Monday, 10 March 2025

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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Sunday, 9 March 2025

'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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Saturday, 8 March 2025

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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Friday, 7 March 2025

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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Thursday, 6 March 2025

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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