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Sep 18, 2025
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Sep 17, 2025
"We grieve for the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, served this commonwealth, served this country," Gov. Josh Shapiro said.
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Sep 17, 2025
Fed officials also signaled that they expect to reduce their key rate twice more this year, but just once in 2026, which may disappoint Wall Street.
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Sep 17, 2025
Like millions of other Americans, Robinson's mother in southern Utah had been following Kirk's shooting. On Thursday, she noticed that the images of the gunman that were released to aid the search looked disturbingly familiar.
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Sep 17, 2025
The sweepstakes and marketing company filed for Chapter 11 in April, citing growing financial strain that spanned from rising operational costs and changes in consumer behavior.
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Sep 17, 2025
The redistricting efforts have triggered protests, petition drives, ad campaigns and lawsuits.
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Sep 17, 2025
"I do think we're in a moment here," said Laura Edelson, a Northeastern University professor and expert on social media algorithms. "Our country is being digitally mediated."
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Sep 17, 2025
Ben & Jerry's has been at odds with Unilever for a while. In March Ben & Jerry's said that its CEO was unlawfully removed by Unilever in retaliation for the ice cream maker's social and political activism.
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Sep 16, 2025
While authorities say Robinson hasn't been cooperating with investigators, they say his family and friends have been talking.
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Sep 16, 2025
The campus police chief said there are no signs of foul play in the death of the 21-year-old student, whose body was discovered by a staff member early Monday near the campus pickleball courts.
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Sep 16, 2025
Republicans rallied support for Patel even as Democrats said he had debased the integrity of the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency.
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Sep 16, 2025
The ruling Monday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan comes just weeks after the brothers were denied parole.
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Sep 16, 2025
Moments after Kirk was killed, a 71-year-old man told an officer, "I shot him," the police said. It wasn't true, but it delayed officers' efforts to find the shooter.
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Sep 16, 2025
On social media, young people are positioning MP3 players as an all-purpose workaround for the phone bans, but whether such devices are actually permitted varies from district to district.
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Sep 16, 2025
Republican lawmakers, who make up the majority in the committee, are expected to show solidarity for Patel, a close ally of Trump, and are likely to praise the director for his focus on violent crime and illegal immigration.
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Sep 15, 2025
Authorities in Utah are preparing to file capital murder charges against Tyler Robinson as early as Tuesday in the killing of Kirk.
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Sep 15, 2025
The aftermath of Kirk's death has increasingly become a test of the public tolerance over political differences.
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Sep 14, 2025
Three homes in the area were demolished in the storm, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said in a social media post.
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Sep 14, 2025
"There clearly was a leftist ideology," Gov. Spencer Cox said on NBC's "Meet the Press," citing interviews with Robinson's relatives and acquaintances.
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Sep 12, 2025
Robinson is currently enrolled as a third-year student in the electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College in St. George, Utah.
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Sep 12, 2025
Flags will remain at half-staff throughout Massachusetts until sunset Sunday.
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Sep 12, 2025
Many of the messages adopt the flippant, sarcastic chatter often found on online message boards and in-game chats.
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Sep 12, 2025
Millions of people saw the brief exchange between the right-wing political activist and a liberal TikToker after footage of the assassination spread like wildfire across social media.
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Sep 12, 2025
Trump said a minister who is also involved with law enforcement turned in the suspect to authorities.
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Sep 12, 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, had become "more political" in the run-up to the shooting and had indicated to a family friend afterward that he was responsible, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said.
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Sep 12, 2025
"With a high degree of certainty, we have him," President Donald Trump previously announced in a live interview on Fox News Chanel.
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Sep 11, 2025
"The base is on lockdown out of an abundance of caution. This is a developing situation and we will provide updates as they become available."
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Sep 11, 2025
Investigators obtained clues, including a palm print, a shoe impression and a high-powered hunting rifle found in a wooded area along the path the shooter fled.
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Sep 11, 2025
The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a long-sleeve black shirt.
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Sep 11, 2025
MSNBC said Thursday that Dowd, a paid political analyst, is "no longer with the network."
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Sep 11, 2025
Here are some of the right-wing activist's stances on gun control, climate change, and other issues.
