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Four Americans were assaulted and kidnapped by unidentified gunmen after crossing into Mexico to buy medicine, Mexican officials said.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said "there was a confrontation between groups, and they were detained."
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Some dealers are taking their booths out of a Wisconsin antiques market, upset with the lack of response from owners after a vendor raised concerns about a collection of Jim Crow-era items that present offensive, racist caricatures of Black people.
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Police in Houston, Texas, are searching for suspects in a car robbery that didn't go the way the thieves expected.
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A math teacher at a Florida high school has been removed from class and reassigned following an "egregiously inappropriate" incident the Palm Beach County School District is calling "racially charged," according to a notice sent to parents.
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A look at the man behind the gavel in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. bit.ly/41NCdHH
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Britney and Frankie Alba of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, defied the odds when they had two sets of identical twins in the span of just 13 months.
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Police in Colorado are investigating Memphis Grizzlies All-Star Ja Morant over an incident in which he allegedly brandished a gun at a nightclub during an Instagram Live post Saturday morning.
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"Our intention is not to be damaging to anyone. It's to live and to thrive just like anyone else," East Tennessee drag performer Eureka said, calling new legislation banning drag performances in public disheartening. bit.ly/41JXja5
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What are sports? That seemed to be the question on all three #Jeopardy players' minds during Thursday's episode, which saw the young trivia whizzes bomb every single clue in a category called "In the Sport" 🏀📺
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Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that's both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations.
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A clash between demonstrators and police at Atlanta's proposed "Cop City" ended with 23 people charged with domestic terrorism. bit.ly/3mvZXzM
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The Federal Trade Commission reported that Americans lost more than $6 billion to fraud in 2021, and more than 2.9 million people reported losing a median of $500.
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San Diego judge denies bid by former Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow II to have his prison sentence reduced. Winslow had cited brain trauma from football among reasons why he should be resentenced under criminal justice reforms
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For 3 years, payments and interest on fed student loans have been frozen. SoFi, a self-described, "premiere lender in the student loan refinance space" says it can't compete with the gov's 0% interest. It's suing to restart payments: usatoday.com/story/news/edu via me and
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President Joe Biden called for more voting rights as he marked the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. bit.ly/3mnilLb
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The luau forgoes the fire-dancing and other performances you'd typically see at a contemporary luau. Instead, it is a tribute to Queen Liliʻuokalani – the last ruling monarch of Hawaii – looking to educate visitors on Hawaiian history.
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"We are doing our jobs. Nothing more, nothing less," Dr. Oleh Berezyuk told USA TODAY's . "We have adapted to war and the challenges that come with it."
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A lithium-ion battery for a scooter started a five-alarm fire at a New York supermarket Sunday, injuring seven people. bit.ly/3mwM6JP
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Gannett, the owner of USA TODAY, has appointed former McClatchy newsroom executive Kristin Roberts as chief content officer.
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As the nation braces for another winter storm, on the heels of a system which contributed to 13 deaths in the South and Northeast, some residents in the mountains east of Los Angeles will likely remain trapped in their homes for at least another week.
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Federal student loan payments have been paused since March 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, and the freeze has been extended repeatedly. One bank is suing over the pause. usatoday.com/story/news/edu via
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The 33-year-old Massachusetts man was charged with one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and using a dangerous weapon, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts announced Monday.
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Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn't have brutally beaten a man if he weren't white, a U.S. judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii's nuanced and complicated relationship with race.
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No, a fifth-grade girls basketball team that won a boys tournament wasn’t deprived of trophies because they’re girls. It’s because they’re an elite team and it was a rec league tournament.
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The District of Columbia's controversial legislation to rewrite its criminal sentencing laws and make them less punitive is being withdrawn after President Joe Biden said he would support a GOP-backed measure to override the revisions.
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A woman snorkeling near Florida got quite the surprise when a shark swam next to her.
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They are the basic tenants in storytelling — there must be conflict, setting, plot and there must be a hero or villain — and the Murdaugh crime saga has it all.
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Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley, who was suspended during the 2022 season for gambling, was reinstated by the NFL on Monday.
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Frank Clark was a three-time Pro Bowl selection during his four-year run with the Chiefs, but the pass rusher is now set to hit the open market.
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The injuries, according to police, appear to be the result of a large crowd pushing towards the building's exits following accounts of individuals hearing what they believed to be gunshots.
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The White House is working closely with Mexican authorities to bring four kidnapped Americans home. bit.ly/3L0jySU
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Cape Cod Canal reopened Monday after closing to let North Atlantic right whales spotted there over the weekend vacate the waterway.
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That's not something you see every day! This girl is all smiles as she rides an ostrich to school.
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Toblerone, one of the world's best-known chocolate brands, is dropping its iconic image of the Matterhorn prominently displayed on its packaging.
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Russia un-retires outdated tanks for Ukraine push. Russian mercenary leader accuses Kremlin of "red tape or treason." And that nuclear plant is a growing concern. The latest.
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Heroic children held on to a girl who fell over the wall while playing in Chongqing, China.
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