North Carolina House revives LGBTQ+ education limits in final days of session
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Previously stalled legislation to limit LGBTQ+ instruction in North…
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3 sentenced to more than 100 years for killing an ex-Indiana University football player
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University…
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FDA to test new package labels that could change how consumers make food choices
Originally Published: 21 JUN 23 11:57 ET Updated: 21 JUN 23 15:09 ET By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The United States Food and Drug…
Continue Reading New York lawmakers OK bill removing medical debt from credit reports
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hospitals and other health care providers in New York would be banned from…
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Highway 101 open after vegetation fire near Greenfield
GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Update June 21, 2023, at 3:27 p.m.- A vegetation fire has started on the 700 block of El Camino Real Wednesday…
Continue Reading Paris police look at gas leak as possible cause of explosion and fire that injured 24
By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Drugmaker lobbying group sues over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices
The Associated Press A key drugmaker lobbying group has joined the legal fight against the federal government’s plan to negotiate Medicare drug…
Continue Reading Outlook bleak for passengers on the Titan, despite massive rescue effort
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Time is quickly running out for five people aboard a missing submersible that lost contact with its…
Continue Reading Learning to let love lead: A family’s journey to accept their transgender daughter
By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN (CNN) — As an ordained Christian minister, Ontay Johnson’s faith teaches love is patient and kind. After one of his…
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Santa Cruz County selects new health officer
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz County officials announced that they have selected Dr. Lisa Hernandez as the new health officer for…
Continue Reading Biden’s 3 Federal Reserve nominees appear likely to win Senate approval
BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and KEN SWEET AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s three nominees for the Federal Reserve’s Board…
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Drugmaker industry group sues to stop Medicare drug price negotiation
Originally Published: 21 JUN 23 13:25 ET By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Drugmakers’ leading industry group is the latest to file a…
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Clark Haggans, longtime NFL linebacker who won a Super Bowl with the Steelers, dies at 46
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Clark Haggans, an outside linebacker who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers during a 13-year career that included…
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Salinas-born plays at NPR’s Tiny Desk concert in San Francisco
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV) Update June. 23, 2023, at 6:28 p.m.- An artist born and raised in Salinas had the chance of playing at NPR’s Tiny Desk…
Continue Reading Meat grown from animal cells? Here’s what it is and how it’s made
By LAURA UNGAR and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press The U.S. government is allowing the sale of chicken made from animal cells. California companies…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter who shocked police officer with stun gun is sentenced to over 12 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the…
Continue Reading State rests in trial of former school resource officer who stayed outside during Parkland shooting
By Dakin Andone, Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the trial of the former school…
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Coast Guard says operation to find missing submersible is “100%” still a search and rescue mission
Originally Published: 21 JUN 23 03:16 E Updated: 21 JUN 23 12:03 ET By Nouran Salahieh and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Coast Guard and other agencies…
Continue Reading IOC warns Afghanistan about Paris Olympics status over denying sports to women and girls
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Afghanistan team’s status for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been put in question by the IOC…
Continue Reading EPA boosts use of biofuels but holds steady for corn-based ethanol production
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday increased the amount of biofuels that must be blended into…
Continue Reading Bear that fatally attacked man at Arizona campsite didn’t have rabies
PHOENIX (AP) — A bear that fatally attacked a 66-year-old Tucson man at a campsite in central Arizona last week tested negative for rabies and had…
Continue Reading Iraq’s president ratifies record $152 billion budget criticized by IMF for too rosy projections
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s president has approved a record $152 billion budget that the…
Continue Reading Amazon is accused of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel
By HALELUYA HADERO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon was sued Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly engaging in a…
Continue Reading North Carolina prosecutor won’t charge officers involved in death of man during arrest
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor says she won’t seek charges against police in North Carolina’s capital…
Continue Reading An Arizona inmate was just released from death row after nearly 30 years in prison
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Barry Jones is making up for almost three decades of lost time by reconnecting with family and friends after…
