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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore.

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  • Law

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentencing delayed in Jan. 6 case

Prosecutors are seeking 33 years for Tarrio. Also set to be sentenced later this week are Tarrio's codefendants: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
In this handout provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Rudy Giuliani, former personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, poses for his booking photo on Aug. 23 in Atlanta.

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  • Law

It's time to rethink Rudy Giuliani and his claim to discover RICO

Giuliani has long claimed that he dreamed up the idea of using the federal RICO law to target mafia families when he was a federal prosecutor.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
President Biden hugs Steven Hadfield, a Medicare recipient who takes expensive drugs, at an event on prescription drug costs at the White House on Aug. 29.

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  • Politics

Here are the first 10 drugs that Medicare will target for price cuts

The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won't take effect until 2026. In the meantime, drugmakers are fighting the negotiations with lawsuits.

August 30, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin,
  • Sydney Lupkin,
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2023 Kirkus Prize finalist Jesmyn Ward, pictured at the 2017 National Book Awards in New York City.

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  • Books

Kirkus Prize names Jesmyn Ward, Héctor Tobar among finalists for top literary award

Finalists for a leading annual literary award were announced Wednesday. The Kirkus Prize awards $50,000 to writers working in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Juan Lastra unabashedly stood up, sang and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@juanp_lastra/video/7272089604314975531">filmed himself</a> during one of Adele's concerts in Las Vegas. When security tried to get him to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone.

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  • Arts & Life

Should you stand or sit at a concert? Adele fan ignites debate

When security told Juan Lastra to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone. The incident sparked a debate about concert etiquette. Stand when others are sitting? Tell a fan to sit down?

August 30, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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  • Music

How K-pop took over the world — as told by one fan who rode the wave

In a new podcast, Vivian Yoon dissects her personal stake in K-pop, and how her obscure childhood passion has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
People are shown at the beach in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 as the city prepares for Hurricane Idalia.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Hurricane Idalia; Proud Boys; Spanish Soccer controversy

Hurricane Idalia makes landfall. The ex-leader of the Proud Boys will be sentenced today. An unwanted World Cup kiss sparks controversy in Spain.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in June.

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  • National

Can we make college campuses safer? Expert advice after recent shootings

The Jacksonville gunman drove to a university before opening fire at a nearby store. Days later, UNC Chapel Hill went on lockdown as a faculty member was shot. A campus security expert offers advice.

August 30, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
People are shown at the beach in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday as the city prepares for Hurricane Idalia.

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  • Weather

Idalia strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane as it nears Florida's Gulf Coast

Idalia intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Wednesday morning as it approached Florida's Big Bend region with 130 mph winds.

August 30, 2023
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  • Russell Lewis and
  • Kevin Drew
Emine, her husband and child search through materials recovered from destroyed buildings in Adiyaman.

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  • World

More than 6 months after Turkey's quake, people who lost homes still await new ones

The Feb. 6 earthquake and its aftershocks left nearly 3 million displaced and in need of shelter. In the hard-hit city of Adiyaman, families wait for promises of new homes to be fulfilled.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon and
  • Gokce Saracoglu
Christian McBride's New Jawn performs a Tiny Desk.

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  • Music

Christian McBride's New Jawn: Tiny Desk Concert

This unpredictable, funky set showcases the distinctive creative interplay between each player's personality.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Suraya Mohamed
An interaction made Lynn Fainsilber Katz feel like she could continue the life she wants to have.

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  • National

When life gets hard, you don't have to do it alone. Just ask Lynn

A stranger at the beach helped Lynn Fainsilber Katz, and left her feeling like she could continue the life she wants to have.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel and
  • Ryan Katz
Students from the Yupiit School District learn how to prepare freshly caught salmon.

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  • Education

An Alaska district aligns its school year with traditional subsistence harvests

Three Alaska Native Villages have changed their school calendar so that students now can take part in things like the fall moose hunt and the spring migratory bird harvest.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Evan Erickson
This video grab shoes the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023.

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  • Africa

Military officers in Gabon say they have seized power

Crowds celebrated in Gabon after mutinous soldiers said they were seizing power in order to overturn results of a presidential election and remove a leader whose family has held power for 55 years.

August 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A gay Ugandan man holds a pride flag as he poses for a photograph in Uganda in March.

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  • World

Uganda starts charging people under extreme anti-LGBTQ law, raising execution fears

Two men in Uganda are the first to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under a harsh new law that carries the death penalty. Their cases highlight the threats for LGBTQ+ people in Uganda.

August 30, 2023
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
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