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Pro-choice advocates set to turn in around 800,000 signatures for Arizona abortion ballot measure

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Pro-choice advocates are set to deliver about 800,000 petition signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting the Arizona abortion rights issue on the November general election ballot.

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Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students

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A federal judge in Kansas has blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation.

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Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts

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The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts.

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Dangerously high heat builds in California and the south-central United States

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Swaths of California are sweltering and things are only expected to get worse during the Fourth of July holiday week for parts of the United States with nearly 90 million people under heat alerts.

Ringleader of fire that killed 5 in Senegalese family, ripping hole in the community, gets 60 years

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A Colorado man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for killing five members of an extended Senegalese family in a house fire.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he'll seek a recount

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The Virginia State Board of Elections has certified the apparent defeat of Republican congressman Bob Good, one of America’s most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state’s June 18…

Flying objects and shrunken heads: World UFO Day feted amid surge in sightings, government denials

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World UFO Day is being celebrated amid a surge in sightings and government studies on unidentified flying objects.

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Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term

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Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court have gotten most of what they wanted this term — from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the…

High court passes on case of Georgia man on death row who says Black jurors were wrongly purged

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors.

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Biden to give extended interview to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Friday

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ABC News says George Stephanopoulos will conduct the first extended interview with President Biden since his alarming debate performance against Donald Trump last week.

Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decision

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The last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reconsider the case they dismissed last month.

Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat

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President Joe Biden has proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace.

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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents serving warrants

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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has been denied parole after spending most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota.

Judge's ruling protects migrant shelter on US-Mexico border and accuses Texas of harassment

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A judge has blasted efforts by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to shutter one of the oldest and largest migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border in a scathing ruling.

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Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge

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The man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie has rejected a plea deal that would have shortened his state prison term but exposed him to a federal terrorism-related charge.

Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI

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Google, which has an ambitious plan to address climate change with cleaner operations, came nowhere close to its goals last year, according to the company’s annual Environmental Report Tuesday.

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The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine

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The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine.

Officer who killed Tamir Rice leaves new job in West Virginia

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A former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has resigned from a police force in West Virginia.

Melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s

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A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating.

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Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid

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Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll.

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Senator wants Washington Commanders to pay tribute to an old logo that offends many Indigenous

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Many Native Americans thought a bitter debate over the U.S. capital’s football mascot was over when the team became the Washington Commanders.

Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles

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It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs.

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Darrell Christian, former AP managing editor and sports editor, dies at 75

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Darrell L. Christian, a former managing editor and sports editor of The Associated Press known for a demanding demeanor and insistence on excellence during more than four decades with the news agency, died Monday. He was 75.

Monday, Jul 1

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A media 'nervous breakdown'? Calls for Biden's withdrawal produce some extraordinary moments

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President Biden's performance in last week's debate with Donald Trump led to some extraordinary media moments.

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Man who confessed to killing 4 people in Maine, including his parents, sentenced to life in prison

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A man who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway shooting has been sentenced to life in prison.

How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

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Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season they can expect.

Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows

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A Florida judge has released transcripts of a detailing 2006 grand jury testimony that accused the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually assaulting numerous underage teenage girls at his Palm Beach mansion.

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Appeals court allows part of Biden student loan repayment plan to go forward

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A federal appeals court has allowed the U.S. Education Department to move ahead with a plan to lower monthly payments for millions of student loan borrowers, putting on hold a ruling last week by a lower court.

Sotomayor's dissent: A president should not be a 'king above the law'

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The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a “king above the law,” in the use of official power, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a biting dissent that called the majority opinion on immunity for former President Donald Trump…

The Karen Read murder case ends in a mistrial. Prosecutors say they will try again

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Prosecutors say they intend to retry Karen Read on charges that she killed her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV.