Battle over trans athletes' participation in girls sports comes to California Capitol

A committee in the California legislature plans to vote on bills Tuesday that would restrict transgender athletes from participating in girls sports

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ICE says a University of Minnesota student's visa was revoked for drunk driving

Federal officials say a University of Minnesota student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of drunken driving, not student protests

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Two NYPD officers are charged with burglary and forcibly touching a sex worker

Two New York City police officers are charged with burglary and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint of an illegal brothel

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Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Virginia man whose sentence already was commuted for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

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Judge weighs bid to withhold investigation records in deaths of Gene Hackman, wife

A New Mexico court is weighing whether to block the disclosure of an array of records from an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife, Betsy Arakawa

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Man dies parachuting in Washington state during a BASE jump, sheriff says

A man has died in Washington state when he was parachuting and struck a cliff after his chute failed to fully open

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Driver facing multiple charges in Brooklyn crash that killed mother, two children

Police say a woman is facing multiple charges after she crashed into a family out for a walk in Brooklyn, killing a mother and her two children

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Myanmar's main resistance movement announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

Myanmar's main resistance movement announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

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Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing

Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administra...

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Man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged

A Connecticut prosecutor says a man who told authorities he was held captive in his own home for two decades has asked why his stepmother is not behind bars after being charged with cruelty to persons and other crimes

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California's snowpack nears historic average with more storms on the way

The water in California’s mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, with more snow coming as a winter storm aims for the Sierra Nevada

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A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients

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Georgia lawmakers won't seek student database after deadly high school shooting

Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating a statewide database to collect information on students who might commit violence

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The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

Yolanda Saldívar, who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez, has been denied parole by a Texas board

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Family says man died after being injured then neglected for a week by rural Colorado jailers

The family of a 69-year-old man who died in a rural Colorado jail in 2023 says he slowly suffocated to death after his ribs were broken during an altercation with a deputy and he languished in a cell for a week without medical care

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Mexican drug lord charged with killing DEA agent could face death penalty

Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling case that includes the 1985 killing of a U.S. federal agent

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Crash kills girl, injures boy riding in Amish buggy in Michigan

An 8-year-old girl is dead and a 12-year-old boy is in critical condition in Michigan after their Amish buggy was rear-ended by an SUV

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Democrats narrowly win Pennsylvania Senate seat, scoring upset in GOP-leaning suburbs

Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities

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Escaped otters cavort in the snow as the zoo's search continues

A Wisconsin zoo said two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their enclosure last week during a winter storm, as the search continued Tuesday

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Colorado removes from its Capitol a portrait of Donald Trump that he called 'distorted'

President Donald Trump's portrait no longer hangs at the Colorado state Capitol

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Firefighters in the Carolinas battle multiple wildfires

Firefighters in North and South Carolina are battling multiple wind-driven wildfires

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A Cornell student suing the Trump administration is asked to surrender to immigration authorities

A Cornell University student involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests has been asked to surrender to immigration authorities

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McLaren driver Oscar Piastri wins the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri wins the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

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Wife of slain California fire captain is arrested in Mexico on suspicion of murder

A month after an official with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection was found slain in her home, the woman’s wife has been arrested in Mexico on suspicion of murder

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Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland as Trump talks up US takeover

Second lady Usha Vance is set to travel to Greenland this week as President Donald Trump continues to suggest the U.S. could take control of the mineral-rich Artic island

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How a touristy Florida beach town dubbed 'the nation's oldest city' became a top US remote work hub

Thousands of white-collar, remote workers have moved to the St. Augustine, Florida, area in the 2020s

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Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff vows defiance to Trump ahead of 2026 election

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seeking to rally Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump’s administration

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Murphy, a beloved bald eagle, dies following violent storms in Missouri

A beloved bald eagle who gained popularity after incubating a rock is mourned after dying from head trauma sustained during violent storms in Missouri last week

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New Yorkers scramble for free eggs

Thousands of eggs have been handed out across New York City as part of a free giveaway

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Detectives recover 4 diamond earrings weeks after suspect swallowed them amid arrest

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Florida Panhandle

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Florida man faces execution for the killing of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother

A Florida man who pleaded guilty to killing an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother during a night of drinking and drug use is facing scheduled execution

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Man grabs Philadelphia police officer's gun outside hospital, shoots him before being fatally shot

A man who had voluntarily agreed to be taken to a psychiatric hospital by Philadelphia police grabbed an officer’s gun outside of the facility and wounded him before being fatally shot by another officer

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Man gets prison in US for helping pressure Chinese expat to return home

A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison

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Controversial insider account by former Meta official has strong first-week sales

A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon

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Justice Department moves to drop lawsuit that would allow Texas police to arrest migrants

The Trump administration has moved to dismiss a lawsuit against Texas over a law that would allow local police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally

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EPA plans to eliminate scientific research team, could fire more than 1,000 employees

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research team and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and the environment

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Things to know about the former megachurch pastor charged with child sexual abuse

A former pastor of a Texas megachurch has surrendered to authorities in Oklahoma on child sex abuse charges

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Trial to begin for Haiti town's ex-mayor on charges he lied about rights abuses to get US residency

A former mayor of a town in Haiti is set to go on trial after authorities say he lied on his visa application about committing rights abuses in his country

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Boston's St. Patrick's Day known for a booze, but more are opting to forgo the buzz

Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day has long been known for a boozy good time

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Suspect who set man on fire in Times Square sought by NYPD

Officers spotted the 45-year-old victim and extinguished the flames.

