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Once dormant, Chicago's weather bell is aglow once again

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9 killed, including 2 children, in Pennsylvania shooting and standoff

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Christa Pike is discharged from a hospital after surviving execution attempt, her attorneys say

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Trump's Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage

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4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

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Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices

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Climbers scale St. Louis trees during international tree climbing competition

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New York prosecutors seek to sustain their case against Luigi Mangione, despite his federal plea

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A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

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Judge finds 3 guilty in killings of ex-Stevenson lacrosse player in Mexico

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Teenage figure skaters increasingly targeted by social media abuse as campaign launches

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Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It also devastates the seafloor

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How Virginia residents saved George Washington's home from a Walmart Supercenter

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Congregants celebrate the reconstruction of one of America's oldest Black churches

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Hurricane Simon strengthens to a Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center says

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Cook Political Report tilts 18 House races toward Democrats weeks from election

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The fish behind America's fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska

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National 'Mr. Measles' campaign targets Florida vaccine mandates

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First suicide memorial by a US archdiocese signals a compassionate shift by the Catholic Church

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Hurricane Isaias could nudge fuel prices higher if Gulf of Mexico refineries lose power

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Severe turbulence injures at least 8 aboard Avianca flight, forcing emergency landing in Miami

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Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning coach, dies at 86

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A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech

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Americans 75 and older are wealthiest age group, Fed survey finds

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Student's idea becomes Helene memorial, honoring unity, resilience after storm

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Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle and then they stopped

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With midterms fast approaching, these four Senate races hold key for Democrats

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Prediction markets facing first major election test with upcoming midterms

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'Beyond disgusting': Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over execution plan

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Hurricane Isaias maintains major Category 3 strength as eyewall approaches Florida

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The enduring popularity of Elvis Presley's Graceland is a monument to his legacy

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California sheds Gen Z residents as South Carolina, Texas gain, report says

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Wall Street finishes its record-setting week with gains

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Gallup finds just 44% of young adults 'thriving,' 20-point drop since 2010

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Pike's botched execution raises concerns about how states carry them out

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How world leaders have responded to the ongoing global diesel crisis

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UPS to add 100,000 seasonal workers for holiday rush, a decrease from 2025

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Transgender sports debate exposes divisions among Democrats ahead of midterms

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OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens presents 'unacceptable risk,' says safety report

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Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering US Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding

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Older consumers hold a growing sway over the American economy, report says

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New federal loan caps could make some graduate degrees harder to finance

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Fed grows more hawkish on inflation but there is room to wait on rate hikes

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Veteran suicide rates fall among VA enrollees, increase outside of system

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Republicans shifting campaign cash as midterm map grows more challenging

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ICE agents shoot man in NYC as 5-year-old boy sits in backseat of car

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Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

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Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

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Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say

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Hayden Panettiere's ex Wladimir Klitschko gets legal status to protect their daughter's inheritance

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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after long combat deployment in Middle East

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Failed executions troubled other states before Christa Pike. Here's what happened

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Ram is recalling more than 265,000 vehicles over a steering defect

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American Dream costs $5.3 million in 2026, a big increase from three years ago

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Foreign surveillance concerns prompt US lawmakers to urge passage of bipartisan bill

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The FBI has seized tools used by Chinese hackers for cyber operations, officials say

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NY Republican attorney general candidate drops 52-count 'indictment' against James

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The Waffle House Index helps Southerners — and FEMA — gauge a storm's severity

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Democrats on Senate Judiciary Committee seek apology for GOP's Jack Smith stumble

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Army identifies systemic failures behind DC midair collision and calls for safety fixes

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Report: Donald Trump Jr.'s former fiancée begged donor to pay $100,000 AmEx bill

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Atlantic hurricanes starting with 'I' typically bring death and destruction. Isaias is up next

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PVC pipes swept away by Hurricane Helene flooding still dominate cleanup of North Carolina river

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The cost of drugs from Canada is set to soar for millions of Americans because of a federal rule

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Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi

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Most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast, a new AP-NORC poll finds

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Taliban firmly in control in Afghanistan 25 years after US-led invasion to oust them

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SpaceX Crew-12 back on Earth after splashdown in Pacific

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Trying to execute Christa Pike again would push into uncharted legal territory, experts say

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Microsoft, Adobe blocked from green-card program amid visa fraud crackdown

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New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans

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Lake America backlash fuels interest in Google Maps alternatives

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North Carolina set to join other states with gas tax holidays amid high prices

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Senate candidates disagree on whether IDs should be required to vote in Maine

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Seventh suspect released on bail in suspected Iran-linked air base plot in England

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Report: 81 US aircraft lost or damaged in Iran war; equipment losses in billions

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Hurricane Isaias intensifies, forecast to strike Florida as Category 2, NHC says

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Texas completes first execution in US since Pike survived lethal injections

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Rising oil prices, falling technology stocks and reversing bond yields keep Wall Street unsettled

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Report: ICE took little action on 3.1 million possible visa overstays under Biden

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Kratom, 7-OH laws diverge amid the spread of potent synthetic products

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Unemployment benefit claims dipped slightly last week as layoffs remain low

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Patient dies by suicide after 'insurance issue' delayed medicine for lung disease flare-ups

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Pharmaceutical lobby sues over Trump administration program to reduce drug prices

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CDC reports recent span of 'fourfold' increase in deadly brain fungus cases

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Texas Senate candidate Paxton blames Iran war, gas prices for his struggles

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El-Sayed struggles to keep pace with Democratic Party's surge in the polls

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How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science

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PepsiCo is raising prices on Doritos and more after a weak quarter in North America

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HBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it

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Appeals court says Atlanta family cannot take the government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid

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Some guardrails on ChatGPT for Teens don't work as promised, watchdog group says

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Ex-Marine to face death penalty in 2025 mass shooting at North Carolina bar

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A rocky 'wonderland' in Arizona is poised to be the next US national park

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Cornell gang-rape accuser was 'misled' about criminal investigation, her lawyer says

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Federal appeals judges don't reveal how they'll rule on Saudi Arabia's effort to end 9/11 litigation

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Opal Lee, 'grandmother of Juneteenth,' spends 100th birthday at the center of celebrations in Texas

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'This money is your child's future': President touts Trump Accounts enrollment

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