Arkansas purchases 815 acres of land for nearly $3 million to build new prison

Arkansas has purchased 815 acres of land to build a new prison intended to ease a backlog of inmates being held in county jails

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Authorities elevate the death toll from flash flooding in eastern Spain to 72

Authorities elevate the death toll from flash flooding in eastern Spain to 72

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Jurors, judge and former prison director all ask for mercy for condemned South Carolina inmate

South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life in a clemency petition filed just two days before he is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1999 killing of a store clerk

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China launches a new crew to its orbiting space station as it seeks a major role in space exploration

China launches a new crew to its orbiting space station as it seeks a major role in space exploration

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In a first since 1938, Des Moines kids will trick-or-treat on Halloween

For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween

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Lawsuit claims ICE withheld $300M in bond payments from immigrants

A lawsuit alleges U.S. immigration authorities illegally kept more than $300 million in bond payments made by tens of thousands of low-income immigrant families and U.S. citizens

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Israeli lawmakers pass second law to restrict the main UN agency providing aid to Gaza, and designate it a terror group

Israeli lawmakers pass second law to restrict the main UN agency providing aid to Gaza, and designate it a terror group

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Israel passes legislation that risks paralyzing the work of the main UN agency distributing aid in Gaza

Israel passes legislation that risks paralyzing the work of the main UN agency distributing aid in Gaza

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These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives

A coastal flooding prevention project in New York City could be a model for communities along America's hurricane-battered coasts

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Georgia's president says the country was the victim of a Russian 'special operation' in election

Georgia's president says the country was the victim of a Russian 'special operation' in election

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Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Donald Trump used a lengthy interview with podcaster Joe Rogan to dig in on his false claims about voting, election fraud and his loss in the 2020 presidential election

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Potential jurors in subway chokehold death trial are asked about their own transit use

Potential jurors’ own subway-riding experiences have come into focus in the case against a white U.S. Marine Corps veteran charged with killing a troubled Black man on a subway train

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New Mexico jail officer accused of orchestrating attacks on inmates, report says

An officer at a New Mexico county jail has been accused of orchestrating attacks on two inmates who suffer from mental illness

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New Mexico judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in a fatal movie set shooting

New Mexico judge upholds dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in a fatal movie set shooting

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1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared

A judge in South Carolina has erased the records of seven Black men arrested in 1960 for sitting at an all-white lunch counter

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Mom and child jumped from a window to escape a Las Vegas fire that killed 2 children and 2 adults

Authorities say two adults and two children were found dead in the charred rubble of a southwest Las Vegas house fire

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Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss ahead of vote by union workers

Boeing factory workers have voted 64% against the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a six-week strike that has halted production of the aerospace giant’s bestselling jetliners

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AI-powered weapons scanners used in NYC subway found zero guns in one-month test

A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times

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No arrests after teens rampaged at a haunted hayride in New Jersey

Police said they made no arrests after hundreds of teenagers went on a rampage last weekend, disrupting a haunted hayride fundraiser, taking over and stealing from a convenience store and brawling through residential neighborhoods

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Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence of misinformation and conspiracy theories about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are run

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Nevada Republican is suspended without pay from her judge's seat after her fraud conviction

A Nevada Republican who once ran for state treasurer has been suspended without pay from her judge's seat in rural Pahrump, after being found guilty of misusing funds raised for a statue of a slain Las Vegas police officer

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Kristy strengthens into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific and is expected to stay away from land, forecasters say

Kristy strengthens into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific and is expected to stay away from land, forecasters say

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Judge tosses suits against 3 lawmakers over posts after Chiefs Super Bowl Rally shooting

A judge has tossed three lawsuits filed against lawmakers who shared social media posts that falsely accused a Kansas man of being among the shooters who opened fire at a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory

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Grieving families of seniors killed when a dock collapsed say the tragedy was preventable

Grieving families say they want answers as to why a metal walkway at a state-operated dock in Georgia collapsed over the weekend, killing seven people

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Oscar has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane

Oscar has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane

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Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty

One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to canvass the 2022 midterm results pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor count of failing to perform her duty as an election officer

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Prosecutor clears 3 Iowa officers in fatal shooting after a traffic stop

A county attorney has cleared three Iowa police officers in a fatal shooting of a man who shot two officers after a traffic stop

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Georgia authorities investigating "catastrophic failure" of dock gangway that collapsed, killing 7 on Sapelo Island

Georgia authorities investigating "catastrophic failure" of dock gangway that collapsed, killing 7 on Sapelo Island

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NYC officials envision turning Fifth Avenue into a grand boulevard

A major redesign has been proposed for Manhattan’s famed luxury store row Fifth Avenue

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Singer Zayn postpones US tour after the death of his former bandmate Liam Payne

English singer Zayn Malik has postponed a tour to the U.S. following the death of his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne

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Harlem neighborhood remembers 4-year-old boy prosecutors say was starved to death by parents

Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a four-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents

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Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate

A group of Oklahoma parents, teachers and ministers are suing to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans