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Summer solstice: Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year
Originally Published: 21 JUN 23 04:35 ET Updated: 21 JUN 23 07:04 ET By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Do you yearn for long days and short…
Continue Reading US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat
By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal…
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Fans are just noticing that an iconic Good Humor ice cream treat no longer exists
Originally Published: 21 JUN 23 10:41 ET By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Not since last year’s disappearance of the…
Continue Reading Death toll reaches 16 in Canada bus crash carrying seniors to a casino
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — A woman injured on a bus that collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the…
Continue Reading Police say Idaho dad killed neighbors over alleged indecent exposure by neighbor’s oldest son
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho father killed a neighboring family because he was upset that the neighbor’s…
Continue Reading NATO wants to fight climate change. Its chief tells AP the trick is to make armies green but strong
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO faces a series of dilemmas in its attempts to fight climate change while ensuring the…
Continue Reading The US Open returns to Riviera in Los Angeles in 2031 after an 83-year absence
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles had to wait 75 years to get another U.S. Open and now it’s becoming a regular…
Continue Reading Female Christian leaders reflect on the Southern Baptist Convention’s decision to remove women-led churches
By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — For Southern Baptists, the last week has been one to remember. The Southern Baptist Convention — the largest…
Continue Reading US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat
By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal…
Continue Reading Thousands of Americans are leaving homes in flood-risk areas. But where are they moving to?
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — For more than four decades, the US government has been paying cities and states to move homeowners away from…
Continue Reading George Pataki Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of George Pataki, former governor of New York. Personal Birth date: June 24, 1945…
Continue Reading US Open Golf Tournament Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the US Open Golf Tournament. June 18, 2023 – American golfer Wyndham Clark wins the…
Continue Reading With Wembanyama a player like few others, there’s no debate at the top of this NBA draft
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s towering shadow has hung over this NBA draft for months, blocking much…
Continue Reading Need for speed: F-16 pilot calls the fighter jets sought by Ukraine ‘easy to fly’
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press LE BOURGET, France (AP) — F-16 fighter jets hurtle pilots through the sky at high speeds.…
Continue Reading Fighting resumes after Sudan cease-fire as number of people displaced passes 2.5 million
CAIRO (AP) — Residents are reporting that clashes between warring factions resumed in Sudan’s capital and a neighboring city after a three-day…
Continue Reading Israeli police clash with Druze protesters in the Golan Heights. The rare violence leaves 20 injured
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have fired tear gas, sponge-tipped bullets and a water cannon during mass demonstrations by Druze Arabs in the…
Continue Reading Campus assault suspect eludes arrest for 2 years, after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It’s been two years since officials in Pennsylvania armed with a startling Facebook…
Continue Reading Belarus hands lengthy prison terms to 18 participants of 2020 protests
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus on Wednesday has handed lengthy prison terms to 18 participants of…
Continue Reading DNA collected from suspect Bryan Kohberger a ‘statistical match’ for DNA on sheath of knife used in killings of 4 Idaho students, court documents state
By Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — The DNA of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at an…
Continue Reading Test scores for 13-year-olds drop several points since the start of pandemic, building on decade-long decline, report says
By Kristina Sgueglia and Laura Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Average test scores for 13-year-old students in both mathematics and reading have declined…
Continue Reading Coast Guard suspends search for ship’s crew member reported overboard off Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Searchers were unable to find a crew member who fell off a cargo ship in the ocean off Southern California, the Coast Guard…
Continue Reading IRS reduces tax return backlog by 80% and is doing better job answering the phone
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has processed tens of millions of tax returns faster this year compared with years…
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10 terms you need to know to understand personal injury cases
Webb Patel has curated a list of 10 important concepts people must be aware of before dealing with personal injury…
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Metros experiencing the biggest disparities between teacher pay and cost of living
Teachercertification.com compared cost-of-living data from the Economic Policy Institute with teacher income data from the Bureau of Labor…
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Where high earners lose the most to taxes and cost of living
SmartAsset compared the after-tax income of $250,000 across 76 of the largest U.S. cities and then adjusted those figures for the cost of living in…
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