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Sep 11, 2025
"Even 24 years later, it's heart wrenching."
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Sep 11, 2025
The post What's your reaction to the video of Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting? appeared first on Boston.com.
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Sep 11, 2025
The survey of 3.5 million households asked about more than 40 topics.
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Sep 11, 2025
Gory video of the shooting was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed.
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Sep 11, 2025
Kirk was killed with a gunshot from a distant rooftop at the Utah Valley University campus.
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Sep 11, 2025
Charlie Kirk often pointed to his marriage as an example of a loving, conservative partnership. The pair married in 2021 and had two children.
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Sep 11, 2025
Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force — rallying the right on a college campus, this time Utah Valley University.
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Sep 11, 2025
As he answered a question about gun violence, a single shot cracked.
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Sep 10, 2025
A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said
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Sep 10, 2025
The conservative activist and Trump ally died Wednesday at 31 after he was shot during a political event at a Utah college.
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Sep 10, 2025
The founder of Turning Point USA played a central role in organizing young voters and giving shape to the pro-Trump agenda. He was fatally shot during a speaking event in Utah.
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Sep 10, 2025
It wasn't immediately clear late Wednesday whether any suspect was in custody or if the shooter was still at large as law enforcement provided evolving and difficult-to-reconcile information.
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Sep 10, 2025
"No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie," Trump posted on his Truth Social account.
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Sep 10, 2025
"We are confirming that he was shot and we are praying for Charlie," said Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Turning Point USA.
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Sep 09, 2025
"Perhaps a kind friend could have suggested to Bi that there were other explanations. Instead, Bi had a set of legal adversaries and a supportive echo chamber," the "Wired" story reads.
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Sep 09, 2025
"So many girls, so little time," wrote an associate of Epstein. Such tributes are part of the "birthday book," which was dedicated to Epstein on his 50th birthday in 2003.
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Sep 09, 2025
According to FlightPath3D, an in-flight map provider for more than 90 airlines, about 68 percent of passengers open the map on seat-back screens and 20 percent view only the map.
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Sep 09, 2025
Critics say the death of Iryna Zarutska, 23, could have been prevented, and they're blaming officials for failing to keep a man with a history of mental illness, arrests and erratic behavior off the streets before he killed her.
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Sep 08, 2025
Each ticket holder will have the choice between an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million.
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Sep 07, 2025
The operation includes Boston, whose mayor has drawn the administration's ire for speaking out against the growing scale of its immigration actions.
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Sep 05, 2025
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, was an intern for Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and was fatally shot on the night of June 30. A third suspect remains at large.
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Sep 04, 2025
The Trump administration flagged several "problematic" examples from Massachusetts' materials, including references to gender identity and pronouns.
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Sep 04, 2025
The Senate Finance Committee called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to "Make America Healthy Again."
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Sep 04, 2025
He engaged in a heated, loud exchange with Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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Sep 04, 2025
The next drawing will be Saturday night, with the prize expected to be the third-largest in U.S. lottery history.
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Sep 03, 2025
"In my opinion, it doesn't look like any type of self-defense. It wasn't close to the house."
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Sep 03, 2025
Money was the motivation, according to the authorities, who charged Harry Irvine Burdick Jr. with two counts of felony bigamy. There may be other victims, they said.
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Sep 03, 2025
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela that was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang
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Sep 03, 2025
National party leaders are anxiously waiting to hear whether Gov. Janet Mills, a two-term Democrat, will join the list of those vying to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the lone remaining Senate Republican in New England.
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Sep 03, 2025
Recently, Trump has been seen with bruising on the back of his right hand, sometimes poorly concealed with makeup, and swelling around his ankles.
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Sep 03, 2025
The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of more than 100 survivors and victims' family members, accuses the U.S. government of negligence, saying its conduct "directly and proximately caused the mass shooting."
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Sep 02, 2025
The display of contrition came after Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh issued a stern warning directing judges to heed their orders in August.
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Sep 02, 2025
The online behemoth says it will eliminate the sharing on Oct. 1 and is encouraging users outside the household of the account holder to sign up for their own Prime subscription.
