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Boeing capsule lands back on Earth after space shakedown

Boeing’s astronaut taxi has returned to Earth from the International Space Station, completing a repeat test flight with a mannequin on board.

May 25, 2022 4:30 PM

Business

Live updates | Ukraine president rebuffs calls to cede land

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is strongly rebuffing those in the West who suggest Ukraine cede control of areas occupied by Russian forces for the sake of reaching a peace agreement.

May 25, 2022 4:30 PM

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‘How to Murder Your Husband’ writer found guilty of murder

A jury in Portland, Oregon, has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago.

May 25, 2022 4:20 PM

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‘Precious individuals’ taken in Texas school shooting

One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept all the races at field day.

May 25, 2022 4:20 PM

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Texas court spares man who killed girl, 11, from execution

Texas’ top criminal appeals court has ordered a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old Fort Worth girl be removed from the state’s death row.

May 25, 2022 3:39 PM

‘I’ve got to dig deep’: Texas shooting tests Newtown parents

Some relatives of the victims of the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, who channeled grief into advocacy have claimed success, gradually, in areas including gun safety, attitudes around gun violence, and mental health awareness.

May 25, 2022 3:37 PM

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Beto O’Rourke interrupts briefing, echoing US debate on guns

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke has blamed Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for inaction on gun control.

May 25, 2022 3:29 PM

Business

Infrastructure plan: $33M to clean up hundreds of oil wells

The Biden administration says $33 million in infrastructure money will be used to clean up some 277 of an estimated 15,000 abandoned oil and gas wells on federal land.

May 25, 2022 3:29 PM

Business

Russia takes steps to bolster army, tighten grip on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to strengthen his control of southern Ukraine by giving residents of two regions a fast path to Russian citizenship.

May 25, 2022 3:23 PM

Business

Officer in Buffalo supermarket attack honored at funeral

The retired police officer killed in the Buffalo supermarket shooting has been posthumously awarded the city police department’s medal of honor and promoted to lieutenant.

May 25, 2022 4:41 PM

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COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

In between mass shootings killed and wounded people attending school, grocery shopping and simply living their lives, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.

May 25, 2022 3:13 PM

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May 25, 2022 3:05 PM

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Reality TV’s Josh Duggar gets 12 years in child porn case

A federal judge has sentenced reality TV’s Josh Duggar to about 12 1/2 years in prison for his conviction on one count of receiving child pornography.

May 25, 2022 2:52 PM

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Live updates | Rifle used in Texas shooting modeled after M4

The rifle used in the Texas elementary school shooting is known as a “DDM4 Rifle.”.

May 25, 2022 2:42 PM

Business

Unionized Starbucks stores face hard work of bargaining

It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. stores.

May 25, 2022 2:15 PM

Business

Governor: Texas gunman said he was going to shoot up school

The governor of Texas says the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school had warned in online messages minutes before the attack that he was going to shoot up a school.

May 25, 2022 2:03 PM

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Florida passes condominium safety bill in wake of Surfside

A bill has been sent to Florida’s governor that would require statewide recertification of condominiums over three stories tall, in response to the Surfside building collapse that killed 98 people.

May 25, 2022 2:01 PM

Business

China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a game-changing bid by China to wrest control of the region.

May 25, 2022 1:57 PM

Celebrities

Depp retakes witness stand, calls Heard’s allegations insane

Johnny Depp called his ex-wife’s accusations of sexual and physical abuse “insane” as he returned to the witness stand in his libel suit against Amber Heard.

May 25, 2022 1:52 PM

National

Texas elementary school shooting: What do we know so far?

Many questions remain to be answered about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

May 25, 2022 1:50 PM

National

Settlement awards $3M to family of man who died in custody

The family of a Black man who yelled that he couldn’t breathe before he died in a North Carolina jail in 2019 has reached a $3 million settlement in its wrongful-death lawsuit.

May 25, 2022 1:50 PM

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Stocks climb as Fed minutes show determination on rates

Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting indicate the central bank intends to move “expeditiously” to raise interest rates back to more neutral levels in its fight to tame inflation.

May 25, 2022 1:48 PM

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