Nation and World
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GM’s Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board
May 13, 2024 3:24 pm - DETROIT — General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cru...
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With the shock of Oct. 7 still raw, profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day
May 13, 2024 10:22 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Ruby Chen’s son, Itay, was killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. But unlike scores of other families of soldiers killed that day, Chen doesn’t have a g...
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Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade
May 13, 2024 8:34 am - NEW YORK — Sen Bob Menendez, a Democrat, went on trial in Manhattan federal court Monday, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver fav...
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says his army is locked in ‘fierce’ border battles amid a Russian assaultMay 13, 2024 7:46 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while the death to...
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Democratic ad campaign tries to chip away at Trump support among rural swing voters in 3 key states
May 13, 2024 7:43 am - NEW YORK — A Democratic group is rolling out a new $140 million ad campaign that aims to chip away at Donald Trump's support among one of his most loyal voting blocs: rur...
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Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the U.S. auto industry
May 13, 2024 7:40 am - LIVONIA, Mich. — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BY...
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'Make sure it doesn’t get released’: Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case
May 13, 2024 7:36 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer s...
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How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic
May 12, 2024 6:00 am - As humans degrade earth’s environment, we have created a world in which diseases may be increasingly apt to fester and multiply. Infection-spreading creatures such as mos...
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One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They're both running for Congress
May 12, 2024 6:00 am - CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the ...
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‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?’: 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrestMay 12, 2024 6:00 am - SHREVEPORT, La. — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troo...