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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. 2m202v

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This map from the National Weather Service shows the forecast from May 22 through May 23 for...

Uncommon May nor’easter to bring rain, snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend 6l224k

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By The Associated Press and PATRICK WHITTLE and ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press
An unusual May nor’easter is set to wallop New England on Thursday.

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Vehicles and houses are damages after a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood,...

Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood 6e3c30

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By The Associated Press and JULIE WATSON Associated Press
A private jet carrying a music talent agent and five others hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah...

Bonded by work and love, Israeli Embassy colleagues’ lives cut short by gunman t2e6k

Updated: 5 hours ago
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By The Associated Press and TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press
They were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah...

Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’ 4k57n

Updated: 8 hours ago
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By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press
The two victims were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire, police said.

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The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, April 15, 2025,...

Trump istration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students 664a2j

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
The Trump istration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school.

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Trump signs executive order aimed at cutting prescription drug prices

Here’s what’s inside Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill 292f55

Updated: 11 hours ago
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By The Associated Press and KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
House Republicans early Thursday took a major step forward on President Donald Trump’s agenda.

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FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young unaccompanied migrants, watch television...

Trump istration files motion to end protections for immigrant children in federal custody 3cb68

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
The Trump istration has filed a motion to end a policy cornerstone that, since the 1990s, has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah...

What we know about Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, 2 Israeli Embassy employees killed 1o1x4x

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By Greg Dailey and The Associated Press
The two people shot and killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington were young staffers at the Israeli Embassy who were soon to be engaged.

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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Nov. 2, 2024.

Supreme Court tie vote dooms taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school 5h1ih

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended a publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, dividing 4-4.

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FILE - Freshly-made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007.

US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny 2s451h

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
In February, President Donald Trump announced that he had ordered his istration to cease production of the 1-cent coin.

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Two staff of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed while leaving an...

Israeli Embassy staffer killed in shooting outside Jewish museum was from Overland Park 3i1kl

Updated: 14 hours ago
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By Greg Dailey and The Associated Press
Two staff of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum.

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FILE - President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Karen...

Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday 3i1a5h

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
The Army has started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation’s capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month.

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Deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, flanked by Acting...

‘Unquestionably in violation’: Judge says US government didn’t follow court order on deportations 271z3v

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
A federal judge says the White House violated a court order on deportations to third countries with a flight linked to the chaotic nation of South Sudan.

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Westminster officer Nicole Brown, 39, was charged with 15 felonies of workers' compensation...

Police officer was partying at festival while collecting $600,000 for fake injury, officials say 3l3i4k

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
The officer has been charged with 15 felonies of workers' compensation and insurance fraud.

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President Donald Trump greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House,...

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the targeted killing of white farmers 6e3o4a

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) handles the ball as he works against...

Gilgeous-Alexander voted as NBA’s MVP, continuing run of international players winning the award 2o3r62

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer
It’s now seven straight years that a player born outside the U.S. won MVP.

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Chris Brown performs during Lil Baby's Birthday Party at State Farm Arena on Saturday, Dec. 9,...

Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case, allowing him to start world tour 2m4z5o

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and BRIAN MELLEY
Singer Chris Brown has been released on $6.7 million bail while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer in a London nightclub in 2023.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, testifies before a Senate Committee on Homeland...

Judge says US government didn’t follow court order on deportations 2r3w1o

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The Trump istration says it expelled eight immigrants convicted of violent crimes in the United States but refused to reveal where they would end up.

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President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks with reporters after announcing a trade deal with...

Saying Trump exceeded his authority, 12 states ask court to strike down his sweeping tariffs 5p2gm

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and PAUL WISEMAN
Twelve states on Wednesday urged a federal court to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping taxes on imports, saying he had exceeded his authority.

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From left, Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., first...

Perez powers Royals with 3 hits, including a homer, in 8-4 win over Giants 3k3o6g

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The Royals had scored three runs or fewer in their previous seven games and were held to four runs or fewer in 42 of their first 50 games.

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The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference with...

