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A federal judge has blocked much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Friday, June 16, 2023

The judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1.

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'Still alive,' Pope Francis jokes as he leaves a Rome hospital 9 days after surgery

Friday, June 16, 2023

"The pope is well. He's better than before,'' said Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who performed the 86-year-old pontiff's operation on June 7.

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An American is arrested over the death of a U.S. tourist at a German castle

Friday, June 16, 2023

Police are appealing for photos and videos taken by witnesses of the attack near Neuschwanstein castle in which a man allegedly pushed two women down a slope, killing one. A suspect was arrested.

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15 die after a bus full of seniors heading to a casino in Canada collides with truck

Friday, June 16, 2023

A spokesperson for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the bus was carrying 25 people and authorities in Manitoba were deploying all their resources to the scene.

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A man charged with killing his mother at sea over inheritance dies in jail

Thursday, June 15, 2023

The Vermont man charged with killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars has died in jail while awaiting trial, federal authorities said.

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Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of NYC subway rider Jordan Neely

Thursday, June 15, 2023

A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold has been indicted by a grand jury, a step that will allow the criminal case to continue.

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Dozens are dead and hundreds feared missing from migrant ship sinking off Greece

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece.

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Ex-Starbucks manager awarded $25.6 million in case tied to arrests of 2 Black men

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Jurors in federal court awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the arrests of two Black men in 2018.

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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

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Instant Pot maker seeks bankruptcy protection as sales go cold

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Inflation has buffeted consumers after a pandemic-fueled binge on goods for the home, but spending has also moved elsewhere as people are again able to travel, or go to restaurants and shows.

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The mayor of a Mexican border city says she will live at an army base for safety

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The Tijuana city government said threats to Mayor Montserrat Caballero and bodies discovered in a truck were tied to her administration's results in weapons seizures and arrests of violent suspects.

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Russian missile attack on Ukrainian president's hometown kills at least 6

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

At least six people were killed when Russian missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack Tuesday in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said.

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Actor Treat Williams, star of 'Hair' and 'Everwood', is killed in a motorcycle crash

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.

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Pat Sajak will retire from 'Wheel of Fortune' after more than 4 decades as host

Monday, June 12, 2023

Sajak, 76, has presided over the game show, which features contestants guessing letters to try to fill out words and phrases to win money and prizes, since 1981.

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UBS finishes takeover of Credit Suisse in deal meant to stem global financial turmoil

Monday, June 12, 2023

UBS said Monday that it has completed its takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse in a bid to safeguard Switzerland's reputation as a global financial center and choke off market turmoil.

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3 people are dead and 3 wounded in a shooting at a Maryland home, police say

Monday, June 12, 2023

Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson said at a media briefing that the shooting stemmed from what he described as an "interpersonal dispute" and that there was no further threat to the public.

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Bus carrying wedding guests in Australia crashes and rolls, killing 10 and injuring 25

Sunday, June 11, 2023

A bus carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia's wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25, police said. The 58-year-old driver was arrested.

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4 children who survived for 40 days in the Colombian jungle recover as details emerge

Sunday, June 11, 2023

The children, aged 13, 9, 4, and 11 months, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday.

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Novak Djokovic wins the French Open men's singles, securing his 23rd Grand Slam title

Sunday, June 11, 2023

Novak Djokovic has won his men's-record 23rd Grand Slam title with a victory over Casper Ruud in the French Open final.

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Scotland's former leader released after she was arrested and questioned by police

Sunday, June 11, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland, was arrested Sunday amid an investigation by authorities into the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party.

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