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Democratic incumbent and GOP challenger to hold the only debate in Nevada's US Senate race

Nevada’s U.S. Senate race is drawing the political spotlight as Democratic incumbent Jacky Rosen and Republican challenger Sam Brown hold their only face-to-face debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election

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UN envoy proposes partitioning Western Sahara

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara is suggesting that dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front could be one way to settle the decades-long conflict

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The pandas have arrived at DC's National Zoo. Here's what you need to know

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The Super Bowl will return to Atlanta in 2028 at the home of the Falcons

The Super Bowl will return to Atlanta in 2028 at the home of the Falcons

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Michigan is paying $13M after shooter drill terrified psychiatric hospital for kids

A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan psychiatric hospital for children

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US fines Lufthansa $4 million for treatment of Orthodox Jewish passengers on a 2022 flight

The United States has fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding a 2022 flight in Frankfurt after they had flown to Germany from New York

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Off-duty Detroit officer fatally shot after wounding 2 fellow officers, chief says

Two Detroit police officers have been wounded after coming under gunfire by an off-duty officer who threatened suicide and later was fatally shot

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What to know about shaken baby syndrome as a Texas man could be first in US executed over it

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome

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Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump's weekend rally in Southern California

Authorities say a Nevada man with a shotgun and a loaded handgun in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert

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Former President Bill Clinton travels to Georgia to rally rural Black voters to the polls

Former President Bill Clinton is urging voters in rural Georgia to get behind the upbeat campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris for the office he once held

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Oregon and Penn State rise to Nos. 2-3 in AP Top 25 football poll; Navy and Army both ranked for first time since 1960

Oregon and Penn State rise to Nos. 2-3 in AP Top 25 football poll; Navy and Army both ranked for first time since 1960

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Harris goes to North Carolina, plans to hold Sunday campaign event in state hit hard by hurricane

Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with Black leaders in North Carolina and will attend church in the state ahead of a rally

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A man was shot to death in confrontation with law enforcement officers in Kansas

The 27-year-old man who was shot appeared to be wearing body armor.

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Georgia election workers settle defamation lawsuit against conservative website

Two Georgia election workers have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit against a Missouri-based website that falsely accused them of fraud in the 2020 presidential election

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Hurricane Milton’s winds topple crane that was building west Florida’s tallest residential tower

A construction crane came crashing down on the building that houses the Tampa Bay Times during the height of Hurricane Milton’s menace across Florida

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Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first call in weeks

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Man is charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers University

A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has admitted to a hate crime

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Courts keep weighing in on abortion. Next month's elections could mean even bigger changes

Two courts this week have allowed U.S. state abortion restrictions, and bigger changes could result from next month's elections

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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Mississippi death row inmate

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not consider an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate who was convicted of killing a high school student

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Georgia Supreme Court halts ruling striking down state's near-ban on abortions as the state appeals

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals

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A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

Campuses across the U.S. have been calmer in the wake of last spring’s protests, yet many are mired in a lingering unease

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Mormon church leaders encourage civility as Trump and Harris rally religious voters

A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is urging members to “avoid what is harsh and hateful” in the heat of election season

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Ohio court refers case brought by citizens' group against Trump, Vance to prosecutors

An Ohio court has referred to county prosecutors a criminal case brought by a citizens’ group against the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates over their comments about Haitian immigrants

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Former New York governor and stepson assaulted during evening walk

Police say that former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were assaulted on a Manhattan street as they went for an evening walk

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A coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia is the 10th in US this year, surpassing 2023 total

A coal miner has died nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia

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Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge

A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect last year outside a busy shopping mall

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Biden says he doesn't know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election

President Joe Biden has offered some terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he doesn't know whether the Israeli leader is holding up a peace deal in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election

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A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest

Sam Dutcher says he had finished running errands when his Honda Pilot suddenly accelerated over 100 mph, eventually forcing authorities to coordinate a controlled crash in the western Minnesota countryside to save the 18-year-old

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A 5th recall for Tesla Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview display

Tesla is recalling more than 27,000 Cybertrucks because the rearview camera image may not activate immediately after shifting into reverse, the fifth recall for the vehicle since it went on sale late last year

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Ohio girl concedes cutting off tanker that spilled chemical last year in Illinois, killing 5

A federal report on a tanker-truck crash a year ago in central Illinois that spilled a toxic chemical and killed five people includes an interview with a 17-year-old Ohio girl who concedes that the truck was forced off the road when she passed it with ...

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US kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year, and the proportion of children with exemptions hit an all-time high

US kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year, and the proportion of children with exemptions hit an all-time high

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Coach praises Tim Walz's son for helping protect other kids after shooting

When the issue of gun violence came up at the vice presidential debate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had a personal story to tell: His teenage son, Gus, had been at a sports center last year when a shooting took place

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Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel, saying it preyed on his gambling addiction

A former financial manager for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars who stole $22 million from the team is suing FanDuel for $250 million, saying the betting company preyed on his gambling addiction

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