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College student fatally shot by police after knocking on wrong door -- Glenn Pysher was trying to find his friends when he accidentally knocked on the door of the wrong house. The homeowners called 911 to report an attempted break-in.

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Philadelphia's Chucky-style masked man arrested in Las Vegas -- U.S. Marshals say 22-year-old Zymire Hughes was arrested Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Judge delays custody decision in surrogacy fight over newborn with heart defect -- Dallas judge has delayed a custody decision, extending a temporary restraining order another two weeks as the legal fight over custody of a baby with a rare heart defect born to a surrogate continues.

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Bureau of Prisons No. 2 official who was pardoned for drug crimes departs -- Josh Smith had a tense relationship with BOP's employees, and some staffers had raised questions about contracts awarded during his year-long tenure.

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Ontario's Doug Ford says Trump is "treating us like we're Communist China" -- As a U.S.-Canada trade war sparks cross-border insults, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told CBS News he's hopeful the two sides can reach an agreement - but cautioned that "no deal is better than a bad deal."

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Survey pinpoints the behavior on planes that people find most annoying -- Here's what travelers think about shared armrests, reclined seats and fellow passengers' use of tech on planes.

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Musk's SpaceX announces $100 billion plan for new spaceport in Louisiana -- Elon Musk's space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets, state officials and the company announced.

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Dolly Parton: An extraordinary life in pictures -- Dolly Parton, the country music legend who became a feminist icon, has died at the age of 80. Here is a look back at her life in pictures. -- 12 photos

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SNAP restrictions cut soda sales but raise stigma concerns, study finds -- Banning people from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks helps lower consumption, proponents say. Are such restrictions a good idea?

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Dolly Parton remembered by fellow stars, politicans: "A true loss for millions" -- President Trump said that he would be "lowering the American flag" throughout the nation for one week in Dolly Parton's honor.

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Black Hawk helicopter goes down in Colorado foothills in "aviation mishap" -- A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky made an apparently unplanned landing in a wooded area of the Colorado foothills west of Denver.

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Feds consider charging ICE officer accused of shooting immigrant in Minnesota -- The shooting took place in January during the Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota.

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Where will Lindsay Clancy end up after her murder trial? Legal experts explain. -- Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her children.

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Dolly Parton, country music legend, dies at 80 after brief cancer battle -- Dolly Parton became an icon over her six-decade career as a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, movie and TV star and theme park owner who donated millions to help others.

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First on CBS -- ICE releases father of U.S. Navy sailor serving on USS Abraham Lincoln -- Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, the father of a U.S. Navy sailor onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, was released by ICE on Tuesday, his family told CBS News.

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