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Newcastle wins the English League Cup, its first major domestic trophy in 70 years

Newcastle wins the English League Cup, its first major domestic trophy in 70 years

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Threat of tornadoes moves to US South after big storm unleashes winds and fans wildfires

The threat of tornadoes is moving east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up dust storms that caused deadly crashes and fanned more tha...

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Missouri prosecutor declines to charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman and infant

A prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a Missouri police officer who shot and killed a woman and her infant child last year

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Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump's orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs

An appeals court has lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win after a string of setbacks defending President Donald Trump’s agenda against ...

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Big March storm system threatens US with tornadoes, blizzards and wildfire risk

A sweeping storm system moving across the U.S. threatens to bring tornadoes, blizzards and possibly wildfires to different regions of the country

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Illinois votes on a new state flag design -- and chooses the current one

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.”

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Florida lawmakers honor the 'trailblazing legacy' of late state Sen. Geraldine Thompson

In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the Florida capitol Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civi...

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Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who seized building during pro-Palestinian protest

Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who seized building during pro-Palestinian protest

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UN launches reform initiative as it nears its 80th anniversary and faces funding cuts

The U.N. chief is launching a new initiative to reform the United Nations as it approaches its 80th anniversary

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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families across the country

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to square off

Candidates in a race that will determine ideological control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will square off in their only scheduled debate before the April 1 election

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Trump imposes 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, saying they will create jobs despite stock market sell-off

Trump imposes 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, saying they will create jobs despite stock market sell-off

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Cat's incredible reunion with its owner after the LA wildfires

A house cat named Aggie has found her way back to her owner two months after the LA wildfires

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Passenger attacked a flight attendant, swallowed rosary beads on plane

Court records say a passenger on a small regional flight to Miami attacked a flight attendant and swallowed rosary beads as pilots returned to the airport in Savannah, Georgia

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The Philippine government says ex-President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested at Manila airport

The Philippine government says ex-President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested at Manila airport

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Florida man is set to be executed for kidnapping and murdering a woman

A man convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death is set to be executed next month

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Medical helicopter carrying a pilot and 2 hospital workers crashes in Mississippi

Officials say a medical transport helicopter with three people on board crashed in Mississippi

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3 victims of Pennsylvania plane crash were taken to a burn unit for treatment, hospital says

A hospital spokesman says three victims of a Pennsylvania plane crash were taken to a burn unit for treatment

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'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965

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Iran says it is open to talks about concerns about militarization of its nuclear program

Iran says it would consider negotiations with the United States if talks were confined to concerns about the militarization of the country’s nuclear program

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1 dead, family injured after severe Texas storm flips RV

One man died and his three family members were injured when their RV flipped over several times in a severe storm outside of Dallas

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Charges of hazing and manslaughter being considered following death of Southern University student

Louisiana authorities investigating the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student say they expect multiple people to face charges in relation to the case

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FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts

The National Fire Academy, the country's preeminent federal fire training academy, has canceled classes effective immediately amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes and staffing cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration

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A man is executed by firing squad, first US prisoner killed by method in 15 years

A South Carolina man is executed by firing squad, the first US prisoner killed by this method in 15 years

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In 2015, Obama committed the US to achieving UN global goals by 2030. Trump just rejected the goals

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030

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Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plot

The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced in Washington to life in prison for his own leadership role in one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations

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Trump slashed teacher training, citing DEI. Educators say the grants fought staff shortages

In an overhaul of an agency President Donald Trump has described as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists,” the Education Department cut $600 million in grants to teacher training programs, which it characterized as supporting divisive i...

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Why automakers' short reprieve from tariffs isn't enough to weather Trump's escalating trade war

President Donald Trump granted U.S. automakers a short reprieve from stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada this week

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Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case with national implications

The Trump administration is dropping an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of the administration’s first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump's second term began

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Mysterious affliction causing endangered sawfish to spin and die resurfaces in Florida

A mysterious affliction that causes prehistoric, endangered smalltooth sawfish to spin erratically in Florida waters and often die appears to have resurfaced, with more than 50 deaths last year

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The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history

Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West

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Latest episode of Hawaii volcano eruption features vigorous lava fountain

A tall fountain of lava is spewing from a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island again

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Judge tells attorneys to stop being so secretive in quadruple murder case

An Idaho judge is warning attorneys to quit filing so many sealed documents in the murder case of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students

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Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96

Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday

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Some New York prison guards are fired for ignoring a deal to end their illegal strike

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards has stretched into a third week, prompting officials to start firing workers for failing to abide by a deal to end the illegal labor action

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Tributes pour in for R&B singer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a highway crash

Fans are remembering R&B singer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a weekend crash on a highway in Alabama while returning from a performance

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Crews battle wildfires in North and South Carolina amid dry conditions and gusty winds

Crews are battling wildfires in North and South Carolina amid dry conditions and gusty winds and evacuations have been ordered in some areas

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U.K. Prime Minister says Britain to use 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) to supply 5,000 air defense missiles for Ukraine

U.K. Prime Minister says Britain to use 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) to supply 5,000 air defense missiles for Ukraine

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Florida Man Games return for Round 2 as teams vie to be the world’s worst superhero

The Florida Man Games are back for Round 2, as teams from around the state gather to prove they have what it takes to join the ranks of the world’s worst superhero

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Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers

Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers

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