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Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's sentencing in Jan. 6 case is delayed

Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys convicted for seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will now be sentenced next week.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, right, on July 27. On Wednesday McConnell appeared to freeze while talking to reporters at a Kentucky event.

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  • News

Up First briefing: McConnell freezes again; Johannesburg fire, Idalia aftermath

Concerns rise for Mitch McConnell after he froze at another press conference. Flood risks remain after Idalia swept the Southeast. A fire in Johannesburg has killed more than 70 people, many homeless.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
Firefighters work on the scene of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.

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  • Africa

A building fire in Johannesburg kills at least 73, many homeless, authorities say

Some of the people living in the building in South Africa's biggest city threw themselves out of windows to escape the blaze. As many as 200 people may have been living in the building.

August 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
People kayak past an abandon vehicle in the intersection of Boca Ciega Drive and Pasadena Avenue Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 in St. Pete Beach, Fla.

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  • Weather

Idalia extends its destruction along the southeastern U.S. coastline

Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm before it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Georgia and South Carolina could see heavy wind and flooding

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • Ayana Archie,
  • and 2 more
A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups.

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  • Economy

Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.

August 31, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
People swim and sunbathe on a reopened beach at the Black Sea on Aug. 22 in Odesa. When missiles and drone attacks first hit the city — and Russian naval vessels started laying explosive sea mines around the port — the beaches were closed. Warning signs urged people to keep their distance.

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  • World

Odesa beaches reopen, offering Ukrainians a respite from war

Beaches on the Black Sea that closed after Russia's invasion have reopened. People say swimming and sunbathing are ways to find a taste of normal life, even while under threat from Moscow.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Speedy Ortiz performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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Speedy Ortiz: Tiny Desk Concert

The clever rock band delivers a performance 10 years in the making.

August 31, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson
Most large school buses in the U.S. don't have passenger seat belts.

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  • Education

A fatal Ohio crash has some asking why most school buses still don't have seat belts

Several states now require lap-and-shoulder belts on all new school buses purchased. But most states have no such requirement.

August 31, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
Alice Carrière has written a new memoir called <em>Everything/Nothing/Someone</em>.

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She was convinced she didn't exist. This is how she tethered herself to reality

As Alice Carrière entered her teen years, her brain started to splinter into a dissociative disorder. Year later, that extraordinary childhood is the basis for her new memoir.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
Beekeeper Mike Osborne uses his hand to look for the queen bee as he removes bees from a car after a truck carrying bee hives swerved, causing the hives to fall and release bees in Burlington, Ontario, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

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  • Animals

5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto and drivers are asked to close windows

Police west of Toronto on Wednesday warned drivers to keep their car windows closed after a truck spilled crates carrying five million bees onto a road.

August 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters hold up signs outside of the Denver Public Schools administration building to demand equity for students attending classes in excessively hot classrooms.

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  • Education

As classes resume in sweltering heat, many schools lack air conditioning

Amid sweltering heat waves, classes have resumed in many districts around the country that have outdated heating and cooling systems — or no air conditioning at all.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
The drone uses a mix of artificial intelligence and more conventional programming to fly through a race course.

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  • Science

An AI quadcopter has beaten human champions at drone racing

The achievement marks the first time an artificial intelligence system has been able to regularly beat humans in a real-world competition and could lead to better drones in the future.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
In his work with Stars of the Lid, Brian McBride helped transform listeners' understanding of the potential of ambient music.

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  • Obituaries

Stars of the Lid co-founder Brian McBride has died at 53

In his work alongside bandmate Adam Wiltzie, McBride warped and wondered at new pathways for ambient music.

August 30, 2023
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  • Lars Gotrich
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, right, on July 27. On Wednesday McConnell appeared to freeze while talking to reporters at a Kentucky event.

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  • Politics

Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again while talking to reporters in Kentucky

Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze momentarily at an event in Covington, Ky. McConnell also froze in July at a news conference on Capitol Hill, going silent before being escorted away.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sylvia Goodman
Makatla Ritchter and her mother, Keiphra Line, wade through flood waters after evacuating their home in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on August 30, 2023. Climate change is making storm surge and intense rainfall during hurricanes like Idalia more dangerous.

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  • Climate

What's the connection between climate change and hurricanes?

Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida. Here are some ways climate change is reshaping tropical cyclones like it

August 30, 2023
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  • Alejandra Borunda
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