Saturday, 15 March 2025

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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Friday, 14 March 2025

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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Thursday, 13 March 2025

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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Wednesday, 12 March 2025

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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Tuesday, 11 March 2025

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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Monday, 10 March 2025

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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