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An SUV was in flames on the highway. Strangers saved the driver.
“It was people risking their life to save another,” rescuer Kadir Tolla said.
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Zoo ostrich known for her zany dances dies after swallowing keys
Karen, a beloved ostrich at the zoo in Topeka, Kan., was euthanized Thursday after grabbing an employee’s keys and swallowing them.
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Columbia University sets deadline for protesters to clear campus encampment
It was unclear whether the administration would take action overnight to clear demonstrators protesting the Israel-Gaza war.
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A secret pact at Trump Tower helped kill bad stories in 2016
Trump, the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial, spent his day in the Manhattan courtroom fighting two pitched battles.
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Woman charged with murder after driving into party, killing young siblings
In an emotional hearing Tuesday, Marshella Marie Chidester was charged with with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two young siblings.
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Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns, a year after mass shooting
A year after six people were killed at Nashville’s Covenant School, a Republican supermajority voted to arm educators.
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Trump’s long, strange history with the tabloids
The New York City papers gave him the headlines he craved; the National Enquirer buried the ones he didn’t.
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Live updates: Judge to decide if Trump violated gag order in hush money case
Donald Trump could be held in contempt of court and fined if the judge rules he violated a gag order. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is then expected to continue his testimony.
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He got a college degree while he was in prison. Next up is law school.
“From the day after I committed that horrible act, I was focused on bettering myself,” Benard McKinley said.
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Calif. college students form campus barricade as anti-war protests spread
Students at Cal Poly at Humboldt barricaded themselves in a building and an NYU encampment was cleared as anti-war campus protests continued to spread.
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The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.
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Baltimore claims Dali was ‘unseaworthy,’ should pay for bridge collapse
The owner and operator of the ship that took down the Key Bridge should not be allowed to skirt liability because the vessel was “unseaworthy,” Baltimore claimed.
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Activists at Supreme Court protest move to penalize homelessness
Demonstrators — some of whom had been homeless themselves — came from New York City, Philadelphia and other cities to protest outside the Supreme Court.
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Trump attorneys agree to new conditions on $175 million bond
The deal probably ends a challenge from state officials that had imperiled Trump’s ability to appeal a massive civil fraud judgment.
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Who is David Pecker, key witness in Trump New York hush money case
A former National Enquirer publisher who helped burnish Donald Trump’s image is set to be among the prosecution’s first witnesses in Trump’s hush money trial.
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Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose.
Alabama is considering a bill that would make Juneteenth a state holiday. Workers could choose to celebrate Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis’s birthday.
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Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale
The arrests at Yale come days after more than 100 people were arrested at protests on Columbia University’s campus.
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Live updates: Opening arguments expected in Trump hush money trial
Opening arguments are expected to take place Monday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
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