intense anti-union messaging from Mercedes in the run-up.
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May 17, 2024
A shot of pure joy to start off the weekend: a charming video of kids from Cork, Ireland, rapping about finding and following their creative voice.
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May 17, 2024
Ahead of Biden's address at Morehouse, students share their frustrations
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May 17, 2024
The first trucks of aid entered Gaza via a pier built by the U.S. But it's challenging to move aid around Gaza, and humanitarian groups operating in Rafah warn they don't have food to distribute.
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May 17, 2024
Scheffler, who won the Masters last month, was arrested and charged after an interaction Friday morning with a police officer directing traffic into to the golf club where the PGA event is being held.
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May 17, 2024
President Biden will cap off a week of outreach to Black Americans with commencement at Morehouse College. Billie Eilish tells Morning Edition how she found herself on her newest album.
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May 17, 2024
As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of close ties with siblings.
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May 17, 2024
French police shot and killed a man armed with a knife and a metal bar who is suspected of having set fire to a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen early on Friday, authorities said.
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May 17, 2024
It's rattlesnake season in Arizona, where the number of bites has surged. And it turns out most of what you thought you knew about the reptiles isn't true.
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May 17, 2024
Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self defense.
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May 17, 2024
President Biden met with plaintiffs from the Brown v. Board of Education case Thursday. On Friday, he's meeting with members of historically Black sororities and fraternities.
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May 17, 2024
What looks like "a ghost emerging from a pool of vomit"? Are meme stocks back? And what's up with the Trump-Biden debates? Plus: orcas with a thirst for violence and more Miss USA drama.
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May 17, 2024
The shipment is the first in an operation that U.S. military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day entering the Gaza Strip as Israel presses in on the southern city of Rafah.
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May 17, 2024
Across the city, power lines and trees are downed, traffic lights are out and glass is scattered across downtown. About 900,000 customers were left without power early Friday.
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May 16, 2024
U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.
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May 16, 2024
Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's top producing region.
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May 16, 2024
Stock markets received a boost from new data showing inflation is easing. Lower inflation has raised hopes about the U.S. economy — but there are still a lot of unknowns.
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May 16, 2024
Georgia State University says the students were not sent an official acceptance letter but "communication" from a department welcoming those who intend to major in a specific academic area.
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May 16, 2024
While Israel's government has strongly rejected the idea that the International Criminal Court could prosecute Israeli's accused of war crimes in Gaza, many in Israel say the military doesn't do an adequate job holding it's own soldiers accountable. Our correspondent looks into how the Israeli military polices itself.
For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates
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May 16, 2024
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."
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May 16, 2024
Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen is in his third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
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May 16, 2024
Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
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May 16, 2024
People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them.
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May 16, 2024
More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.
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May 16, 2024
The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.
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May 16, 2024
The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.
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May 16, 2024
Under the new law, climate change will largely disappear from state statutes. Critics say the move ignores the risks of climate change facing Florida, including rising seas, flooding and extreme heat.
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May 16, 2024
Plus, six tips on how to stay alert and minimize sluggishness when traveling rapidly across multiple time zones.
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May 16, 2024
House Republicans want to hold the attorney general in contempt over the department's refusal to hand over an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with the president.
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May 16, 2024
House Republicans want to hold the attorney general in contempt over the department's refusal to hand over an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with the president.
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May 16, 2024
Elizabeth O'Connor's spare and bracing debut novel provides a stark reckoning with what it means to be seen from the outside, both as a person and as a people.
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May 16, 2024
Biden and Trump have agreed to two presidential debate dates that break from tradition. Spending time outdoors daily can protect children from myopia.
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May 16, 2024
United Airlines is releasing a new safety video for the first time in years. The refresh comes as airlines struggle to hold the attention of passengers who are distracted by screens of their own.
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May 16, 2024
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's harsh public critique of Israel's war strategy set off a political firestorm that could threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power.
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May 16, 2024
New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they're reaching fewer voters.
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May 16, 2024
When a private space traveler said he wanted to take a SpaceX capsule on a mission to improve the aging Hubble telescope, NASA studied the options. Internal emails show concern about the risk.
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May 16, 2024
A suspect was in custody and the country's interior minister said that an initial investigation found "a clear political motivation" behind the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico.
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May 16, 2024
The collision's impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill.
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May 15, 2024
"Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections," said Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, noting that new AI technologies make influence operations easier to pull off.
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May 15, 2024
A federal district court ruled that the new map drawn by the state legislature violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the Black vote. A group of conservatives challenged the legislature's map.
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May 15, 2024
People in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia are protesting a reform that would give voting rights to an increasing number of non-Indigenous residents of the archipelago.
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May 15, 2024
A conservative group posted a social media thread showing flyers in a border encampment in Mexico urging migrants to vote for Joe Biden. Now, the woman caught up in it, speaks to NPR.
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May 15, 2024
Report from the Pew Research Center says Hispanic women in general continue to face pressure to play traditional roles, despite advances in educational attainment and entrepreneurship
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May 15, 2024
China, the country that once feared overpopulation, is now experiencing a falling birthrate. The government is encouraging its citizens to have children. We visit a "marriage market" where hopeful young people are looking for a match.
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May 15, 2024
This comes after a yearlong listening tour by a bipartisan working group in the Senate.
