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Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend’s deathJun 18, 2025 9:22 pm - DEDHAM, Mass. — A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, a ...
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rightsJun 18, 2025 8:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices'...
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The world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV could stop transmission — if people can get itJun 18, 2025 7:54 pm - The U.S. has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, the first step in an anticipated global rollout that could protect millions — although it’s unclear how many in the U.S. and abroad will get access to the powerful new option.
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Zombie pandemic rages on in soulful ‘28 Years Later’Jun 18, 2025 5:04 pm - “28 Years Later” is a more thoughtful movie than you’re likely to find at the multiplex this time of year. This is an unusually soulful coming-of-age movie considering the number of spinal cords that get ripped right off bodies.
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Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA lawJun 18, 2025 4:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security's trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security ben...
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rightsJun 18, 2025 9:29 am - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.
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Headlining Windy City Smokeout, Old Dominion isn’t sitting on record-breaking laurelsJun 18, 2025 8:55 am - When Old Dominion’s eighth group of the year victory broke the tie for consecutive wins at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, it changed the record books — but not their perspective. The band releases a new album in August and tours to Chicago’s Windy City Smokeout Friday, July 11.
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Singer R. Kelly alleges mistreatment after hospitalization and prison ‘murder plot’Jun 18, 2025 6:36 am - R. Kelly collapsed in prison and was hospitalized, attorneys said in court filings this week, adding the details to the singer’s extraordinary allegations of a murder plot by prison officials that he argues require temporary release on home detention. Government lawyers have dismissed the claims as a “fanciful conspiracy.”
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Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage’Jun 18, 2025 6:32 am - Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to them, in an official statement read by a state TV anchor.
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Back-to-back Cats: Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Oilers in 6 gamesJun 17, 2025 10:11 pm - SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s firs...