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Passengers Refuse to Fly on Boeing 737 Max: "I Want to Get Off the Plane"

Ed Pierson was flying from Seattle to New Jersey in 2023, when he ended up boarding a plane he’d never wanted to fly on.

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DNC accuses pro-RFK Jr. super PAC of campaign finance violations

The Democratic National Committee has accused the super PAC backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign of committing additional campaign finance violations on Monday, a further escalation of Democrats’ efforts to diminish Kennedy’s independent White House bid.

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4 dead and 3 injured after shooting at a party in California, one of several incidents of weekend gun violence

Police are searching for three suspects who they say pulled up to a King City, California house party and opened fire Sunday evening, killing at least four people and injuring three others.

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Apple hit with landmark $2 billion EU antitrust fine

The European Union has fined Apple €1.84 billion ($2 billion) for breaking its competition laws.

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Supreme Court may announce at least one opinion Monday as US waits for word on Trump ballot case

The Supreme Court may hand down at least one opinion on Monday, according to a new post on the court’s website. The announcement is certain to drive speculation that the justices are prepared to decide whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to appear on Colorado’s presidential ballot.

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MBTA bus window shattered during apparent road rage incident

The MBTA says someone smashed the window of a bus during an apparent road rage incident.

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Five children among 12 killed as Russia hits Odesa apartment block

The death toll from a Russian drone attack on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Odesa has risen to 12, with the bodies of five children removed from the rubble, officials said Sunday, the latest civilian victims of a relentless Russian bombing campaign.

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Powerful California blizzard shuts down roads/ski resorts; heavy snow/fierce winds slam mountains

Blizzard conditions continued to slam Northern California over the weekend with damaging winds and heavy snow dumping on mountain ridges down to the valleys.

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Iowa’s Caitlin Clark becomes NCAA Division-I all-time leading scorer for men’s and women’s basketball

Iowa Hawkeyes superstar guard Caitlin Clark became the NCAA’s Division-I all-time leading scorer in basketball – male or female – in a win over the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday, passing Hall of Famer “Pistol” Pete Maravich.

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‘Feud: Capote vs. the Swans’ cast talk stepping back in time

Before the “The Real Housewives” franchise, there was Truman Capote and his “Swans.”

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‘Rust’ director recounts moment he was shot on set, during testimony in trial of armorer

Joel Souza, the director and screenwriter of the “Rust” film, took to the stand Friday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the film’s armorer, to testify about the moment he was shot on set.

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Yogurts can now make limited claim that they lower type 2 diabetes risk, FDA says

In a decision nearly five years in the making, the US Food and Drug Administration has decided that yogurts can now make a limited claim that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, the federal agency concluded Friday.

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Climate activists charged with vandalizing US Constitution display at National Archives

Two people have been charged after they allegedly dumped a “fine red powder” over the US Constitution’s display case at the National Archives, the Justice Department announced Friday.

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Florida: Two Irish friends dead of fentanyl poisoning; authorities say wrong one was cremated

Florida officials mislabeled the remains of two Irish nationals who died of drug overdoses, leading to a mix-up of their autopsies and the “highly probable” cremation of the wrong body, authorities said.

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12-year-old Texas girl missing for more than week, found - police say

E’minie Hughes, the 12-year-old girl who was missing from the Houston area, has been found unharmed, police said in a post on X.

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US economy so strong that there might not be rate cuts in 2024

2024 was supposed to be the year consumers could start breathing again.

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Ozempic comes for gyms - how they’re responding

America’s gyms are adjusting their strategies as more of their members take weight loss drugs.

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Ticket prices to see Caitlin Clark still crazy expensive

Ticket prices to see one of Caitlin Clark’s final home games for Iowa are taking off since Clark announced her intention to enter the 2024 WNBA Draft.

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Why Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian photographer who captured war, chose to leave Gaza

For 108 days, Palestinian photographer Motaz Azaiza risked his life in Gaza to tell the story of the war to millions of followers on Instagram, as friends and family members were killed around him. But he has now left his native Gaza, feeling dismayed.

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Prairie View A&M University Scientist Honored for Trailblazing Research

Professor Ananda Amarasekara Recognized with Agilent Solutions Innovation Research Award for Advancements in Renewable Energy Storage and Sustainable Biofuels