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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