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The world's most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered species
Read full article: The world's most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered speciesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species Act.
Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
Read full article: Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.
Mahmoud Khalil requests transfer from Louisiana jail after judge blocks his release
Read full article: Mahmoud Khalil requests transfer from Louisiana jail after judge blocks his releaseAttorneys for the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil have asked a federal judge to immediately release him on bail, or else transfer him to New Jersey, where he can be closer to his wife and newborn son.
Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2M permit requirement
Read full article: Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2M permit requirementA hotly debated mining project near the federally protected Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2 million permit requirement needed before Georgia regulators make a final decision.
Protester killed at Utah 'No Kings' rally was a fashion designer from 'Project Runway'
Read full article: Protester killed at Utah 'No Kings' rally was a fashion designer from 'Project Runway'The 39-year-old man who was shot and killed while participating in a “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City is remembered as a successful fashion designer who devoted his life to celebrating artists from the Pacific Islands.
New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules
Read full article: New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rulesNew Jersey’s Supreme Court says the state can have a grand jury investigate allegations of clergy sexually abusing children and report findings.
What to know about the shootings of 2 Minnesota lawmakers and the arrest of Vance Boelter
Read full article: What to know about the shootings of 2 Minnesota lawmakers and the arrest of Vance BoelterThe man suspected of killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another is now charged with murder after police arrested him Sunday near his home after a nearly two-day search.
Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration claiming discrimination against white farmers
Read full article: Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration claiming discrimination against white farmersA Wisconsin dairy farmer has alleged in a federal lawsuit that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities.
Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to police
Read full article: Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to policeThe man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, ending a nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
Suspect in shooting of Minnesota state lawmakers targeted 2 others that night, prosecutors say
Read full article: Suspect in shooting of Minnesota state lawmakers targeted 2 others that night, prosecutors sayProsecutors say the man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other lawmakers to carry out more carnage on the night of the shootings.
Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull support
Read full article: Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull supportJuneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows
Read full article: Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll showsA new poll shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs Republicans in Congress have focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps.
A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
Read full article: A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate itIt was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police say
Read full article: Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police saySalt Lake City police say a demonstrator who was shot at the city's “No Kings” protest has died and that the bullet that killed him appears to have been fired by one of the demonstration's peacekeepers.
A teenager with a job making burritos became a powerful Minnesota lawmaker who trained service dogs
Read full article: A teenager with a job making burritos became a powerful Minnesota lawmaker who trained service dogsMelissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry from her job as a teenager making chili-cheese burritos and overshadowed her volunteer work training service dogs for veterans.
Flash flooding kills 5 in West Virginia, rescue teams searching for missing people
Read full article: Flash flooding kills 5 in West Virginia, rescue teams searching for missing peopleFlash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews are out searching for three other people who are missing.
'How to Train Your Dragon' soars in box office debut with $83.7 million, beating 'Lilo & Stitch'
Read full article: 'How to Train Your Dragon' soars in box office debut with $83.7 million, beating 'Lilo & Stitch'“How to Train Your Dragon” took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth.
Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith contemplates increased security after shooting of Democratic lawmakers
Read full article: Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith contemplates increased security after shooting of Democratic lawmakersLawmakers are still reeling from the shooting that killed one Minnesota state legislator and her husband and severely wounded another and his wife.
Justice Department's early moves on voting and elections signal a shift from its traditional role
Read full article: Justice Department's early moves on voting and elections signal a shift from its traditional roleThe Trump administration's Justice Department has begun targeting Democratic and presidential swing states with demands for election data or changes to voter registration procedures.
Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers
Read full article: Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakersA massive search has stretched into its second day for a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband in her suburban Minneapolis home.
What US adults think about Pope Leo XIV, according to a new AP-NORC poll
Read full article: What US adults think about Pope Leo XIV, according to a new AP-NORC pollA new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader.
The death toll from San Antonio flooding rises to 13. All those missing have been found
Read full article: The death toll from San Antonio flooding rises to 13. All those missing have been foundThe death toll from heavy rains that inundated parts of San Antonio has risen to 13, and all those missing have been found.
Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications vary
Read full article: Political violence is threaded through recent US history. The motives and justifications varyThe attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.
In White Sox stadium broadcast, Pope Leo XIV sends message of hope to Chicago and the US
Read full article: In White Sox stadium broadcast, Pope Leo XIV sends message of hope to Chicago and the USIn his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and meaning in their lives through God and in service to others.
Minnesota's slain Democratic leader lived the political divisions in the US every day
Read full article: Minnesota's slain Democratic leader lived the political divisions in the US every dayMelissa Hortman lived the deep partisan divide that Americans talk about every day as a Minnesota House member.
What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care
Read full article: What’s left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender careThe Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.