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May 15, 2024
The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom explains why some Arab leaders hate Hamas, fear Iran and have some sympathy for Israel — although not for how Israel is waging the war.
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May 15, 2024
Inflation eased last month, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department, which means people feeling stretched by high prices and high borrowing costs could feel a little relief soon.
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May 15, 2024
Inflation eased a bit last month, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department. Consumer prices in April were up 3.4% from a year ago — a smaller annual increase than the month before.
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May 15, 2024
Inflation eased a bit last month, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department. Consumer prices in April were up 3.4% from a year ago — a smaller annual increase than the month before.
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May 15, 2024
The actor was granted bail when he appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men.
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May 15, 2024
Here's a closer look at the United Nations' breakdown of casualties. The overall total of more than 35,000 Palestinians killed since Oct. 7, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures, has not declined.
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May 15, 2024
Scientists are looking at the ways humans change the planet-- and the impact that has on the spread of infectious disease. You might be surprised at some of their conclusions.
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May 15, 2024
Prime Minister Robert Fico was taken to hospital, and a suspect detained. The incident comes three weeks ahead of European Parliament elections, in which populist parties appear poised to make gains.
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May 15, 2024
The pro-Russian leader was reported to be fighting for his life after being hit in the stomach Wednesday. Robert Fico's return to power has brought worries of Slovakia moving away from the West.
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May 15, 2024
The pro-Russian leader was reported to be fighting for his life after being hit in the stomach Wednesday. The shooting of Robert Fico comes just three weeks before European Parliament elections.
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May 15, 2024
Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose deaths.
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May 15, 2024
President Biden's team says he won't be part of the Commission on Presidential Debates plan. But he said he would be open to two televised debates, in June and September.
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May 15, 2024
President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to events on June 27 with CNN and Sept. 10 with ABC News. They're opting out of a plan from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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May 15, 2024
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans have maxed out their credit card borrowing, according to the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. Tiny Desk Contest crowns its 10th anniversary winner.
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May 15, 2024
Both of these novels, Pages of Mourning and The Cemetery of Untold Stories, from an emerging writer and a long-celebrated one, respectively, walk an open road of remembering love, grief, and fate.
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May 15, 2024
Since last October, complaints have included Israeli soldiers firing on unarmed Palestinian refugees and the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers when Israeli drones fired on their convoy.
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May 15, 2024
In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for the retail giant says it is committed to supporting the LGBTQ community year-round, not only during the month of June.
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May 15, 2024
For Noem, "every state is now a border state" including her own where she says some tribal leaders are benefiting from drug cartel activity.
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May 15, 2024
When Amylyx Pharmaceuticals found out its ALS drug Relyvrio didn't work, the company took the unusual step of voluntarily pulling it off the market.
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May 15, 2024
There have been no reports of negative reactions as a result of the recall, the FDA said last week. The products should be thrown away, or returned to either an Aldi or HyVee store for a full refund.
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May 15, 2024
Planes make diversions — also called "emergency landings" — all the time. Almost always, everyone on board is fine. Here are some reasons why.
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May 15, 2024
A special education staffing crisis is raging through many U.S. school districts. It's taking a toll on students and families.
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May 15, 2024
As protests continue to rock the campuses of colleges and universities, a familiar set of questions is being raised: Are these protests really being led by students? Or are the real drivers of the civil disobedience outsiders, seizing on an opportunity to wreak chaos and stir up trouble?
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May 15, 2024
Netiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, was a member of the activist group Thaluwang, known demanding reform of the monarchy and abolition of the law that makes it illegal to defame members of the royal family.
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May 15, 2024
Walmart said it will require most remote workers in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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May 14, 2024
The AP called the race, making Attorney General Patrick Morrisey the frontrunner going into the November election in the heavily Republican state. But a Democrat hopes for an upset.
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May 14, 2024
The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
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May 14, 2024
Boeing has violated the terms of a deal to avoid prosecution after the fatal crashes of two 737 Max planes more than five years ago, the Department of Justice told a federal judge on Tuesday.
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May 14, 2024
Credit card delinquencies rose in the first three months of the year. That's a sign of the growing financial stress that some families are feeling in an era of rising prices and high interest rates.
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May 14, 2024
The Biden administration is quadrupling tariffs on China-made EVs. The tariffs are part of a broad swath of protectionist policies first imposed by former President Trump.
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May 14, 2024
Unexploded bombs and other ordinance are hidden throughout Gaza posing a threat to civilians now and they will continue to potentially kill long after the war is over. We hear about a victim of one of these munitions and of the challenges of removing such threats as civilians are fleeing fighting.
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May 14, 2024
The border collie-papillon mix got a round of "app-paws" for her surprise win after finishing the race in under 30 seconds. She is the first mixed-breed and first 12-inch dog to win the competition.
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May 14, 2024
The huge container ship that struck the Key Bridge had electrical problems the day before it left the Port of Baltimore, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by federal investigators.
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May 14, 2024
Caitlin Clark has sold out arenas nationwide. But can she, alongside 2023's Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston, turn around the league's worst team? Or will the Las Vegas Aces pull off a three-peat?
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May 14, 2024
The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. At least 40 were injured.
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May 14, 2024
The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6:40 a.m. when it collided with a truck in Marion County, about 80 miles north of Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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