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US schools fight to keep students amid fear of dropout surge

U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them get the credits needed to graduate, amid an anticipated surge in the country’s dropout rate during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Published 2h at 7:00 AM

Gaza militants, children among 24 dead as Israel hits Hamas

Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tunnels dug by militants, as Hamas and other armed groups fired dozens of rockets toward Israel.

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Published 2h at 6:17 AM

GOP readies blitz against Democrats’ voting rights bill

The action in Congress comes as states including Georgia, Florida, Arizona and Texas are pushing new voting rules, spurred by former President Donald Trump’s false claims about election fraud after his 2020 loss.

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Published 3h at 5:23 AM

Suspect arrested in 6-year-old San Antonio girl’s killing

Police have charged a suspect with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old girl at a San Antonio car club meetup.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 11:30 PM

FBI names pipeline cyberattackers as company promises return

Colonial Pipeline offered an update Monday after revealing that it had halted operations because of a ransomware attack.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 10:33 PM

Man arrested after tiger seen in video outside his Houston home

Tigers are not allowed within Houston city limits unless a handler, such as a zoo, is licensed to have exotic animals.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 10:30 PM

Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12

US expands use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for children as young as 12 to get shots.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 8:01 PM

Watchdog says Capitol Police deficient at monitoring threats

The Capitol Police force was hurt by inadequate intelligence gathering ahead of the January 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 6:04 PM

Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has pledged to thoroughly reform.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 4:53 PM

Drone video shows endangered whales appearing to embrace

Drone video of two critically endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming in Cape Cod Bay shows the animals appearing to embrace one another with their flippers.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 4:49 PM

Police seek motive in shooting at Colorado birthday party

Officers arrived at a home trailer to find the six people dead and a man with serious injuries who died later at a hospital.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 4:21 PM

Medina Spirit heads to Preakness, minus trainer Bob Baffert

Medina Spirit’s Derby win by half a length over Mandaloun on May 1 gave trainer Bob Baffert his record seventh victory in the sport’s premier race.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Report: Tebow-Meyer reunion on verge of becoming official

Tim Tebow would be joining the Jaguars as a tight end.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 3:00 PM

AP-NORC poll: Biden approval buoyed by his pandemic response

The AP-NORC poll also shows an uptick in Americans’ overall optimism about the state of the country.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 1:08 PM

1 killed, suspect caught in shooting at U.S. customs office in Fla.

A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida, and a suspect has been taken into custody.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 12:14 PM

Americans set another pandemic-era record for air travel

The Transportation Security Administration said that slightly more than 1.7 million people were screened at airport checkpoints on Sunday, the highest number since March 2020.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 12:10 PM

Indiana woman charged after daughter nearly died from lice

Twenty-six-year-old Shyanne Singh of Scottsburg was arrested last week on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 10:54 AM

US opens probe of steering problems in Honda Accord sedans

In documents posted Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it received 31 complaints about the problem. Honda has 77 more.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 10:43 AM

New White House panel aims to separate science, politics

The panel will look for areas where partisanship interfered with what were supposed to be decisions based on evidence and research and to come up with ways to keep politics out of government science in the future.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 9:12 AM

Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown

The company said the number of counterfeiters trying to sell on the site rose last year as scammers tried to take advantage of shoppers who were staying home and buying more online.

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Published May 10, 2021 at 5:05 AM

Cyberattack on US pipeline is linked to criminal gang

The shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline because of a ransomware attack stretched into a third day Sunday, with the Biden administration saying an “all-hands-on-deck” effort is underway to restore operations and avoid disruptions in gasoline supply.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 9:40 PM

Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting

A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 5:59 PM

Medina Spirit could lose Ky. Derby win; track bans Baffert

Baffert denied all wrongdoing and promised to be fully transparent with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission during its investigation.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 5:06 PM

House GOP leader says he backs ousting Cheney from No. 3 job

Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy on Sunday publicly endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik for the post of No. 3 leader, cementing the party conference’s support of the Donald Trump loyalist over Rep. Liz Cheney.