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As jurors in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial settled into their courtroom seats, Judge Bruce Schroeder welcomed them and noted the Veterans Day holiday.
The longtime judge then asked if any of …
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By KATHLEEN FOODY
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11/11/21
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The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter in the …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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11/11/21
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World leaders have committed to limiting Earth’s rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
But what does that feel like?
It’s difficult …
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By DREW COSTLEY and NICKY FORSTER
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11/11/21
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Thousands of migrants have flocked to Belarus' border with Poland, hoping to get to Western Europe, and many of them , setting up makeshift camps as Polish security forces watch them from behind a …
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By YURAS KARMANAU
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11/11/21
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Can at-home COVID-19 tests make holiday gatherings safer?
Yes, combined with vaccination, home test kits for COVID-19 can add a layer of safety and reassurance by providing on-the-spot results …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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11/11/21
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For Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black service members who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were …
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By AARON MORRISON and KAT STAFFORD
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11/11/21
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Asian shares fell Wednesday, tracking Wall Street’s retreat, with Chinese benchmarks leading the decline after the government reported a surge in inflation in October.
China's consumer price …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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11/10/21
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(RNS) — It was after a pair of Catholic churches caught ablaze last summer, one in Southern California and another in Florida, that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decided to start …
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By ALEJANDRA MOLINA
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11/9/21
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A global trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates in challenging the propriety of China holding the 2022 Winter Olympics, and has singled out the International Olympic …
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By STEPHEN WADE
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11/9/21
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Majestic, increasingly hungry and at risk of disappearing, the polar bear is dependent on something melting away on our warming planet: sea ice.
In the harsh and unforgiving Arctic, where frigid …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, CAMILLE FASSETT and KATI PERRY
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11/6/21
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While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved.
The Arctic is warming three times faster …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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11/6/21
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Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2021
From world leaders meeting at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, this week to commit to taking action on global warming and the catastrophic consequences of …
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11/6/21
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The long-standing practice of allowing attorneys to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason has come under intense criticism after a nearly all-white jury was picked to decide whether …
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD
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11/5/21
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Maribel Vilca didn't even bother to go to the community meeting giving information to her Indigenous community about COVID-19 vaccines.
“What happens if I die with the vaccine? I have small …
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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
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11/5/21
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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Watching with fear as the coronavirus rages in neighboring countries, doctors in Bosnia are bracing for a new wave in the Balkan nation, which has a low …
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11/5/21
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From her home in Illinois, Asma Yawari has built a relationship with her younger cousin in Afghanistan that’s made the geographic distance between the two teenagers' worlds seem, well, not quite so …
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By MARIAM FAM and NOREEN NASIR
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11/4/21
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Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street Thursday, potentially setting the market up to set more record highs. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in the early going. The benchmark index is coming off …
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11/4/21
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In the months before he was charged with storming the Capitol, Doug Jensen was sharing conspiracy theories he'd consumed online. But it hadn’t always been that way, says his brother, who recalls …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, KATHY GANNON and ERIC TUCKER
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11/4/21
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CUMBRE VIEJA EXCLUSION ZONE, Canary Islands (AP) — A child’s swing. A fountain in a courtyard. A tray of glasses abandoned under the duress of escape. All will disappear as a blizzard of dark ash …
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By EMILIO MORENATTI and JOSEPH WILSON
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11/4/21
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Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday, weighed down by concerns over disrupted supply chains and shipping, despite the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s first close above 36,000 …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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11/3/21
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