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Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'

About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian

Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'
Education|Health|News

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools

Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
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Colorado paramedic sentenced to 14 months of work release in Elijah McClain's death

A Colorado judge on Friday sentenced a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain to 14 months in a work-release program and four years of

Colorado paramedic sentenced to 14 months of work release in Elijah McClain's death
News|World

Police arrest scores of pro-Palestinian protesters on US university campuses

Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on a handful of U.S. university campuses on Saturday, as activists vowed to keep up the movement seeking a ceasefire in Israel's war

Police arrest scores of pro-Palestinian protesters on US university campuses
News|Political

Arizona House lawmakers vote to repeal 1864 abortion ban

(This April 24 story has been corrected to indicate that grassroots voters were concerned with losing Arizona legislative races, and not with the presidential election, in paragraph 15) By Brad Brooks

Arizona House lawmakers vote to repeal 1864 abortion ban
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Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass shooting

Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a draft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to prevent mass

Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass shooting
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Baltimore bridge collapse highlights need to protect critical foundations

The collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge has highlighted what engineers say is an urgent need to better protect the piers holding up spans over shipping channels as the size

Baltimore bridge collapse highlights need to protect critical foundations
News

Michigan school shooter's father convicted of manslaughter

A Michigan jury on Thursday convicted the father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates at a high school near Detroit of manslaughter after prosecutors argued he

Michigan school shooter's father convicted of manslaughter
News

Seavey overcomes moose encounter, wins Alaska's 52nd annual Iditarod

Musher Dallas Seavey became the first six-time champion of the grueling Iditarod sled-dog race on Tuesday in the 52nd annual running of the event in Alaska, event officials

Seavey overcomes moose encounter, wins Alaska's 52nd annual Iditarod
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Uvalde police chief resigns days after report into school shooting

The police chief of Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman in 2022 invaded a school and killed 19 children and two teachers, said on Tuesday that he was resigning.

Uvalde police chief resigns days after report into school shooting
News

Father of Michigan school shooter facing manslaughter trial

A month after a Michigan woman was convicted of manslaughter in a school shooting carried out by her son, the boy's father faces trial for the same unusual charge.

Father of Michigan school shooter facing manslaughter trial
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Colorado judge to sentence paramedic for Elijah McClain killing

A Colorado judge is scheduled on Friday to sentence a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after police put

Colorado judge to sentence paramedic for Elijah McClain killing
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US man agrees to plead guilty to killing bald eagles in Montana

A man who was indicted in Montana for hunting and killing bald eagles, the national symbol of the U.S. that nearly went extinct, has agreed to plead guilty in a plea deal

US man agrees to plead guilty to killing bald eagles in Montana
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Central US seeing wild weather, with heat wave then deep freeze

Some U.S. residents will be going from wearing Bermuda shorts to snow pants in less than 24 hours, forecasters said on Monday, as a heat wave in the central plains and South

Central US seeing wild weather, with heat wave then deep freeze
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Alabama's attorney general won't prosecute IVF clinics, families

The Alabama Attorney General's office had "no intention" of prosecuting providers of in vitro fertilization or families who use their services, it said on Friday after the

Alabama's attorney general won't prosecute IVF clinics, families
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Black California lawmakers introducing package of reparations bills

Members of California's Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday will detail a package of 14 reparations bills they are introducing to right historic wrongs carried out against

Black California lawmakers introducing package of reparations bills
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Michigan school shooter's mom says she was not responsible for guns

The mother of a Michigan boy who shot and killed four high-school classmates in 2021 testified in her own defense on Thursday, saying she was not responsible for buying or

Michigan school shooter's mom says she was not responsible for guns
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Factbox-Key takeaways from the federal report on the Uvalde massacre

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released its report on the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that saw 19 young students and two teachers killed.

Factbox-Key takeaways from the federal report on the Uvalde massacre
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Storms envelop much of US, bringing heavy snow, rains, tornadoes

Brutal winter weather enveloped much of the U.S. on Tuesday and was forecast to

Storms envelop much of US, bringing heavy snow, rains, tornadoes
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Colorado officer sentenced to jail in killing of Elijah McClain

A former Colorado police officer was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who was not

Colorado officer sentenced to jail in killing of Elijah McClain
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Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump

Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness.

Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump
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Colorado paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain

Two Colorado paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a jury on Friday for their role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young

Colorado paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain
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Actor Vin Diesel hit with sexual battery lawsuit by former assistant

A former assistant to the actor Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit against him on Thursday alleging that he sexually battered her in 2010 and

Actor Vin Diesel hit with sexual battery lawsuit by former assistant
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US federal judge blocks California law barring guns in public

A California law that would have banned the carrying of guns in most public places as of Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S.

US federal judge blocks California law barring guns in public
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Montana grand jury indicts two men for allegedly killing bald eagles

Two men have been indicted in Montana for allegedly hunting and killing bald eagles, the once nearly extinct national symbol of the United States, and selling feathers and

Montana grand jury indicts two men for allegedly killing bald eagles

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