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Southern Republicans press ahead with election-year redistricting of US House despite protestsMay 06, 2026 8:27 pm - Republicans in several Southern states pressed ahead with an aggressive election-year redistricting effort Wednesday, undeterred by demonstrations and objections to their plans to reshape majority-Black congressional districts that have suddenly become vulnerable because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy makes targeting Western Hemisphere cartels the top priorityMay 06, 2026 7:59 pm - President Donald Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration's highest priority, the White House announced Wednesday.
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Travis d’Arnaud's 3-run homer, Walbert Ureña’s strong outing help Angels beat White Sox 8-2May 06, 2026 6:25 pm - Travis d'Arnaud hit a three-run homer, Walbert Ureña threw six innings of two-hit ball, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the White Sox 8-2 on Wednesday.
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Marianne Boruch wins $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize as judges hail human genius in AI ageMay 06, 2026 6:23 pm - A poet renowned for her insights into the natural world and our inner lives has received a $100,000 award. Marianne Boruch is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize for “exceptional talent.”
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Lutnick’s testimony about Epstein draws praise from GOP chair and derision from DemocratsMay 06, 2026 4:11 pm - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
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Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyMay 06, 2026 4:00 pm - Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
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Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuatedMay 06, 2026 3:55 pm - Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak, the U.N. health agency said. The ship then departed Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board — isolated in their cabins — and headed to Spain’s Canary Islands.
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Man charged in DC shooting was walking along the path of Vance's motorcade, agent saysMay 06, 2026 2:16 pm - A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance's motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday.
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Shipping firms are being whipsawed by changing stances and risks as they wait for Hormuz to reopenMay 06, 2026 2:14 pm - With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war.
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FBI searches Virginia Senate leader's office as part of corruption probe, AP source saysMay 06, 2026 11:53 am - The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader's office on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation, a person familiar with the matter said.