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Uvalde police chief placed on leave amid outrage over shooter inaction
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Biden signs bipartisan gun control bill into law, takes swipe at Supreme Court
US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bipartisan gun safety bill into law, the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after the Supreme Court expanded gun rights.
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Greta Thunberg makes surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival
19-year-old activist warns world faces ‘total natural catastrophe’ unless citizens take urgent action
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Judge blocks Louisiana's abortion 'trigger law'
A Louisiana judge has blocked the state's abortion "trigger law" banning the procedure at any stage of pregnancy.
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Migrants found dead in back of truck in Texas
A US politician has slammed Joe Biden’s “deadly” policies after dozens of migrants were found dead in a truck in Texas.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US top court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the newest associate Supreme Court justice, becoming the first black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.
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Person of interest arrested in Fourth of July parade shooting near Chicago, police say
At least 6 people killed, dozens more wounded in Highland Park, Ill., attack
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Mass shooting suspect’s shock disguise
The man suspected of murdering seven people at a Chicago parade allegedly disguised himself as a woman to evade capture.
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US ex-police officer Chauvin gets extra 20 years on federal charges for Floyd death
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, a move that adds a few years to the time the former Minneapolis police officer is already serving for his murder conviction while transferring him to federal custody.
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‘Do I want to go back?’: LeBron James’ Brittney Griner comments divide US
LeBron James has once again proved divisive after seemingly backflipping on comments he made about a WNBA star jailed in Russia.
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Inside the luxurious life of ‘self-made’ teenage millionaires
Donald Dougher, 15, calls himself “The Richest Kid in America” — and is estimated to be worth between $900,000 and $1.2 million.
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Bill Gates to Give Another $20 Billion to Gates Foundation
The foundation says it plans to increase its annual payout by billions of dollars in coming years
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Pope Francis apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at residential schools
'I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians against the Indigenous peoples'
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US declares public health emergency
Despite the monkeypox virus almost exclusively affecting gay men, the White House said “every American” should take it seriously
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Girlfriend burns man alive at petrol station
A woman accused of deliberately setting her boyfriend on fire at a petrol station is set to face murder charges after he died from his burns.
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Gas prices tumble below $4 for the first time in months
The release of 180 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has also helped bump up supply.
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As talks on Colorado River water falter, U.S. government imposes new restrictions
The states have been told to develop plans to drastically reduce water use
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Outrage over ‘longest execution ever’
A human rights group has claimed that a US death row inmate endured “three hours of pain and suffering” during his botched execution.
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CDC admits to botched Covid-19 response
The US disease control agency has announced an overhaul to strengthen its handling of public health emergencies
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