Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the U.S. under winter storm warnings

Heavy snow is expected to blanket large portions of the Eastern U.S. while much of the country will endure dangerously cold temperatures in the coming days

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Arrest made in beating death of pioneering Black Bronx rocker

Police in New York City have arrested a man in connection with the beating death of a pioneering rock musician in the Bronx

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Thousands of people enjoy art on a frozen Minneapolis lake despite bone-chilling temperatures

Saturday was cold even for Minneapolis, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from tromping out onto a frozen lake to immerse themselves in art, make new friends — and try their best to stay warm

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Alabama supreme court grants breastfeeding women exemption from jury duty after public outcry

Breastfeeding women in Alabama will be excused from jury duty, the state’s highest court ordered on Friday

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Man's dramatic rescue of dog from freezing river in Vermont caught on video

A Vermont man waded into a river to rescue a dog that was struggling to escape the icy waters

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Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term

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Nintendo's new Switch 2 console will come out in 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2, the successor to the Nintendo Switch system, will be released in 2025

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US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people

Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper Social Security payments to dead people

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Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight

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Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say

When 2020 census results were released more than three years ago, they showed a 276% boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010

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Strong winds forecast to return and threaten Los Angeles area's fight against fires

A growing force of firefighters and equipment has moved into the Los Angeles area

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Firm has no plans to salvage more Titanic artifacts, snuffing out legal fight

The U.S. has ended its latest legal battle against the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck

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Biden speaks with relatives of Americans held by Taliban, but deal to bring them home still elusive

President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with relatives of three Americans the U.S. government is looking to bring home from Afghanistan, but it was unclear from the call if a deal to bring them back that is now on the table could be completed before the he le...

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