Nation and World
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Charges against world's top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA ChampionshipMay 29, 2024 12:27 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested...
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If Trump were convicted in his hush money trial, here’s what he could face nextMay 29, 2024 8:02 am - Donald Trump has complained of the indignities of a cold, uncomfortable Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, which is expected to begin jury deliberations aft...
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ConocoPhillips buying Marathon Oil for $17.1 billion in all-stock deal as energy prices riseMay 29, 2024 6:56 am - ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices soar and big oil companies reap massive profits. The de...
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Inflation pressures lingering from pandemic are keeping Fed rate cuts on pauseMay 29, 2024 6:50 am - WASHINGTON — Hopes for interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve are steadily fading, with a stream of recent remarks by Fed officials underscoring their intent...
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Jury in Donald Trump’s hush money case asks to rehear testimony as deliberations get underwayMay 29, 2024 2:50 pm - Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, placing the outcome of the history-making case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task.
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Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priestsMay 28, 2024 12:11 pm - VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. ...
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Trump prosecutor focuses on ‘cover-up’ in closing arguments while defense attacks key witnessMay 28, 2024 3:05 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump engaged in “a conspiracy and a cover-up,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in the former president's hush money trial, wh...
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Over 1 million customers without power in Texas as U.S. weathers powerful, destructive stormsMay 28, 2024 3:41 pm - Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. re...
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Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expandsMay 28, 2024 1:17 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight...
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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trialMay 27, 2024 9:37 am - WASHINGTON — The testimony in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, meaning the case heads...