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First inflation report under new Fed chief shows prices still rising -- The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred gauge of inflation, jumped due to higher energy costs.

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Live - Iran fires missile at Kuwait after second round of U.S. strikes in days - Iran says it targeted a U.S. base in retaliation for the second set of what the Pentagon calls "purely defensive" strikes carried out this week. updated 27M ago

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American climber breaks Everest speed record, his team says -- Tyler Andrews, 36, climbed the 29,032-foot peak in just 9 hours and 55 minutes, smashing the record of 10 hours and 56 minutes, his team said.

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DOJ investigating whether Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll committed perjury -- The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether author E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in connection with her civil lawsuits against President Trump, sources familiar with the matter said.

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Ex-judges push to look into "anti-weaponization fund" deal -- A group of 35 former federal judges asked a court to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the government, calling the deal to create a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" potentially fraudulent.

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New York City man sentenced to 10 years in plot to kill Iranian American writer -- A federal judge has given a onetime truck and bus driver charged in an assassination plot against an Iranian American writer a 10-year prison sentence.

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Top FEMA official Bob Fenton says "we're ready for hurricane season" -- FEMA says it's ready for hurricane season, though it's still racing to recover from months of shutdown disruptions, delayed grants and a depleted Disaster Relief Fund.

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Trump visited soldiers at Walter Reed - but not the 14 injured in the Iran war -- More than a dozen soldiers injured in Operation Epic Fury are still recovering at the military hospital.

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YouTube taking steps to make clear when realistic videos are made by AI -- YouTube said it will automatically label photorealistic content created by AI, the video platform said.

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Stocks are rallying despite the Iran war and stubborn inflation. Here's why. -- The S&P 500 hit a new record on Wednesday, even as soaring gas prices fuel inflation and consumer confidence sinks.

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GPS data appears to contradict Brian Hooker's account of wife's disappearance -- After forensic evidence appeared to contradict Brian Hooker's account of where Lynette Hooker was​ the night she disappeared, U.S. investigators are renewing their search in the Bahamas.

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How much money you need to earn to afford a home in 49 U.S. cities -- A household earning the average income would need to spend 40% of its income to afford the typical U.S. home, according to Redfin.

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Zelenskyy pushes U.S. for more Patriot missiles, warning of Russian attacks -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the U.S. to expand deliveries of Patriot missile systems, warning that Russia is preparing a broader campaign of ballistic missile attacks.

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Talarico: Paxton "clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption" -- Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State, concedes some past statements during debates over transgender policy "missed the mark."

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Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow congressional map found racially discriminatory -- Alabama Republicans asked the Supreme Court to allow the state to use a congressional map that would give the GOP an edge in the midterm elections.

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Bondi undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer after recent diagnosis -- Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, she told CBS News.

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Legendary mafia leader's "vast fortune" seized by police -- Italy said it was seizing $232 million in assets belonging to the late Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was captured after 30 years on the run.

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3M sued for $1.4 billion by Australia over "forever chemicals" at defense bases -- Australia is suing 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called "forever chemical" contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases, the government says.

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Another alleged drug boat struck by U.S. military in eastern Pacific, killing 2 -- The U.S. military said it struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men, the day after it said a similar strike killed one man and left two survivors.

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Fire at girls' school in Kenya kills at least 16 students, injures scores more -- A fire at a school for girls in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths, according to police, who said search teams have been deployed.

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