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Minnesota lawmaker convicted of felony burglary for breaking into estranged stepmother’s home

Minnesota lawmaker convicted of felony burglary for breaking into estranged stepmother’s home

A Minnesota state senator was convicted of burglary Friday for breaking into her estranged stepmother’s home, and faced calls for her immediate resignation from a closely divided chamber where she holds a deciding vote.
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Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein grand jury records

Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein grand jury records

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case amid a firestorm over the Trump administration’s handling of records related to the wealthy financier.
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Scottie Scheffler with a 64 sets a daunting target at the British Open

Scottie Scheffler with a 64 sets a daunting target at the British Open

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — The rain pounded Royal Portrush right when Scottie Scheffler poured in a birdie putt on his first hole Friday in the British Open. No matter. Nothing stopped the world's No.
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Venezuela releases 10 jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela releases 10 jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela released 10 jailed Americans on Friday in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, officials said.
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17-year-old charged with murder in paddleboarder's killing at a pond in rural Maine

17-year-old charged with murder in paddleboarder's killing at a pond in rural Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond that is a popular summer destination. The body of Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St.
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Three people are dead in a possible training accident in Los Angeles, official tells the AP

Three people are dead in a possible training accident in Los Angeles, official tells the AP

An explosion early Friday killed three people and is being investigated at least preliminarily as a possible training accident, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spo
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Brazil's former President Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor

Brazil's former President Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, authorities said on Friday, in a move he described as "a supreme humiliation.
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Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement

Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana on Thursday canceled a $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline, funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement, scrapping what conservationists called an urgent response to climate change but Gov.
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School bus crash in southwest England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured

School bus crash in southwest England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured

LONDON (AP) — A bus carrying middle school children overturned and slid on its roof down a steep embankment in southwest England on Thursday, killing one student and seriously injuring two, authorities said.
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Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail over Dallas high-speed crash

Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail over Dallas high-speed crash

DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Thursday after authorities said he and another speeding driver caused a chain-reaction crash that left multiple people injured on a Dallas highway last yea
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