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On Sept. 15, 1963, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. This week, the city is remembering one of the darkest chapters in civil rights history.

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  • Race

Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott
Saucer-like lenticular clouds appear over Turkiye's Bursa province in the early morning hours of January 19, 2023.

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  • Science

New NASA report lays out roadmap for studying UFOs

NASA is releasing a new report from advisers on what it would take for the agency to study unidentified anomalous phenomena (also known as UFOs) scientifically.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
The Princess Nahi'ena'ena Elementary School in Lahaina is closed pending the results of air, water and soil tests.

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  • Education

Some parents in Lahaina fight to keep their school — and kids — together

Schools remain closed after the deadly fires on Maui. Parents say it's important to keep their community from being displaced indefinitely.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 22, 2022.

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  • Law

Alex Jones' expenses topped $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families have yet to be paid

Alex Jones' personal spending is frustrating families who are trying to collect on the $1.5 billion in judgments against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting a hoax.

September 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Anita Dunn (left) speaks onstage with Hilary Rosen (right) at an event titled "Women Rule" in June 2018. That summer, Dunn and her communications firm began providing crisis communications for the then-Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives regarding allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.

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  • Investigations

A corruption trial revealed a #MeToo ethics entanglement for a top Biden adviser

Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Natasha Lyonne, pictured here in November 2022, is one of several actors who's auctioning off unique experiences to support TV and movie crews impacted by the ongoing writers' strike

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  • Arts & Life

Now's your chance to solve a crossword puzzle with Natasha Lyonne

Want Adam Scott to walk your dog? What about dinner with Bob Odenkirk? Some of Hollywood's most beloved names are auctioning off unique experiences to help support the writers' strike

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Kim Davis, the former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was ordered to pay damages to a couple whom she denied a marriage license. Davis is seen here in 2015.

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  • National

Kim Davis is ordered to pay $100,000 to same-sex couple she denied marriage license

The former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was sued by two same-sex couples to whom she refused to grant marriage licenses, claiming it violated her religious beliefs. Her attorney says she will appeal.

September 14, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and boosters.

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  • Health

The new COVID boosters are coming: Here's what you need to know

Updated versions of the mRNA vaccines roll out this week. Experts say they offer good protection against current COVID variants. Who should get them, and when's the best time to roll up your sleeve?

September 14, 2023
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  • Maria Godoy,
  • Rob Stein,
  • and 1 more
Trieste Belmont believes small kindnesses can be more powerful than we realize.

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  • National

A comment shouted from a stranger in a passing car saved her life

Trieste Belmont says small kindnesses can be more powerful than we realize.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel and
  • Autumn Barnes
Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

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  • National

Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal

The U.S. district judge agreed with nine states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The ruling means the program's fate will likely go to the Supreme Court a third time.

September 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this image from video provided by CBS NEWS Philadelphia, law enforcement officers pose for a group photo with Danelo Cavalcante after his capture in rural Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

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  • National

With eyes fixated on Pennsylvania manhunt, a D.C. murder suspect remains on the run

Christopher Haynes has been on the run for a week, since escaping from police custody at George Washington University Hospital on Sept. 6.

September 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Ukrainian refugees enter the El Chaparral border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego in April 2022. The foreign-born share of the U.S. population, which had been roughly flat since 2017, rose to nearly 14% last year.

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  • National

The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year

Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration.

September 14, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante was "subdued" by a police dog as he tried to crawl away from tactical teams — but by then, he was surrounded, officials said on Wednesday.

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  • National

Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, thanks to a police dog and thermal imaging

After eluding a manhunt for nearly two weeks, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday morning.

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A Seattle Police Department vehicle in 2021.

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  • National

Seattle officer recorded joking about woman's death, saying 'she had limited value'

In bodycam footage, the officer is heard making callous remarks about a woman who died after being hit by a police cruiser. He reportedly told investigators he was mocking what city lawyers might say.

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Birkenstock sandals are on display in the window of a store in Berlin.

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  • Business

'Oldest start-up on earth': Birkenstock's IPO filing is exactly as you'd expect

"We are serving a primal need of all human beings," Birkenstock's CEO writes to prospective shareholders. "We are a footbed company selling the experience of walking as intended by nature."

September 13, 2023
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  • Alina Selyukh
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