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|By The Associated Press and MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer
The boy pointed in the direction of the Highland Park parade route, saying “Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy.”
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|By The Associated Press and ZEKE MILLER
The Food and Drug Administration will provide a way for producers temporarily selling in the U.S. to meet existing regulatory requirements so they can stay on the market, providing consumers with more choices and making supplies more resilient against current and future shortages.
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The safeguard announced Wednesday is a tacit acknowledgement that not even Apple — the world’s most valuable company — has been able to adequately shield the iPhone and its other products against intrusions from state-backed hackers and commercial spyware.
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|By The Associated Press and TODD RICHMOND
Her attorneys have argued that she’s immune from prosecution under a 2008 state law that absolves sex trafficking victims of any offenses resulting from being trafficked.
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It was not immediately known when Santana would resume his tour, although Wednesday’s show at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, has been postponed.
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The ancient Italian bird-hunting dog is the 200th member of the American Kennel Club’s roster of recognized breeds, the organization announced Wednesday.
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The fire erupted Monday afternoon at a recreation area packed with people.
Updated: 16 hours ago
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The Food and Drug Administration said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but does not rescind it.
Updated: 16 hours ago
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The assailant’s shots were initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panicked revelers fled in terror in Highland Park, a close-knit community on the shores of Lake Michigan.
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Bradford Freeman has died at the age of 97.
Updated: 18 hours ago
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The parents of a 2-year-old boy who got lost during the July 4 parade shooting in suburban Chicago are among the seven people who were killed, authorities said as friends and family mourned their lost loved ones.
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Boston University CTE Center researchers diagnosed the four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy following a brain study through the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
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The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 2001 attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City.
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As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions.
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The White House National Security Council confirmed the White House has received Griner’s letter.
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A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen species protections weakened under former President Donald Trump.
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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney signed a “certificate of material witness” for Graham, Giuliani and others saying that they have been deemed necessary to the investigation.
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Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still missing, but the province of Trento on Tuesday reduced the number of people unaccounted-for to five.
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What happens in the Donbas region could determine the course of the war.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 2:42 PM EDT
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Minneapolis Park Police say there was no formal July Fourth event or fireworks at the park, but that people had gathered there to celebrate the holiday.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 1:46 PM EDT
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In a court filing on Tuesday, prosecutors said prison officials had found the measure was no longer needed.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 1:30 PM EDT
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Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban was blocked and then quickly reinstated Tuesday after an appeal from the state attorney general in a lawsuit challenging the restriction.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 12:59 PM EDT
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The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28, the auction house said.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 10:56 AM EDT
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The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February and military struggles there since.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 11:24 PM EDT
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Depp sued Heard for libel over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 10:19 PM EDT
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Police say a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds fleeing in terror.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 10:03 PM EDT
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A deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb rattled Monday’s celebrations across the U.S. and further rocked a country already awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns as well as hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Brittney Griner made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed on to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she may never return home and asking that he not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.”
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Monday also marked the contest’s return to its traditional location outside Nathan’s flagship shop in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood. The event was relocated in 2020 and last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 6:10 PM EDT
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A member of the House Jan. 6 committee says more witnesses are coming forward with new details on the Capitol insurrection following former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony last week against former President Donald Trump.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 4:16 PM EDT
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The conflict in Donbas has been “grinding and attritional” and is unlikely to change in the coming weeks, according to a British Defense Ministry briefing.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 2:14 PM EDT
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Joey Chestnut retained the Mustard Belt for a 15th consecutive year.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 2:06 PM EDT
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Heavy rain was hampering the search in Italy for those unaccounted for — perhaps as many 15 — a day after an enormous chunk of an Alpine glacier broke off and slammed into hikers.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT
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U.S. officials say they have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but that there was “no reason to believe” her shooting was intentional.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Danish police say several people have been shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall. Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall on Sunday.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 7:43 AM EDT
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Cities burned to the ground and colleagues with severed limbs. Bombardments so relentless the only option is to lie in a trench, wait and pray.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 7:32 AM EDT
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It wasn't immediately clear what caused the section of ice to fall, but the intense heat wave gripping Italy loomed as a possible factor.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 1:28 AM EDT
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Investigators have not determined how long the child was in the car.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 11:25 PM EDT
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Texas’ public education system has become heavily politicized in recent years, with lawmakers passing legislation to dictate how race and slavery should be taught in schools.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 7:46 PM EDT
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The last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
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The incident is one of several recent instances in which law enforcement officers were fired upon while responding to calls.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT
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If confirmed, Russia’s complete seizure of Luhansk would provide its troops with a stronger base from which to press their advance in the Donbas region.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
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Actress Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 3:49 PM EDT
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Suffolk County officials have temporarily closed a Long Island beach to swimming after what they described as an unprecedented shark attack that injured a lifeguard.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 2:59 PM EDT
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Federal authorities are pushing back on claims that R. Kelly was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment last week after a judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars for using his fame to sexually abuse young girls.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 1:24 PM EDT
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A member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot says more evidence is emerging that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol and rioted.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 9:31 AM EDT
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A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and believed stolen from the Massachusetts state archives decades ago is being displayed publicly for the first time since it was returned to the state after a lengthy court battle.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 9:06 AM EDT
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President Joe Biden is set to mark his second Fourth of July since taking office.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 1:59 AM EDT
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The lawsuit alleges the amusement park failed to properly maintain and repair its rides.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 11:18 PM EDT
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The storm is expected to further weaken and dissipate completely by Sunday night or Monday morning.