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Police transport escaped prisoners Atiba Stanislaus (far left) and Trevon Robertson in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Monday. The men had escaped from a police holding cell in Grenada on Feb. 18 and are suspected of hijacking a catamaran while Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel, who disappeared, were aboard.

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  • World

3 escaped inmates are charged with killing missing U.S. sailing couple in Caribbean

Three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada were charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked, police said. The couple's bodies have not been found.

March 07, 2024
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This combination of photos provided by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday shows cinnamon products sold in U.S. discount stores which contain elevated levels of lead.

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  • Health

The FDA issues an alert for 6 brands of cinnamon possibly containing lead

The brands of cinnamon are typically sold at discount retailers, such as Save a Lot, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. The alert follows the recalls of 3 brands of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches.

March 07, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie and
  • Bill Chappell

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  • Technology

How the porn bots took over Twitter

Twitter has long had a bot problem, but since moderation on the platform was gutted and paid users were given "prioritization" in replies, the landscape has changed.

March 07, 2024
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Hannah Miles of Birmingham speaks with Dr Dr. Mamie McLean outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. on Feb. 28, 2024. They were among patients and doctors urging Alabama lawmakers to take action to get IVF services in the state. Fertility clinics paused some services in the wake of a state court ruling related to whether embryos are children under a state law.

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  • National

Alabama governor signs IVF bill giving immunity to patients and providers

The law is intended to restart IVF treatments by shielding patients and providers from civil and criminal charges, but does not change the state Supreme Court's ruling that embryos are children.

March 07, 2024
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  • Liz Baker,
  • Debbie Elliott,
  • and 1 more
Most Americans also say women should be allowed to travel for medical care – including an abortion, a new KFF poll finds.

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  • Health

Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies

The majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages, a KFF poll finds.

March 07, 2024
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  • Maria Godoy
A unfinished Boeing 737 Max sits outside Boeing's manufacturing facility in Renton, Wash., on Feb. 27, 2024. The top federal safety investigator says Boeing still has not provided key information that could shed light on what went wrong when a door plug blew off an in-flight 737 Max 9 in January.

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  • Business

Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 Max 9 jet, NTSB says

At a Senate hearing, the top federal safety investigator said Boeing has still not provided crucial details about who opened the door plug from an Alaska Airlines 737 Max jet before a midair blowout.

March 07, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
Yellowstone National Park employee housing that opened in 2022 under construction

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  • National

Donor gives $40 million for Yellowstone National Park employee housing

Yellowstone employs more than 3,000 people at peak season, finding enough affordable housing for them has long been a problem.

March 07, 2024
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  • Nick Mott
Bethany Renfree and her daughters.

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  • National

'You will make it': An anonymous neighbor stepped in when a single mom felt hopeless

As a single mom with three small children, Bethany Renfree was feeling overwhelmed. But one small act of kindness by a neighbor let her know she'd be OK.

March 07, 2024
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  • Brigid McCarthy and
  • Autumn Barnes
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the armorer on the set when Alec Baldwin's revolver fired a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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  • Arts & Life

'Rust' film armorer found guilty in death of cinematographer

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is the first to stand trial in a case reexamining the movie industry's safety standards. Actor Alec Baldwin's criminal trial will start in July.

March 06, 2024
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Jason Palmer, a relatively unknown Democratic presidential candidate, won the Democratic primary in American Samoa. He's seen here in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

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  • Elections

Jason Palmer beats Biden in American Samoa, and looks to Northern Mariana Islands

"Biden's chances of a second term are hurting, but not because of my campaign," the Baltimore, Md.-based entrepreneur says of his bid to win the Democratic nomination over the incumbent.

March 06, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas. Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas is the main driver of global warming.

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  • Climate

Corporate America has new climate rules to follow, but will they cut global warming?

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring publicly-traded companies to disclose information about the risks they face from climate change. Industry is expected to sue to stop the rules.

March 06, 2024
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  • Michael Copley
A view of a lectern at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2019. A retired U.S. Army officer has been accused accused of leaking classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.

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  • National Security

Air Force employee accused of sharing classified info on a dating website

David Franklin Slater, a retired U.S. Army officer, was accused of leaking top classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
A file photo from 2008 shows a gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where inmates received lethal injections of drugs. Eight people were executed in Texas in 2023. The state policies mention a "drug team," who are not employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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  • Law

Who performs a lethal injection in the U.S.? In some states, they're volunteers

A failed execution in Idaho has put a spotlight on the teams of people that prisons use to impose the ultimate penalty on condemned inmates.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Shiny.

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  • National

We made this Super Tuesday quiz so you don't have to actually read the news

Were you paying attention to the most predictable Super Tuesday ever?

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a news conference on Wednesday in Charleston, S.C.

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  • Elections

Nikki Haley suspends her presidential campaign, but doesn't endorse Trump

The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador was the last major candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.

March 06, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon and
  • Jeongyoon Han
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