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The NFL responds after a player urges female college graduates to become homemakers
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."
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Those sickened by U.S. nuclear testing program take their fight to Congress
People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them.
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Supreme Court upholds funding structure for CFPB
The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.
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Latinas are succeeding, but feel pressured to playing traditional roles for women
Report from the Pew Research Center says Hispanic women in general continue to face pressure to play traditional roles, despite advances in educational attainment and entrepreneurship
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U.S. drug deaths declined slightly in 2023 but remained at crisis levels
Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose deaths.
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How Israel's military investigates itself in cases of possible wrongdoing
Since last October, complaints have included Israeli soldiers firing on unarmed Palestinian refugees and the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers when Israeli drones fired on their convoy.
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Most of South Dakota's tribes have banned Kristi Noem from their land. Here's why
For Noem, "every state is now a border state" including her own where she says some tribal leaders are benefiting from drug cartel activity.
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Maryland Democrats pick Angela Alsobrooks to take on Hogan for open U.S. Senate seat
The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
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