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This Dec. 24, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson.

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  • National

Roger Fortson's family demands charges against sheriff's deputy who killed him

In a news conference, attorneys representing the 23-year-old airman's family expressed concern that the investigation into his May shooting death is taking longer than expected.

August 16, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Sculptures representing charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings make up the centennial memorial of the 1908 race riot, entitled <em>Acts of Intolerance</em> by Preston Jackson, on March 22, 2023, in Springfield, Ill.

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  • National

Biden designates the site of 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot as a national monument

In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise and
  • Juliana Kim
A roll of police tape is left on the windshield of a Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicle. Federal prosecutors allege two former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers took part in an elaborate extortion scheme.

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  • Law

4 ex-law enforcement officers charged in $37 million extortion scheme

Prosecutors say the ex-law enforcement and military officers took part in a wild scheme, funded by a Chinese national, to trick a man into signing away his rights in a business worth millions.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A TikTok sign is displayed on the company's building in Culver City, Calif., in March 2024.

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  • Business

TikTok fights for survival in latest filing as ban approaches

In the latest salvo in the fight over the hit app’s future in the U.S., lawyers for TikTok say the government’s push to ban TikTok is unconstitutional and lacks proof that TikTok is a real security risk.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe, listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activist said she has informal permission by Taliban authorities to run the center as long as teenage girls abide by a strict dress code.

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  • Global Health

Many Afghan men believe in women's rights. But they're afraid to speak out

Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
Matthew Perry appears at the premiere of <em>Ride </em>in Los Angeles on April 28, 2015.

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  • Arts & Life

2 doctors are charged in connection to 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry’s ketamine death

Five people, including two California doctors, have been charged in connection with the 2023 death of the Friends actor, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

August 16, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is hoping his status as the only working farmer in the Senate will help him secure a fourth term in November.

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  • Politics

Why 'the last Democrat standing' in Montana is skipping the DNC

Montana used to vote consistently purple, but now there's only one Democrat holding statewide office, three-term U.S. Senator Jon Tester. He's not exactly embracing his party this election cycle.

August 16, 2024
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  • Kirk Siegler
From left: Elon Musk, a sloth, Tom Cruise.

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  • National

Who or what did Trump call 'the greatest cutter' this week? Find out in the quiz

After the blissful news avalanches of campaign hijinks and the Olympics, we're back to the usual soup of science, retail and animals.

August 16, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
A customs agent wears a patch for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency on Oct. 27, 2017, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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  • National

U.S. arrests reputed Peruvian gang leader wanted for 23 killings in his home country

Gianfranco Torres-Navarro, the leader of "Los Killers" who is wanted for 23 killings in Peru, was arrested in Endicott, N.Y. He is being held at a detention facility pending an immigration hearing.

August 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign rally Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina.

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  • Elections

Trump team responds after 'Republicans for Harris' call Trump 'unfit' to be president

At its first rally, "Republicans for Harris" encouraged fellow conservatives to vote for Democrats over former President Donald Trump. The Trump team responded, calling Harris "dangerously liberal."

August 15, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
The Federal Communications Commission announced its plans to launch a new nationwide alert code for missing and endangered Indigenous people who do not fit the criteria for an Amber Alert or Silver Alert. Here, family and friends of the missing and murdered march around the California State Capitol at the second annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Summit and Day of Action in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 13.

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  • National

FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people

The agency announced it is launching a new alert system similar to Amber Alerts for missing children. California and some other states have already adopted alerts for missing Indigenous persons.

August 15, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Wally Amos pictured in 2007 in his home office in the Lanikai section of Kailua, Hawaii.

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  • Obituaries

Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, has died

The creator of the grocery store snack aisle staple died at 88. His family said in a statement that he had dementia.

August 15, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testifies during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing about antisemitism on college campuses on April 17 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after 'period of turmoil'

Shafik is the third Ivy League university president to leave her job following criticism over how she has handled campus protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war. She held the job for 13 months.

August 15, 2024
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By:
  • Tovia Smith and
  • Ayana Archie
Bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas, is shown surrounding Big Tex as storm clouds move in above, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Dallas.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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  • National

Texas attorney general threatens lawsuit over the State Fair banning guns

The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates: No guns allowed. The state's attorney general threatened to sue unless the fair reversed course.

August 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Attendees at the Republican National Convention hold up signs reading "Mass Deportation Now!" last month in Milwaukee.

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  • National

Trump touts historic deportation plans, but his own record reveals big obstacles

Former President Donald Trump and his allies promise a historic deportation effort if he's reelected. But internal documents from his time in office show how difficult that would be to execute.

August 14, 2024
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