Nation and World
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Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRAJun 11, 2024 7:58 am - ATLANTA — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and ot...
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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95Jun 11, 2024 7:07 am - LOS ANGELES — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights ...
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Blinken welcomes U.N. vote in favor of Gaza cease-fire plan and again calls on Hamas to accept itJun 11, 2024 7:07 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council’s vote in favor of a U.S.-backed proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and hosta...
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Malawi’s vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead after the wreckage of their plane is locatedJun 11, 2024 7:03 am - BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a moun...
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Attraction starring Disney's first Black princess replaces ride based on film many viewed as racistJun 11, 2024 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. — A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitti...
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Hunter Biden convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trialJun 11, 2024 2:30 pm - Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs.
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UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in GazaJun 10, 2024 6:44 pm - UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hama...
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Apple enters AI race with ambitions to overtake the early leadersJun 10, 2024 3:28 pm - CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses during its World Wide Developers Conference Monday, previewing an...
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Hunter Biden gun case goes to juryJun 10, 2024 6:36 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he boug...
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What does Israel’s rescue of 4 captives, and the killing of 274 Palestinians, mean for truce talks?Jun 10, 2024 6:46 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's dramatic weekend rescue of four hostages from the Gaza Strip, in an operation that local health officials say killed 274 Palestinians, came at...