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June 24, 2021 at 1:14 pm

5 out of 6 early coronavirus cases went uncounted, NIH estimates

For every coronavirus infection that was recorded in the United States in mid-2020, nearly five asymptomatic cases went undetected, according to a new study by...

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June 20, 2021 at 4:33 pm

They put up a Pride flag. A homeowners group said take it down

Mike Ferrari and Bob Plominski have lived in Eastland Cove, a small suburban development north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for about 10 years. “We call...

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June 20, 2021 at 12:09 pm

9 Children and 1 Adult Are Killed in Alabama Crash

Nine children and one adult were killed in Alabama on Saturday afternoon when a van of children returning from a beach vacation and a car...

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Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. glances over to members of the Dodge family as he makes a statement during his sentencing in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was raped and killed in her Idaho home a quarter-century ago and an innocent man wrongly served 20 years in prison for the crime. On Tuesday, the man authorities say is the real killer was sentenced to life in prison. Fifty-five-year-old Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. must serve at least 20 years in prison before he will be eligible for parole. (Monte LaOrange/Post Register via AP) IDIDF202 IDIDF202

June 9, 2021 at 1:50 pm

An innocent Idaho man went to prison for murder. Now, it’s the real killer’s turn.

An Idaho man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman in 1996, a crime for which...

June 3, 2021 at 7:50 am

A Stanford law student mocked the Federalist Society; it jeopardized his graduation

It was the final day of classes at Stanford Law School, May 27, when Nicholas Wallace said he was blindsided by a message from one...

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May 30, 2021 at 1:17 am

Summertime … and the sloganeering is a little awkward

They are the opening lines of a reopening: entreaties by cities, states and nations seeking to draw a wary public by evoking a sense of...

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May 23, 2021 at 7:09 pm

Who Is Roman Protasevich, the Captive Journalist in Belarus?

It has all of the elements of a Jason Bourne plot: A commercial flight carrying a dissident journalist is intercepted by a MiG-29 fighter jet...

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May 20, 2021 at 7:58 pm

Alabama lifts a nearly 3-decade ban on yoga in public schools

Some conservative groups had called for the prohibition, which dates to 1993, to be preserved, contending that the practice of yoga is inseparable from Hinduism...

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Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, stands on the construction site of the Tesla factory and waves in Gruenheide near Berlin, Monday, May 17, 2021. He has taken a look at the progress of construction of the new factory, which will probably start production several months later than originally planned. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP) LLT802 LLT802

May 18, 2021 at 4:00 pm

Elon Musk impostors scammed $2 million in cryptocurrency, U.S. says

Investors lost $2 million in six months to fraudsters who impersonated Elon Musk, the Federal Trade Commission said. The spate of fraud cases came as...

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Passengers walk near the south end of the terminal at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac Thursday, September 24, 2020. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

May 10, 2021 at 11:31 pm

Cases of unruly airline passengers are soaring, and so are fines

Dozens of people face fines of up to $35,000 for assaulting and interfering with flight attendants under a zero-tolerance policy introduced by the FAA this...