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Pentagon officials are cautiously optimistic that an overall decline in reported sexual assaults among active-duty service members and the mil…
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Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says
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Texas board recommends pardon for ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester
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Scientists say temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleac…
President Joe Biden has marked the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in pub…
Police records show that officers responded nearly 1,000 times in the past three years to an Iowa juvenile treatment center where a staff memb…
Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift
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Sen. Bob Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as presentation of evidence begins at his trial
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Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in Chicago, hours after the school’s president told st…
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Kansas governor cites competition concerns while vetoing measure for school gun-detection technology
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Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem
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