Justice Department moves to cancel police reform settlements reached with Minneapolis and Louisville 4t6m5s

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel a settlement with Minneapolis that called for an overhaul of its police department following the murder of George Floyd.

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FILE - A 13-year-old private Boeing aircraft that President Donald Trump toured on Saturday to...

Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use 183h1

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One.

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The rapper known as Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges after he turned himself in to...

Rapper Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, in Georgia 26r5e

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and JEFF MARTIN
The rapper known as Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges after he turned himself in to sheriff’s officials in Georgia.

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FILE - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, center, and teammates run the tush push...

NFL owners vote down proposed tush push ban 2z4d1o

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
NFL owners voted against a proposed ban on the tush push on Wednesday.

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Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. walks to the dugout after striking out during the sixth...

Birdsong pitches the Giants past the Royals 3-2 6mg4c

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Hayden Birdsong threw five sharp innings in his first start of the season and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Tuesday night.

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FILE -Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" during the FOX Television Critics...

Ex-assistant tells of cleaning up booze, drugs and baby oil after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex marathons 136h2i

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ one-time personal assistant has testified that he was in charge of cleaning up hotel rooms after the hip-hop mogul’s sex marathons.

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This Sept. 17, 2021 photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows death...

South Carolina death row inmate seeks to volunteer to die after friends are executed 5y202i

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
James Robertson wants to become his own attorney which would likely mean his own execution in weeks or months.

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Target sales drop in 1st quarter and retailer warns they will slip for all of 2025 486y38

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Sales at Target fell more than expected in the first quarter.

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Dominic Garcia, 23, is accused of holding his pregnant girlfriend and her family in their home...

Man kidnaps girlfriend’s family for 6 months, lies they need protection from ‘cartel,’ police say 301um

Updated: May 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
A man is accused of holding his pregnant girlfriend and her family in their home for six months based on a lie about them needing protection from a nonexistent “cartel.”

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FILE - This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of...

Parole hearing for Menendez brothers delayed until August 3z2c4h

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and JAIMIE DING
Erik and Lyle Menendez’s hearing in front of the California state parole board has been pushed back to August.

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A fan is carted off the field at PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh...

Man charged with providing alcohol to 20-year-old fan who fell at Pirates game 2n333o

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The fan was initially itted to a trauma center in critical condition, but has made substantial progress since the fall.

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Matthew Lee Johnson is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night for the burning death of a clerk...

Texas man is executed 13 years to the day of a store robbery in which he set a clerk on fire v3p3s

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK
A Texas man was executed Tuesday evening, 13 years to the day of a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on fire in a Dallas suburb.

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FILE - A Southwest Airlines plane pull into a gate at Pittsburgh International Airport in...

Southwest Airlines will require portable chargers be kept in plain sight while in use u211t

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Southwest announced the new policy that will go into effect May 28.

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President Donald Trump, center, surrounded by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and...

Trump on Capitol Hill implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts bill 412142

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
President Donald Trump has implored House Republicans on Capitol Hill to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill.

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FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in...

Federal officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots 4q2b14

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.

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FILE - Soft drink and soda bottles are on display in a refrigerator at El Ahorro market in San...

Nebraska to ban soda, energy drinks from SNAP 6r6d4e

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer
Nebraska's ban on purchasing the drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, starts Jan. 1.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens during a meeting with Peru's Foreign Affairs...

Hegseth orders new review of Afghanistan withdrawal and suicide bombing at Kabul airport f334w

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the new review will interview witnesses, analyze the decision-making and “get the truth.”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval...

Trump selects concept for $175 billion ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system g6t5n

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
President Donald Trump has announced the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space.

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FILE - A Home Depot logo sign hands on its facade, Friday, May 14, 2021, in North Miami, Fla.

Home Depot says it won’t raise prices due to tariffs 1d1b55

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Home Depot doesn’t expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the goods on its shelves.

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FILE - Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego, was unarmed when she was shot...

Trump istration agrees to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt shooting in Capitol 5n5e4e

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
The settlement will resolve the $30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt’s estate filed last year in Washington.

