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Apr 16, 20214 min read

Gunman who killed 8 people at FedEx Ground Facility identified as young man in 20s,

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — FBI agents last year interviewed the gunman who fatally shot eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, the...

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Apr 12, 20212 min read

VIDEO: Police report multiple victims in Tennessee high school shooting

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Multiple people including a police officer were shot Monday at a high school in the east Tennessee city of...

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Apr 8, 20212 min read

Bryan, Texas shooting: Trooper shot pursuing suspect after 1 killed and 4 wounded in workplace shoot

BRYAN, Texas ABC News -- The suspect of a deadly shooting at a central Texas custom cabinet manufacturer is in custody, but not after the...

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Apr 8, 20215 min read

Biden announces executive actions to curb gun "epidemic" in the U.S. Mostly addressing "ghost guns"

- Washington D.C., USA Amid a recent rash of gun violence, President Joe Biden took executive action on gun reform Thursday, including...

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Apr 2, 20211 min read

VIDEO: Shots fired and a vehicle rams barricades at the U.S. Capitol, 2 officers hurt

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have locked down the U.S. Capitol after a report of gunshots in the area. U.S. Capitol Police said early Friday...

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Mar 30, 20213 min read

Conservative governors ignore Biden’s latest plea on mask mandates

President Joe Biden’s pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored...

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Mar 30, 20213 min read

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for...

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Mar 25, 20212 min read

Atlanta: Man arrested after walking into grocery store with 6 guns, body armor, police say

ATLANTA (AP) — A worker at an Atlanta grocery store heard “clicking sounds,” and it sounded to him like someone was loading weapons...

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Mar 25, 20213 min read

‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jessica Walter, whose roles as a scheming matriarch in TV’s “Arrested Development” and a stalker in “Play Misty for...

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Mar 25, 20212 min read

Biden plans to run for reelection in 2024 "That’s my expectation,”

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would likely seek reelection in 2024, but the 78-year-old Democrat left open the...

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Mar 22, 20213 min read

VIDEO: Multiple people including one officer killed at Boulder Colorado supermarket shooting

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police say multiple people were killed in a shooting at a Colorado supermarket, including a police officer. Boulder...

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Mar 21, 20214 min read

EXPLAINER: Will you need a ‘vaccine passport’ to travel?

Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed...

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Mar 18, 20211 min read

LA bound Amtrak from Seattle collides with vehicle in Oakland, CA

- Oakland, CA An Amtrak train headed from Seattle to Los Angeles hit a utility truck stopped on the tracks in Oakland that burst into...

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Mar 2, 20214 min read

Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite medical and CDC warnings

Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across...

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Mar 2, 20213 min read

President Biden says that every American who wants a vaccine will get one by the end of May

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult...

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Feb 26, 20213 min read

US Advisors endorse J&J single shot vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the...

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Feb 25, 20211 min read

VIDEO: Los Angeles County motorcycle deputy killed in crash early Thursday afternoon

- Lakewood, CA AP A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department motorcycle deputy was killed in a traffic crash Thursday morning, Sheriff...

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Feb 12, 20214 min read

Lunar New Year 2021: What to know about the celebration and traditions

Happy Lunar New Year! Here are some interesting facts about the Ox as 2021 is The Year of the Ox. The Ox is the second of all zodiac...

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Feb 8, 20212 min read

Idaho congressman unveils plan to breach dams, save salmon and benefit Washington orcas

SEATTLE (AP) — A Republican congressman has proposed removing four hydroelectric dams in the Northwest as part of a sweeping new plan to...

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Feb 3, 20214 min read

Study finds COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission

- AP NEWS AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shows a hint that it may reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three...

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