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Multiple varieties of Jif peanut butter are being recalled after The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a voluntary recall on Friday.

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Jif peanut butter is being recalled for potential salmonella contamination

The J.M. Smucker Co. announced the recall on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration says current epidemiologic evidence points to a Lexington, Ky., facility as the likely cause of the outbreak.

May 21, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
Enrique Owens, a cousin of Roberta Drury, wears a T-shirt with her photograph on it before her funeral service on Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. Drury was one of 10 killed during a mass shooting at a supermarket last week in Buffalo.

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The youngest of the 10 Buffalo shooting victims was laid to rest

Roberta Drury grew up in the Syracuse area and moved to Buffalo a decade ago to help tend to her brother in his fight against leukemia. She was remembered for her love for family and friends.

May 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The funeral procession for the late Heyward Patterson prepares to depart Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church on Friday, May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. The Patterson was one of 10 people who were killed in the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street in a historically Black neighborhood of Buffalo by a young white gunman is being investigated as a hate crime.

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The Buffalo, N.Y., community holds funerals this week for shooting victims

It's been a difficult and emotional week in Buffalo, N.Y., following last week's shootings at a local supermarket. The racist attack has jarred the community as the first funerals begin.

May 21, 2022
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  • Cheryl Corley
Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of the Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Tops in Buffalo's East Side was a lifeline. Residents wonder if it should reopen

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. It was a long road to get there.

May 21, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Theresa Haske sorts through debris from what was her garage after a tornado tore through Gaylord, Mich., on Friday. At least two people were killed.

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At least 2 people were killed in a rare tornado that hit northern Michigan

The tornado that struck the town of Gaylord also left more than 40 people injured. The governor has declared a state of emergency.

May 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Tiger Woods hits from the rough on the second hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club on Friday in Tulsa, Okla.

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Tiger Woods makes the cut to play the 3rd round of the PGA Championship

The 46-year-old heads into a rainy Saturday round at his second major golf event since suffering a leg injury in a car accident.

May 21, 2022
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  • Emma Bowman
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 19. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.

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Archbishop says Pelosi will be denied Communion because she supports abortion rights

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said he sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

May 21, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 19. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.

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Archbishop says Pelosi will be denied Communion because she supports abortion rights

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said he sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

May 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Christian Cooper watches distant shorebirds at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in California. The National Geographic channel has announced that Cooper will host a series called <em>Extraordinary Birder</em>. Cooper was in the spotlight after a woman in New York City's Central Park called the police and falsely accused him of threatening her in May 2020.

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Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show

In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

May 21, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin

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Telehealth abortion demand is soaring. But access may come down to where you live

Recent rule changes made it easier for patients to get abortion pills through the mail, using telehealth services. Now there is growing demand for these services – and new legal battles brewing.

May 21, 2022
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  • Pien Huang and
  • Mara Gordon
Migrants and asylum seekers protest outside the United States Consulate against the public health order known as Title 42, in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 19.

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Judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue, a win for GOP-led states

A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration from lifting the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42, which were set to end on Monday.

May 21, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
A row of rifles for sale is on display at a gun shop in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. The mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has prompted questions about the effectiveness of "red flag laws" passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

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Should 18-year-olds be allowed to buy semi-automatic rifles? State and courts debate

Efforts by states to to raise the minimum age for buying a long rifle have been challenged in court by gun rights activists.

May 21, 2022
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  • Martin Kaste
Eva relaxes in a puddle in 2020.

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Eva, the hero dog, beats back a mountain lion that attacked her owner on a hike

Erin Wilson recounts how her dog saved her from a mountain lion attack while she hiked along a river in remote Northern California. Eva the Belgian Malinois is recovering.

May 21, 2022
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  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz are seen during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania.

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The outcome of the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary might not be known before June

A likely recount would mean that the race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick might not be decided until June 8, the deadline for counties to report their results to the state.

May 20, 2022
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Red Power Ranger actor was charged with paycheck protection fraud

Jason Lawrence Geiger is one of 19 defendants named in a federal indictment, the FBI said. Acting under the name Austin St. John, Geiger played Jason Lee Scott, the Red Power Ranger.

May 20, 2022
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