Anti-Trump demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions came
Read full article: Anti-Trump demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions cameDemonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump.
Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescues
Read full article: Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescuesTwo men who were struck by lightning on a Colorado peak were flown to safety in what is believed to be the highest helicopter rescues on record in the mountainous state.
Army’s 250th anniversary parade in Washington DC
Read full article: Army’s 250th anniversary parade in Washington DCThe Army's 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C., will feature over 6,000 troops, 128 tanks, and 62 aircraft, with sections dedicated to various historical conflicts and future army advancements.
News that one man survived the Air India plane crash weighs on some other sole survivors
Read full article: News that one man survived the Air India plane crash weighs on some other sole survivorsNews of the sole survivor of an Air India plane crash that killed the other 241 people aboard has led to endless fascination online.
Federal judge recuses himself days before sentencing Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols' death
Read full article: Federal judge recuses himself days before sentencing Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols' deathThe judge presiding over the federal case against five former Memphis police officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has recused himself from further proceedings, just days before four of them were scheduled to be sentenced.
Deaths in San Antonio rise to 11 and some are still missing after heavy storms, officials say
Read full article: Deaths in San Antonio rise to 11 and some are still missing after heavy storms, officials sayEleven people are dead and multiple people are missing after heavy rain flooded parts of San Antonio.
2 Chinese scientists will stay in jail while accused of bringing biological material to US
Read full article: 2 Chinese scientists will stay in jail while accused of bringing biological material to USTwo Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States without permits will remain in custody in Michigan.
Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday
Read full article: Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthdayThe Army will celebrate its 250th anniversary with a parade on Saturday, which happens to be President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.
Immigration raids are threatening businesses that supply America's food, farm bureaus say
Read full article: Immigration raids are threatening businesses that supply America's food, farm bureaus sayFederal agents have rounded up dozens of California farmworkers in large-scale raids at packinghouses and fields that farm bureaus say threaten businesses that supply much of the country’s food.
Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, shows up for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial but can't get in
Read full article: Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, shows up for Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial but can't get inYe, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says he came to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs to support him but couldn't enter the packed courtroom.
Mahmoud Khalil can remain jailed over claims he lied on green card application, judge says
Read full article: Mahmoud Khalil can remain jailed over claims he lied on green card application, judge saysA federal judge says the Trump administration can continue to detain Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil on allegations that he lied on his green card application.
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
Read full article: Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officialsPresident Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.
In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use
Read full article: In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water useIn landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi — a tropical species native to Australia.
4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, DHS says
Read full article: 4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, DHS saysAuthorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
California Legislature OKs proposal to freeze health care access for some immigrants
Read full article: California Legislature OKs proposal to freeze health care access for some immigrantsThe California Legislature approves a proposal Friday to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants without legal status.
Marines take over some security in LA while cities across US prep for 'No Kings' rallies
Read full article: Marines take over some security in LA while cities across US prep for 'No Kings' ralliesAfter a week of protests over federal immigration raids, about 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building and personnel in the city.
Jury begins deliberating whether Karen Read is guilty of murder in Boston police boyfriend’s death
Read full article: Jury begins deliberating whether Karen Read is guilty of murder in Boston police boyfriend’s deathJurors in the second murder trial of Karen Read have begun deliberating after weeks of testimony.
South Carolina executes a man serving death sentences in 2 separate murders
Read full article: South Carolina executes a man serving death sentences in 2 separate murdersA South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders has been put to death by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.
Longest-serving legislative leader in US history given 7 1/2 years in federal corruption case
Read full article: Longest-serving legislative leader in US history given 7 1/2 years in federal corruption caseThe longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on federal corruption charges.
The lone passenger who survived the deadly Air India crash sparks interest in other sole survivors
Read full article: The lone passenger who survived the deadly Air India crash sparks interest in other sole survivorsThe notion that only one person survived the Air India plane crash that killed 241 people on board is sparking interest on social media about how that could happen and if such a thing has happened before.
Nevada GOP governor vetoes voter ID bill that he pushed for in a deal with Democrats
Read full article: Nevada GOP governor vetoes voter ID bill that he pushed for in a deal with DemocratsNevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed a bill that would have required voters in the swing state to show a photo ID at the polls.
Trump moves to merge wildland firefighting into single force, despite ex-officials warning of chaos
Read full article: Trump moves to merge wildland firefighting into single force, despite ex-officials warning of chaosPresident Donald Trump has told government agencies to consolidate their wildland firefighting into a single program.
Jury finds New Orleans police officer who shot and killed puppy violated rights but has immunity
Read full article: Jury finds New Orleans police officer who shot and killed puppy violated rights but has immunityA New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy violated its owners’ constitutional rights but had qualified immunity, a federal jury found.