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Stick your tongue out if you were ranked by <em>Billboard</em> as the 45th top artist of the 2010s!

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  • Arts & Life

What if being Mr. 305 was a state of mind?

Pitbull fans are honoring him the only way they know how: partying till dawn in bald caps and fake goatees.

June 14, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo,
  • Mia Venkat,
  • and 1 more
Protesters march through downtown Chicago on June 12, during the second day of demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and President Trump's immigration policies. Carrying signs reading 'Abolish ICE' and 'No More Deportations,' thousands rally in solidarity with immigrant communities, chanting for justice and an end to family separations.

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  • Politics

Trump's immigration response poses political risks

President Trump's approach to deportations is giving Democrats a unifying message in opposition to him. But the Democratic Party still lacks a common vision for what it would do differently.

June 14, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Resident Evil Requiem generated a lot of hype from its reveal trailer. But it was hardly the most interesting game at this year's Play Days showcase.

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  • Series: Join The Game

I played the new Resident Evil — and a whole lot more. Here are my thoughts

The annual Play Days showcase was far more interesting than the reveals themselves.

June 14, 2025
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By:
  • Vincent Acovino
Debris of Air India flight 171 is pictured after it crashed Thursday in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad. Rescue teams with sniffer dogs combed the crash site on Friday.

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  • World

Indian authorities begin investigating Air India crash in which 1 passenger survived

India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is investigating the crash with help from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. Authorities said Friday that the black box has been recovered.

June 14, 2025
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Shweta Desai

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box - Lawmakers Huddle: Inside the Off-Season: Summer Work at the Capitol

Georgia lawmakers may only be in session for 40 days, but the work of governing continues year-round. In this episode, we look at how study committees, constituent meetings, and behind-the-scenes research shape the laws that get introduced each January.

June 14, 2025
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Monday, April 29, 2024.

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  • USPS

Mahmoud Khalil had hoped to walk free today. A federal judge said no

After signaling that Khalil could be released Friday, Judge Michael Farbiarz accepted the government's shifting explanation for Khalil's continued detention.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
The completely revamped Club World Cup men's soccer tournament kicks off Saturday, with 63 games to be played over the next month.

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  • Sports

Why FIFA's revamped Club World Cup is off to a bumpy debut in the U.S.

The stage is set for 32 club teams — including some of the top ones around the world — to compete for the chance to emerge as the champion of a revamped tournament. It hasn't gone great so far.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
Police fill the streets when the 8:00 PM curfew commences as protests continue in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids on June 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

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  • News

Protests expected this weekend, as well as an Army parade in D.C.

On Saturday, anti-Trump demonstrations are being planned around the country, as well as a military parade in Washington, D.C. Saturday is also President Trump's 79th birthday.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Album cover for <em>Drinking In Here</em>, a new collection of traditional drinking songs from the Lomax Archive.

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  • History

These catchy old songs aren't as think as you drunk they are

People are drinking less these days, but drinking songs never go out of style. The Lomax Archive is dropping a new album of traditional songs this week.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Viswashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of Thursday's Air India crash, meets with Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

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  • Asia

'I just walked out': The sole survivor of the Air India crash shares his story

Viswashkumar Ramesh was on his way home to London when tragedy struck. In hospital interviews, he explains how he made his way out of seat 11A — which isn't typically the safest part of the plane.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A group of medical experts that advise the CDC largely determine which vaccines people should receive, what gets covered by insurance and which shots are made available free of charge to millions of low-income children.

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  • Health

RFK Jr. overhauled the CDC's vaccine panel. Here's what it does and why it matters

It plays a big role in deciding which vaccines kids and adults get routinely, what's covered by insurance and which shots are made available free to low-income kids.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Crude oil prices rose sharply as Israel's attack on Iran raised fears of a broader disruption of Middle East oil supplies. Relatively low gasoline prices in the U.S. have helped to keep inflation in check.

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  • Economy

Oil prices jump and stocks tumble following Israel's attack on Iran

Israel's attack on Iran sparked the biggest jump in crude oil prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. Stocks fell sharply.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
A sign directs voters to cast their ballots on April 1 at a polling station set up at the Flagler County Public Library in Palm Coast, Fla.

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  • Elections

A 2nd judge halts more of Trump's voting executive order

More than a month after a federal judge halted a key portion of President Trump's executive order on voting, another judge has ruled that additional provisions of the order need to pause as well.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Miles Parks

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  • Education

Consequences for colleges whose students carry mountains of debt? Republicans say yes

House Republicans have a plan that would force schools to reimburse the government for a share of the federal loans their students don't repay.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
A witness, identified as "Jane" and with her face obscured in courtroom sketches to protect her identity, testified this week that over the course of their three-year relationship, Sean Combs (seen here at left) pressured her to have sex with male escorts while he watched. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that include sex trafficking.

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  • Music

Sean Combs' ex describes relationship marked by 'manipulation': 'I couldn't say no'

The woman who dated Combs until his arrest described the relationship in complex terms — traumatic but sometimes loving — and seemed to be working through her feelings about it on the witness stand.

June 13, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
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