Nation and World
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FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for infants, preschoolers
Jun 17, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. The Food and Drug Adminis...
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White House clams up on Biden COVID-19 testing regimen
Jun 17, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In an abrupt change of course, the White House is now declining to comment on the frequency of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 testing regimen, even as it ma...
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Avenatti pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges in California
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in So...
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Biden signs bill to protect Supreme Court justices into law
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday that will give around-the-clock security protection to the families of Supreme Court justices. The new law, ...
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Georgetown dad acquitted in final college bribery scam trial
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A father was acquitted Thursday of charges that he paid off a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school in the final trial lin...
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Nigeria police free 35 teenage girls from prostitution ring
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - At least 35 teenage girls held captive and forced to work in a prostitution ring in southeastern Nigeria have been rescued after police raided a ho...
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Judge: Documents in Sanford investigation should be public
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota judge ruled Thursday that there's no basis to keep sealed documents related to a child pornography investigation of billionaire b...
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In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels are still recruiting children into their military ranks to fight in the country's grinding civil war, despite an agreement with the Un...
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Nipsey Hussle's last moments detailed as murder trial opens
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rapper Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside his clothing shop in a calculated, premeditated fashion by a man upset over a discussion about snitching,...
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NYC guitar concert by Hinckley, who shot Reagan, is canceled
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A planned concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal c...