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Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams leaves the court in Dublin on Friday after winning one of Ireland's highest-profile cases.

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Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over spy murder claim

Adams sued over an allegation in a 2016 documentary that he sanctioned the 2006 killing of a British spy in Ireland. A jury in Dublin's High Court awarded Adams damages of 100,000 euros ($113,000).

May 30, 2025
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
The sun begins to set beyond an oil refinery in California.

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  • Climate

Oil companies face a wrongful death suit tied to climate change

Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies' "misrepresentations" about climate change.

May 30, 2025
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  • Michael Copley
Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court on Friday in London.

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  • World

Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault charges in U.K.

On Friday, Brand pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and assault that date back more than 25 years. He says the charges are politically motivated. His trial is set for 2026.

May 30, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
<em>Mountainhead</em> actors (l-r) Ramy Youssef, Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carell and Jason Schwartzman

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  • Movies

'Succession' creator's new moguls are tech gods gazing down from 'Mountainhead'

Following his HBO series Succession, Jesse Armstrong's latest project, Mountainhead, is a film about four tech billionaires whose mountain retreat is disrupted by a global catastrophe.

May 30, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell and
  • A Martínez
Faizan Zaki won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, held in National Harbor, Md.

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  • National

Are you smarter than a 13-year-old? Take our Scripps Spelling Bee test and find out

If you weren't playing along at home during Thursday night's final, take our mini-Bee quiz, which uses words from the real thing.

May 30, 2025
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  • Holly J. Morris
From left: Julie Chrisley, Kermit the Frog, Brigitte Macron.

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  • National

Which Biden-era case is the FBI NOT reexamining? Find out in the quiz

This week, vaccines took a hit from the Trump administration, some reality TV stars got pardoned, and there was a media frenzy around a certain French interaction. Were you paying attention?

May 30, 2025
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  • Holly J. Morris
Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is shown standing outside the Federal Court in Washington, June 4, 2009.

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  • Obituaries

Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69

Kerik, an Army veteran, was hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack and eventually nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before a dramatic fall from grace that ended with him behind bars.

May 30, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Judge Julieta Makintach arrives at court for a hearing in the trial of health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer star Diego Maradona, in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Argentine court declares a mistrial in the death of soccer star Maradona

One of the judges stepped down over criticism surrounding her participation in a documentary about the case. Seven health professionals are accused of negligence in the death of the soccer legend.

May 30, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Politics

White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' report

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" report cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look by the news organization NOTUS found that some of those studies did not exist.

May 30, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Balu Natarajan won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985. Shown are his trophy and newspaper clippings detailing his win.

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  • Arts & Life

As the Scripps bee turns 100, a new champion is crowned while past winners reflect

Previous winners say the spelling bee has become much more competitive and credit television with making it a cultural phenomenon each year.

May 29, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
The Supreme Court narrowed the scope of environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects.

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  • Law

Supreme Court limits environmental reviews of infrastructure projects

The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms, and other infrastructure projects.

May 29, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Drag king Freddie Hercury performs at an event in Homer, N.Y., in 2023. The artist faced an online bomb threat in the run-up to a Pride performance in 2024.

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  • Performing Arts

Drag artists are getting attacked. This safety handbook aims to help.

As Pride Month approaches, a group of drag artists and their allies are releasing guidelines to help performers navigate a landscape of online harassment and physical violence.

May 29, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a champion of local African languages.

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  • Books

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan literary giant who fought colonialism, dies at 87

The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in discussions about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

May 29, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
People walk past the U.S. Court of International Trade, Watson Courthouse, in lower Manhattan on Thursday. In a ruling that surprised many, the trade court ruled Wednesday in an opinion by a three-judge panel that a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not grant Trump "unbounded" authority to impose the worldwide and retaliatory tariffs he has issued by executive order. Then, on Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the Trump administration's re…

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  • Law

Federal court keeps Trump tariffs in place — for now

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily put on hold the New York-based Court of International Trade judgment that struck down President Trump's tariffs.

May 29, 2025
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben ,
  • Scott Horsley,
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing on Thursday. The National Association of the Deaf is suing the White House to require American Sign Language interpreters to be present at briefings.

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  • Politics

The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings

The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.

May 29, 2025
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  • Kristin Wright
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