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Sep 02, 2025
Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, "We're going in," but added, "I didn't say when."
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Sep 02, 2025
The former New York City mayor, 81, was injured Saturday shortly after stopping "to assist a person in urgent need of help," spokesman Ted Goodman said in a statement.
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Sep 02, 2025
A lost boy is safe after wandering a monorail line high above the crowd at Hersheypark
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Sep 02, 2025
The numbers drawn were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53 with the Powerball 5.
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Sep 01, 2025
Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire in which he was a passenger, a spokesperson said.
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Sep 01, 2025
The annual spending battle will dominate the September agenda, along with a possible effort by Senate Republicans to change their chamber's rules to thwart Democratic stalling tactics on nominations.
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Sep 01, 2025
Authorities were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles north of Reno.
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Aug 31, 2025
State police said they are investigating the crash and no charges have been filed.
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Aug 29, 2025
In some states, pharmacists are forbidden to administer vaccines that are not recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel.
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Aug 28, 2025
Her lawyers said she was targeted for standing up for science.
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Aug 28, 2025
The shooting went on for several minutes, according to a man living near the church, who said he heard as many as 50 shots.
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Aug 28, 2025
Police said they were aware of time-released video and writings that may have come from the shooter.
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Aug 27, 2025
"Ultimately it's DHS's decision where they want to process and stage detainees and it's their decision about when they want to bring them out," DeSantis said.
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Aug 27, 2025
The children who died were 8 and 10.
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Aug 27, 2025
Police said the suspect was in his early 20s and did not have an extensive known criminal history.
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Aug 27, 2025
In a post on X, FBI Director Kash Patel said the shooting is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics.
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Aug 26, 2025
Despite this majority support in some areas, sentiment of Trump's policies on inflation, the economy, and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza is staggering behind.
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Aug 26, 2025
Jacqui Heinrich, the 36-year-old senior White House correspondent, made waves for her harsh account of Trump's summit with Putin: "She is not afraid of pissing off the base."
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Aug 25, 2025
"It does nothing to improve public safety."
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Aug 25, 2025
Prosecutors charged the musician with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting an executive officer, the District Attorney's Office said.
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Aug 25, 2025
The administration halted construction on the Revolution Wind project last week, saying the federal government needs to review the project and address national security concerns. It did not specify what those concerns are.
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Aug 25, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4.
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Aug 25, 2025
Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported in March to a notorious prison in his native El Salvador. He was returned to the U.S. in June, only to face human smuggling charges that his lawyers have called preposterous and vindictive.
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Aug 25, 2025
The footage shows Jackson, son of the former UFC champion Quinton Jackson, punching the wrestler Stuart Smith at least 20 times.
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Aug 25, 2025
Among other changes, the airline will soon require travelers who "encroach upon the neighboring seat" to purchase an additional ticket, which might not be refunded.
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Aug 25, 2025
Health issues prevented the women, who are in their 80s, from climbing out, officials said. They became unresponsive after overheating and developing hyperthermia.
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Aug 24, 2025
"Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice" is scheduled for release Oct. 21, the publisher confirmed to The Associated Press.
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Aug 24, 2025
Adler "passed peacefully in his sleep," Paradigm Talent Agency's Sarah Shulman said on behalf of his family. No immediate cause was given.
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Aug 23, 2025
"It's on a bad bend," Economy Borough Police Chief Michael O'Brien said. "It's being investigated now to determine what happened."
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Aug 22, 2025
A New York Times investigation found that Michael Boulos and his family benefited financially from proximity to his in-laws for years.
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Aug 22, 2025
The FBI is searching the Maryland home of former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents
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Aug 21, 2025
Cracker Barrel has been working on a wider rebrand for some time, remodeling its country-style restaurants and retail stores.
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Aug 21, 2025
The massacre at the LGBTQ-friendly nightclub in 2016 was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history at the time.
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Aug 21, 2025
Videos posted on social media showed a crowd being rushed inside a building on campus.
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Aug 21, 2025
Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, said more federal agents are needed in Boston to counteract Mayor Michelle Wu's policies.
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Aug 21, 2025
The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two eldest sons from serving in corporate leadership for a few years.
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