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3 deputies shot while responding to northern Illinois home, suspect also wounded, official saysJun 12, 2024 3:03 pm - Three sheriff’s deputies were shot Wednesday while responding at a northern Illinois home, and the suspect was also wounded, authorities told reporters.
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Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastorsJun 12, 2024 2:56 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in their constitution after opponents argued it w...
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Russian warships reach Cuban waters ahead of military exercises in the CaribbeanJun 12, 2024 2:45 pm - HAVANA (AP) — A fleet of Russian warships reached Cuban waters on Wednesday ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean that some see as a projection of strength...
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Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the NBA logo, dies at 86Jun 12, 2024 9:08 am - Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced.
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Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehiclesJun 12, 2024 8:02 am - DETROIT — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping ce...
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U.S. inflation cooled in May in sign that price pressures may be easingJun 12, 2024 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States eased last month in a hopeful sign that a pickup in prices that occurred early this year may have passed. The trend, if it hol...
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Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some notJun 12, 2024 7:51 am - BEIRUT — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the war in Gaza would go on after Hamas proposed “numerous” changes to a U.S.-backed cease-fire plan, ...
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More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimageJun 12, 2024 7:35 am - MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage ...
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French President Macron urges moderate politicians to regroup to defeat the far right in electionsJun 12, 2024 7:06 am - PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron urged Wednesday moderate politicians from the left and the right to regroup to defeat the far right in the upcoming national legi...
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Russia fires more missiles and drones at Ukraine ahead of diplomatic efforts to stop the warJun 12, 2024 7:04 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces fired missiles and drones at the Kyiv region and five other areas of Ukraine in a nighttime attack, officials said Wednesday, ahead of seve...