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David Sumrall, the head of the Republican Party in Georgia's Bibb County, presents his case to challenge the eligibility of nearly 800 voters at a hearing in Macon in May.

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  • Elections

A data tool being used to challenge voter registrations is raising many concerns

There are concerns that a new election data system that's being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Parade,' Rachel Cusk once again flouts traditional narrative

In her latest work, Cusk probes questions about the connections between freedom, gender, domesticity, art, and suffering.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Heller McAlpin
DJ Frankie Knuckles plays at the Def Mix 20th Anniversary Weekender at Turnmills nightclub on May 6, 2007 in London, England.

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  • Arts & Life

Who built house music? Test your knowledge with the Throughline quiz.

Electronic dance music is one of the largest and most popular sectors of the music industry. But do you know where it came from? Test yourself with Throughline’s quiz.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Nic Neves,
  • Anya Steinberg,
  • and 1 more
In severe pain and uncertain of its cause, Tieqiao Zhang of Dallas says he didn’t want to wait for an appointment with his regular doctor, but he also wasn’t sure if he needed emergency care. He visited a clinic on the campus of Dallas’ largest public hospital — and was charged 10 times what he expected.

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  • Health

It’s called an urgent care emergency center — but which is it?

Suffering stomach pain, a Dallas man visited his local urgent care clinic — or so he thought, until he got a bill 10 times what he’d expected.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Renuka Rayasam and
  • Emily Siner
The sun rises over Florida on Thursday morning, hours ahead of the arrival of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

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  • Weather

Summer officially arrives with the earliest solstice in more than 2 centuries

Astronomical summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere — amidst a heat wave — at 4:51 p.m. ET. It's the earliest start to the season since 1796, thanks to quirks in the calendar.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vietnam's President To Lam pose for photos at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday.

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  • World

Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia

Russia's president signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart and offered to supply fossil fuels to Vietnam, as Moscow is seeking to offset its international isolation.

June 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) in June. Many of the features Apple announced there will duplicate the services of 3rd-party apps, a practice known as "Sherlocking."

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  • Business

Apple just made your app obsolete? You've been 'Sherlocked'

The controversial practice dates back to the 1990s when Apple introduced a service called Watson that critics say ripped off another company’s tool. Since then, small apps have said it has become a pattern.

June 20, 2024
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  • Bobby Allyn
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  • National

U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like where you live

In nearly half of metro areas, buyers must make more than $100,000 to afford a median-priced home, a Harvard University report finds. And home prices this year reached a new all-time high.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden and
  • Daniel Wood
Firefighters try to put out a fire after two guided bombs hit the Epicenter shopping complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 25, 2024. The sign reads "Garden Center."

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  • Europe

Russia wages a scorched-earth war in Ukraine with retrofitted bombs and new airstrips

Russia has accelerated its destruction of Ukraine's front-line cities in 2024 to a scale previously unseen in the war using glide bombs and an expanding network of airstrips just across the border.

June 20, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
 Archaeologists on a multi-year restoration project found 35 bottles of cherries and berries in five different pits in the Mount Vernon cellar.

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  • History

Centuries-old cherries were found at George Washington's home. What can they tell us?

Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
In this handout photo, Just Stop Oil protesters sit after spraying an orange substance on Stonehenge, in Salisbury, England, on Wednesday. (Just Stop Oil via AP)

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  • Europe

2 climate activists were arrested after spraying orange paint on Stonehenge

The group Just Stop Oil took credit for the Wednesday afternoon action, which they said was a call on the United Kingdom to stop the use of fossil fuels by 2030.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
The new main exhibition hall at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.,  on June 14, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

Much Ado About First Folios — the world's largest Shakespeare collection reopens

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is emerging from a four-year metamorphosis. Eighty-two copies of Shakespeare’s “First Folio” will be together on public display for the first time.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Hunter Van Dyne pauses to wipe sweat from his forehead inside a hot fireworks tent as he works to set up for the opening of Powder Monkey Fireworks, in Weldon Spring, Mo., on Monday.

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  • Weather

Millions of Americans are under heat advisories as high temperatures roast the U.S.

The National Weather Service had issued heat advisories for parts of at least 15 states, including in several major cities such as Philadelphia, Columbus and Boston.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. Above, workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 near Chenoweth, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023.

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  • National

Louisiana will require the 10 Commandments displayed in every public school classroom

The legislation, signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, makes Louisiana the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A graphic from the National Hurricane Center shows Alberto's projected path into Mexico and the tropical storm warning spanning Texas' Gulf Coast as a result.

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  • Weather

Tropical Storm Alberto, the first of the season, drenches Texas en route to Mexico

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season has arrived. Tropical Storm Alberto is heading west towards Mexico, bringing heavy rains, coastal flooding and possible hurricanes to Texas.

June 19, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
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