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A judge in Utah is expected to formally charge the man accused of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk with murder, and whether his sentence could include the death penalty.
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The jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother charged with murdering her three children, said it's not yet come to an unanimous decision. The judge has urged them to keep trying.
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With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December.
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Each of the four astronauts were awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, one of the highest distinctions for NASA astronauts. Trump called them heroes to a generation of space explorers — and wants to create a new training academy for that generation.
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The National Nurses Union says Palantir's AI technology is being used to make hospital staffing decisions.
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A debate over books in Texas' public school libraries picked up new attention last week, when Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick threatened legislative action unless Texas school districts pull books from the shelves that he and certain activists believe are "harmful" to students and families and violate Texas' Senate Bill 13. In a meeting of Lubbock ISD's board of trustees, the district stood by the parent-led library council and book review system established under state law.
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How will the Trump administration’s new border-infrastructure projects impact these bears? Scientists at Alpine’s Borderlands Research Institute, or BRI, are seeking answers to this timely question.
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