National
Elon Musk gestures as he arrives for a state dinner hosted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin...

Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024 6e2cc

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
His decision could be a setback for Republicans before next year’s midterm elections.

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FILE - Kansas City Current midfielder Lo'eau LaBonta (10) plays the ball as Portland Thorns FC...

Lo’eau LaBonta, 2 other Current players highlight USWNT roster for matches 51281n

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The 32-year-old LaBonta plays for the Kansas City Current and has three goals this season.

National
An American Flag is posted near destroyed homes after a tornado ed through the area,...

More severe weather pummels the central US as thousands recover from deadly tornadoes 6k66s

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Another round of tornadoes has struck the central U.S. after four days of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rain killed more than two dozen people.

National
FILE - The creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two...

‘Dilbert’ cartoonist announces he has the same kind of cancer as former President Joe Biden 27572h

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip says he has been diagnosed with the same aggressive prostate cancer as former President Joe Biden.

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This undated photo provided by the Indiana Department of Correction shows Benjamin Ritchie,...

Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana’s second execution in 15 years 6ff2x

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press and SOPHIA TAREEN and ED WHITE Associated Press
The execution was carried out hours after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take the case, exhausting all legal options to fight the death penalty.

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A destroyed home is seen from above, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in London, Ky., after a severe...

More severe weather pummels the central US as thousands recover from deadly tornadoes 35702q

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press
Another round of tornadoes has struck the central U.S. after four days of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rain killed more than two dozen people.

Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino (9) celebrates after hitting a two-run home run that...

Bubic’s 7 shutout innings and Pasquantino’s homer lift the Royals over the Giants 3-1 2o305l

Updated: May 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Kris Bubic threw seven scoreless innings, losing a no-hit bid in the sixth on an official scoring change, and Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-run homer in the eighth as the Kansas City Royals got past the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Monday night.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, left, fouls Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese, center, during...

Caitlin Clark says it was too loud to hear alleged racial comments targeting Angel Reese 3u604n

Updated: May 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Reese, who is Black, and Clark, who is white, met for the seventh time in their ongoing rivalry.

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FILE - Sandra Denton (Pepa), from left, DJ Spinderella, and Cheryl James (Salt) attend a...

Salt-N-Pepa sue record label to reclaim rights to their recordings including ‘Push It’ 2v394r

Updated: May 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and ANDREW DALTON
Salt-N-Pepa want to reclaim the rights to their recordings including “Push It” and “Shoop,” and they're suing their record label to get them.

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The bill sets stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery...

Trump, alongside the first lady, signs bill to make posting ‘revenge porn’ a federal crime 4t473u

Updated: May 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
The bill sets stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery online — what's also known as "revenge porn."

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The image of a happy couple projected on a screen at the Jewish Community Campus Thursday...
Kansas City’s Jewish community gathers to mourn killing of Sarah Milgrim, Yaron Lischinsky n5k10
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Oceans of Fun delays opening due to cold weather 6o5c6t
When pools across Olathe open this Memorial Day weekend, the city says water wheelchairs will...
Water wheelchairs will be available at Olathe pools this summer 2n29z
Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a series of road rage incidents that happened in...
‘Wrong place, wrong time’, MSHP investigating several road rage shooting calls on I-29 1n6th
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Man accused of flashing convenience store clerk, Sedalia police officer 676v2z

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Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.
‘It hits you like a ton of bricks’: Kansas City’s Jewish community mourns loss of local woman killed in D.C. shooting 3z2y3b
Friday is National Lucky Penny Day, but the future for the penny is not looking so lucky.
Penny collectors out of luck: One cent coin unlikely to go up in value after U.S. Mint stops production 6h4d5j
Warrensburg Resident Mr. Robinson Survived 15 Broken Bones Heart Failure and Collapsed Lung...
First responders, medical professionals honored for life-saving actions in KC 5m6x3h
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KC woman sentenced to prison for scheme to defraud $62K from COVID funds 2w462r
Kansas City’s largest food bank is sounding the alarm over a sweeping tax and spending bill...
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Johnson County residents urged to weigh in on commission district boundaries 283u4s