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A judge blocks Trump's new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, granting a preliminary injunction against an executive order that the administration said would target "birth tourism." U.S. District Judge Deborah L...
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2 people were killed and suspect is dead in downtown Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two people were killed and the suspect is dead after a shooting in a downtown Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Three Minneapolis police officers were also injured, including two of them from ...
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Chicago River bridge gets stuck after lifting for boat to pass
CHICAGO (AP) - A major bridge in downtown Chicago remained stuck in the raised position for more than four hours Wednesday after dangerous heat caused its components to expand. The DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge, which crosses the Chicago River at G...
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Graham Platner no longer scheduled to speak at Labor Day rally
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Platner, w...
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Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbots
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker's argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of...
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Arizona police confirm Tucson gay bar shooting was a hate crime
Police in Arizona have confirmed that a shooting at a Tucson gay bar that left three people dead, including the shooter, was a hate crime. The suspect, 44-year-old Ousman Ceesay, was new to the Tucson area and did not know the victims, the Tucson Po...
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Gunman wounds staff member at Virginia elementary school, then kills himself
A 19-year-old gunman forced his way into a Virginia elementary school Wednesday morning and shot and wounded a staff member before killing himself, authorities said. Officers found Anthony Ignatiadis-Isabelle dead inside the Westwood Hills Elementar...
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Police chief fired amid controversy in aftermath of child's shooting in a small Mississippi city
The police chief of a northern Mississippi city where 1-year-old Black child Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by police responding to a shoplifting call was fired Tuesday amid a new controversy. Senatobia Police Chief Harold Vanderford submitted his ...
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NYC, the nation's largest school system, bans AI for students through 8th grade
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year mora...
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Kennedy Center disassembles 'Blue' sculpture from its grounds
The Kennedy Center took down a sculpture known as "Blue" Wednesday, the latest change to the cultural and performing arts center that stirred some pushback in President Donald Trump's second term. The sculpture, a tall, blue stick figure poised in a...
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