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FILE: US First Lady Jill Biden delivers remarks at Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny Campus...
Kate Bennett, CNN

Jill Biden: ‘I was disappointed’ free community college cut from Build Back Better bill

First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she was "disappointed" one of her key causes, free community college, was cut from President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.
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Trucks and supporters travel down Bloor Street during a demonstration in support of a trucker convo...
Paula Newton, CNN

Crowds of demonstrators join rallies across Canada as COVID-19 trucker protests spread

Thousands of Canadians have hit the streets in trucks, tractors, cars and on foot to protest the nation's COVID-19 restrictions.
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FILE: The marquee at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino shows advertisements for the “Mystere by ...
Amanda Jackson, CNN

A slot machine in Las Vegas malfunctioned and didn’t tell a tourist he won. The gaming board tracked him down

A tourist in Las Vegas hit the jackpot on a slot machine last month, but he was never informed due to a malfunction in the machine, according to gaming officials.
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FILE: A Frontier airlines plane lands at the Miami International Airport on June 16, 2021 in Miami,...
MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer

Frontier Airlines buying Spirit in $3B low-cost carrier deal

Frontier Airlines’ parent company is buying Spirit Airlines in a $2.9 billion cash-and-stock deal that will allow the combined airline to be more competitive against its larger rivals.
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The Associated Press

Maryland crossing guard credited with saving student

Officials say quick thinking by a Maryland police officer saved a middle school student from being hit by a car.
2 years ago
A satellite image from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the crack in th...
Tina Burnside and Joe Sutton, CNN

18 people rescued from ice floe on Lake Erie

Eighteen people were rescued from an ice floe that separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie, the US Coast Guard said Sunday.
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FILE - Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with Joe Rogan, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. T...
TOM KRISHER and LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press

Spotify CEO to employees: Canceling Rogan not ‘the answer’

Joe Rogan’s mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot. Anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and racial slurs on some episodes of his popular podcast are forcing the streaming service to weigh difficult choices.
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National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily White House press briefing on Janua...
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

Top Biden aide says Ukraine invasion could come ‘any day’

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Russia could invade Ukraine “any day," launching a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost."
2 years ago
Supporters against vaccines mandates continue to party into the night on February 5, 2022 in Ottawa...
ROB GILLIES, Associated Press

Ottawa declares state of emergency over COVID-19 protests

The mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency and a former U.S. ambassador to Canada says U.S. Republicans must stop interfering in the domestic affairs of its neighbor as protesters opposed to COVID-19 restrictions continued to paralyze Ottawa's downtown.
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US Navy Seals rush toward a CH-47 Chinook after assaulting an objective during Sarisa 16, an annual...
The Associated Press

Navy SEAL candidate dies, another hospitalized following ‘Hell Week’

A Navy SEAL candidate died Friday and another was hospitalized in San Diego after completing a training phase known as "Hell Week."
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US Army Soldiers exit a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft at Jasionka ...
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI, Associated Press

U.S. airborne infantry troops arrive in Poland amid tensions

A few dozen elite U.S troops and equipment were seen landing Sunday in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, following President Joe Biden's orders to deploy 1,700 soldiers there amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Police say they arrested a man Friday in the investigation of a violent murder in West Valley City....
The Associated Press

Police: Gunman killed four, then himself in Texas

Police in Texas say a gunman killed four members of his own family, including a child, before fatally shooting himself as officers approached.
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FILE: A Boeing 757-2Q8 operated by Delta Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in ...
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer

Delta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fly list

Delta Air Lines has told the U.S. Department of Justice that any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be put on the national “no fly” list.
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The Associated Press

Police: 2 killed, 2 hurt in shooting in Milwaukee suburb

Police say two people were killed and two more were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer.
2 years ago
In this handout provided by the Metro Nashville Police Department, Travis Reinking, 29, poses for a...
JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press

Waffle House shooter receives life in prison without parole

A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on Saturday.
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FILE - Spotify has penned a new multi-year partnership deal with Joe Rogan, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. T...
Ramishah Maruf, CNN

Joe Rogan apologizes for using racial slurs

Joe Rogan issued an apology on Instagram Saturday after artist India Arie posted a compilation of the podcaster frequently using the N-Word on his podcast.
2 years ago
FILE: Image of a pregnant woman. (Deseret News, Sara Reid)...
Rebecca Boone, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Idaho settles lawsuit on living wills for pregnant people

Idaho has agreed to change its living will template so that pregnant people will not be kept on life support against their wishes.
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MOSA'AB ELSHAMY and TARIK EL-BARAKAH, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rescuers fear for life of Moroccan boy, 5, trapped in well

Attempts to rescue a 5-year-old boy trapped in a Moroccan well stretched into a fourth day Saturday, with unstable soil threatening the painstaking work of trying to dig him out safely. Fears grew that that it may be too late.
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Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee chairwoman, speaks during the group’s general sessi...
SAM METZ and STEVE PEOPLES, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump’s GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president

As the earliest stages of the next presidential contest take shape, their actions made clear that choosing to serve Trump and his political interests remains a focus for the party.
2 years ago
US Secret Service agents made the arrest at a Home Depot store in Tempe, Arizona. (David Paul Morri...
Derrick Hinds, CNN

Home Depot employee arrested for swapping store cash with counterfeit bills for years

A Tempe, Arizona, Home Depot employee is facing a federal charge, after authorities said he repeatedly took cash from the store and replaced it with counterfeit currency before depositing it in the bank, according to a criminal complaint.
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Flags fly over car dealerships as light traffic moves through snow and ice on Route 183 in Irving, ...
Aya Elamroussi, CNN

Snow, ice cover New England as Midwest digs out from winter storm

Nearly 40 million people remain under weather watches and warnings in the Northeast, down from 85 million Friday morning, as a winter storm makes its way eastward.
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FILE: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 13: Members of the Minneapolis Police Department seen through a chain ...
STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press

Parents: Amir Locke ‘executed’; mayor halts no-knock entries

The Minneapolis mayor imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants Friday, two days after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment and killed Amir Locke.
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Delta CEO repeats call for a ‘no-fly’ list for unruly passengers in letter to US attorney general

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday reiterating his call for the Justice Department to prosecute unruly passengers and place them on a "no-fly" list.
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In this handout provided by the Metro Nashville Police Department, Travis Reinking, 29, poses for a...
TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press

Waffle House shooter found guilty on 4 counts of murder

A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in a 2018 early morning attack has been found guilty on four counts of 1st-degree murder.
2 years ago

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