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FILE: A group of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft sit on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harb...
Kay Jones and Amanda Jackson, CNN

Southwest employee hospitalized after being assaulted by female passenger

A Southwest Airlines employee was taken to a Dallas hospital Saturday after being assaulted by a passenger at Love Field Airport, according to the airline and the Dallas Police Department.
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Princess Mako, the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro,...
YURI KAGEYAMA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Japan’s former princess leaves for US with commoner husband

A Japanese princess who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner college sweetheart arrived in New York on Sunday, as the couple pursued happiness as newlyweds and left behind a nation that has criticized their romance.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese speaks on risi...
HOPE YEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

White House confident Biden’s bill will pass House this week

President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser expressed confidence Sunday that the White House's $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week and said approval couldn’t come at a more urgent time as prices of consumer goods spike.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press confere...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

UK’s Johnson: Climate deal sounds ‘death knell’ for coal

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the U.N. climate summit as a “game-changing agreement” that sounded the “death knell for coal power” on Sunday -- although he added that his delight at the progress on fighting climate change was “tinged with disappointment.”
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INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - NOVEMBER 12: A sign showing entry only for "2G", the term in German for people...
KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Austria orders nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated

The Austrian government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting midnight Sunday to slow the fast spread of the coronavirus in the country.
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ASHRAF KHALIL, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity

It’s a hidden crisis that has existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. As many of 160,000 active-duty military members are having trouble feeding their families.
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FILE: Pope Francis (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)...
FRANCES D'EMILIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pope: Don’t judge the poor, often victims of injustice

Pope Francis decried societies which rush indifferently past the poor, often judging them instead of helping them, as he celebrated Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica attended by 2,000 indigent people.
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Chris Daughtry postponed a series of concert dates following the sudden death of his daughter. (Reb...
Claudia Dominguez, CNN

Chris Daughtry postpones shows following the sudden death of his daughter

"American Idol" alum Chris Daughtry postponed a series of concert dates following the sudden death of his daughter, Hannah, his band announced on social media Saturday.
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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry with his te...
SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Climate consensus appears near; India objects to coal plans

Almost 200 nations were poised Saturday to adopt a compromise on how to curb climate change and to keep a key global warming target alive after 15 days of contentious climate talks.
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Merri Moeller & Garna Mejia, KSL TV

Missionaries, president safe after robbery at mission conference in Mexico

Dozens of missionaries attending a zone conference in Torreón, Mexico are safe and largely unharmed after gunmen robbed them, according to a church spokesperson.
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John Hanna, ASSOCIATED PRESS

More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain

Some abortion-rights advocates worry that whatever state officials and anti-abortion groups promise, people ending their pregnancies at home will face criminal prosecutions.
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Supporters of Britney Spears hold a #FreeBritney rally outside the Tri Star Sports and Entertainmen...
ANDREW DALTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Britney Spears got all to agree she needed to be freed

For one day at least, everyone surrounding Britney Spears agreed. She needed to be freed.
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Associated Press

Federal court declines to lift stay on vaccine mandate

A federal court declined Friday to lift its stay on the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers.
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Supporters of Britney Spears hold a #FreeBritney rally outside the Tri Star Sports and Entertainmen...
ANDREW DALTON, AP Entertainment Writer

Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship

Britney is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears’ life and money for nearly 14 years.
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(L to R) Blue Origin vice president of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers, Star Trek actor...
Associated Press

Man who went to space with Shatner dies in plane crash

A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey, according to state police.
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Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court on August 20, 20...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally to former President Donald Trump, has been indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Naomi Pascal, 5, lost her teddy bear while on a hike in Glacier National Park, but it was found by ...
AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press

Teddy bear lost in Glacier park returned to 6-year-old girl

A little girl who lost a teddy bear she’d had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year.
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FILE: Then-Vice President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese then-Vice President Xi Jinping hold an expanded...
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

Biden-Xi set virtual summit for Monday to discuss tensions

The White House says President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening.
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FILE: A help wanted sign is posted in the window of a hardware store on Sept. 16, 2021, in San Fran...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer

For 2nd straight month, Americans quit jobs at a record pace

Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs.
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Kyle Rittenhouse walks back into the courtroom after a break during his trial at the Kenosha County...
SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI, Associated Press

Next battleground at Rittenhouse trial: Jury instructions

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse will return to the courthouse without the jury present on Friday to finalize how jurors will be instructed when they get the case next week and begin deliberating.
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FILE: Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Ja...
NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press

Court temporarily delays release of Trump’s Jan. 6 records

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, granting — for now — a request from former President Donald Trump.
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Candles, flowers and letters are placed at a memorial outside of the canceled Astroworld festival a...
JUAN LOZANO, Associated Press

Texas A&M student hurt at Astroworld dies; death toll at 9

A 22-year-old college student who was critically injured in the crush of fans at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, the family’s lawyer said Thursday, bringing the death toll to nine.
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A sign is posted at the Johnson & Johnson campus on Aug. 26, 2019, in Irvine, California. (Photo by...
MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer

Johnson & Johnson to split into two companies

Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine, from its medical device and prescription drug business.
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CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 04: Chris Kempczinski, then-president(now CEO) of McDonald's USA, speaks at the ...
SOPHIA TAREEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

McDonald’s CEO faces growing criticism after gun victim text

The CEO of McDonald’s faced increasing criticism and calls for resignation Thursday following text messages he sent to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot where he seemed to blame the deaths of two Black and Latino children killed in gun violence on their parents.
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