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Former Las Cruces Police officer Brad Lunsford looks toward the gallery during his trial in the fatal shooting of Presley Eze, in Las Cruces, N.M., on Feb. 4.

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  • Law

New Mexico jury convicts former officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station

Las Cruces police Officer Brad Lunsford's verdict is the latest outcome in cases that prosecutors have linked to systematic brutality against Black people by members of law enforcement.

February 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Egg prices jumped more than 15% in January, after farmers had to cull millions of laying hens due to avian flu. The rise in grocery prices kept overall inflation elevated.

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  • Economy

Retailers including Trader Joe's and Kroger have begun limiting egg purchases

Egg farmers have been plagued by widespread outbreaks of bird flu. Experts say it's hard to predict when the industry will bounce back from the illness' effects.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The composer Celia Hollander (left) and rapper Fat Tony are two musicians who were affected by the LA wildfires, which destroyed the instruments, record collections and irreplaceable work of many artists.

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  • Music

For many LA musicians, the wildfires took their homes — and their livelihoods

The Los Angeles fires impacted many musical artists, destroying instruments, record collections and hard drives of irreplaceable work.

February 13, 2025
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  • Christopher Intagliata
Saturday Night Live is marking its 50th year with a weeklong celebration, including a blockbuster homecoming concert and a three-hour primetime special. Above, <em>SNL</em> cast members pose on the show's set in September 1992. Front row, from left: Chris Farley, Al Franken and Melanie Hutsell. Middle row, from left: Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Dana Carvey and Rob Schneider. Back row, from left: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows.

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  • Television

4 decisions that turned SNL into a cultural juggernaut — and 3 mistakes

Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is.

February 13, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Hayden Station, a coal-fired power plant, dominates part of the landscape between Hayden and Steamboat Springs in northwest Colorado. The power plant is expected to start shutting down before the end of the decade.

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  • Environment

As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge of storing radioactive waste

February 13, 2025
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  • Scott Franz
A woman sunbathes on a summer day in Montevideo, Uruguay, in January of 2025. This January was the hottest ever recorded on Earth.

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  • Climate

January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did

The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.

February 13, 2025
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  • Alejandra Borunda
Southern rap duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi, is among the 14 artists being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 class.

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  • Music

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 shortlist includes OutKast, Maná, Phish and Billy Idol

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis.

February 12, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Egg prices jumped more than 15% in January, after farmers had to cull millions of laying hens due to avian flu. The rise in grocery prices kept overall inflation elevated.

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  • Economy

No relief: Inflation unexpectedly heated up last month

Inflation remained stubbornly high in January, as grocery, gasoline and shelter costs all rose. Egg prices saw their biggest price hike in almost a decade.

February 12, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
The exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C. Employees of the CFPB were notified that the headquarters would be closed and that employees were to work from home.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk's DOGE takes aim at agency that had plans of regulating X

Musk and other Silicon Valley executives have long railed against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for its work overseeing the tech industry. Now, Musk hopes to eliminate the agency.

February 12, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
Maggie Loucks was just 28 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She chose a treatment plan, new at the time, that could safeguard her fertility. Today, Loucks, 40, and her husband have three daughters.

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  • Health

She wanted to be a mom. So she chose a cancer treatment that gave her a chance

New, less damaging treatments are giving some patients the choice to try to preserve their ability to have children after cancer.

February 12, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
A protester holds a fork during a rally against billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 7 in Washington, D.C. The fork is a reference to the deferred resignation program for federal employees that was communicated through an email with the subject line "Fork in the Road."

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  • Politics

Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.

February 12, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. Dozens of CFPB workers were laid off on Tuesday, the agency's union said.

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  • Your Money

Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered

Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters.

February 12, 2025
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  • Laurel Wamsley
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center

"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
The General Services Administration is bracing for deep cuts under the new Trump administration.

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  • Politics

GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance

The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.

February 12, 2025
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  • Jenna McLaughlin and
  • Shannon Bond
Pedestrian crosses the street during a snowy day in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday.

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  • National

A second winter storm brings cold, rain and snow to millions

Heavy West Coast rain means mudslides threaten fire-ravaged California. Millions of Americans elsewhere get snow, rain, extreme cold and some tornadoes.

February 12, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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