Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election Day

Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations

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Oklahoma small town police chief and entire police department resign with little explanation

The police chief and all three officers of the police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma, and two of the town's city council members have resigned with little explanation

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Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department

A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have ...

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New Jersey man pleads guilty in smuggling scheme intended to aid Russia's war effort

A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges

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Drugs, weapons and electronics seized during sweep at Brooklyn federal jail where 'Diddy' is held

Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency operation” aimed at cleaning up the troubled New York City federal jail in where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held

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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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